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Reading Well helps you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using self-help reading. The scheme is endorsed by health professionals and supported by public libraries. -
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The NHS is under financial pressure with growing demand for services. As the NHS reaches its 70th birthday, The King’s Fund has been exploring how the public views its relationship with the NHS. -
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The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) have a significant role to play in the future delivery of integrated urgent care within the NHS. -
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You are warmly invited to you public board meeting -
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We are inviting parents / primary caregivers with a child aged 13-18 years to take part. -
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Take a look at this amazing list created by ‘Bristol Independent Businesses’ – it brings together community resources, Mutal Aid Groups and food delivery services that are available across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. -
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There is a call for temporary foster carers across North Somerset during the Coronavirus pandemic -
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Our North Somerset volunteer Patricia and husband Garry celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary lockdown style with dinner for two – delivered to the front door. -
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If you are at home self-isolating and need a support lifeline you can now call our team to find the right type of help from the new army of NHS Responders. -
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Claire Lemer has released a video at the Health Foundation event 2018 aimed to help health care professionals deliver even better care. -
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Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group are recruiting for a Quality Stakeholder. -
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#ItStartsWithYou is Healthwatch's new campaign encouraging the public to come forward and have their say on health and social care services. -
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The National Service is turning 70 and Weston Area Health Trust is inviting you to join in their birthday celebrations with a cup of tea, a slice of cake and a chat about your health service. -
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NHS Improvement has published a patient experience improvement framework designed to support NHS trusts and foundation trusts to achieve good and outstanding ratings in their Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections. -
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We attended the Make Every Contact Count and Gordano Valley Social Care Networking event in Portishead today. It was great to meet local health care professionals and providers -
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'What matters to you?' day on Wednesday 6th June 2018. It aims to encourage conversations between people who provide health and social care and the people, families and carers who receive that care. -
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The National Autistic Society have produced the video entitled 'Make it stop'. They are aiming to raise awareness about Autism -
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We joined in the fun at the Feel Good Festival May 19th 2018 – staff and volunteers spent the day engaged in the serious business of making sure your views and experiences are collected. -
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The Kings Fund have published their latest report entitled "Developing new models of care in the PACS Vanguards". It is a new national approach to large-scale change. -
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CASE STUDY - Parents views on how services offer support where their adult son or daughter has Mental Health (MH) issues & High Functioning Autism (HFA) or Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) -
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The Academic Health Science Network invite you to the following event: Wednesday 9th May 2018 from 11am - 2pm. -
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People in Nailsea are being invited to put a spring in their step this April by joining in a series of free ‘Happiness’ workshops, taking place at Number 65 High Street, a new, thriving community centre, situated in the heart of the town centre. -
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On Sunday 1st April Healthwatch North Somerset celebrated our 5th Birthday. We want to send a big thank you to the people of North Somerset for 5 years of helpful comments and feedback -
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Research looking at families who have similar circumstances and comparing those with a disability in the family were worse off than those who didn't have a child with a disability. -
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The South West Clinical Senate workforce sustainability recommendations are being fed into the Health Education England consultation "Facing facts, shaping the future" which runs until 23rd March 2018 -
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You are warmly invited to our next ‘Public Meeting’ which is taking place on Tuesday 10th April 2018 in the ‘Community Hall’ at the For All Healthy Living Centre, 68 Lonsdale Ave, Weston-super-Mare BS23 3SJ. -
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North Somerset Council is running a consultation on the proposed changes to the future of Adult Social Care. This will be a fundamentally different way of working with carers and others. -
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Looking at the future of health and social care and trying to plan ahead. The NHS is running out of money and all of us are living longer meaning the NHS won't cope in thirty years time. -
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Published in October 2017, the Healthy Weston vision sets out how the North Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wants to organise and deliver current services as effectively and efficiently as possible. -
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Our country’s health and care services face big challenges. We are living longer, but a growing number of people need help with long-term health conditions, adding pressures to services. -
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‘Young Minds‘ is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the well being and mental health of children and young people. -
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A new Joseph Rowntree Foundation study, reflects the reality for one family trying to get by on a low income. One in five people in the UK are in poverty, without the resources to meet their minimum needs. -
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Specialised Commissioning (South) are looking to recruit two Patient & Public Voice Expert Advisers for the following groups:
Senior Management Team (SMT)/Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group (SCOG)
Clinical Delivery Group
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People turned up in their masses at events across North Somerset to help celebrate a national awareness campaign, which brings people together by getting them to talk about their mental health, called ‘Time To Talk‘ day. -
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North Somerset Community Partnership Launches Questionnaire on Missed Patient Appointments -
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North Somerset Council are seeking your views on the future of adult social care in North Somerset. The statement below outlines their aims and how you can get involved. -
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Applied suicide intervention skills training available. Arranged by North Somerset Council -
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The spending gap between NHS acute hospitals and NHS mental health providers widened further last year, according to a new report from The King’s Fund, launched 16th January 2018. -
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Healthwatch North Somerset Volunteers and staff joined ‘Meals on Wheels‘ for an hour as they visited people in their homes delivering meals in Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon. -
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Please see the attached letter from Lloyds advising of the pharmacies that are due to close in the South West. -
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This is a practical guide for anyone who looks after a friend or family member or have any form of caring responsibilities. It is particularly useful to anyone who are about 65 or older and are new to caring. -
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The NHS have teamed up with Age UK to write this practical guide to healthy ageing. The advice in this booklet will help improve the health and general fitness of people of any age, but is written to be particularly relevant for people 70 or over -
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Our first public board meeting of 2018 was an absolute success, attended by members of the public and representatives from North Somerset Council, we definitely started the year as we mean to go on! -
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No matter how big or small the issue, you can #SpeakUp. We are urging patients and service users to get in touch and share your views and help improve services for all. No matter how big or small the issue we WANT to hear about it. -
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Warriors of Wellbeing partnered a Poetry Slam and open mic poetry session at Loves Café in Weston super Mare. This was on the theme of mental health and wellbeing. -
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Five organised walks are taking place in Weston-super-Mare, Portishead, Nailsea, Clevedon and Long Ashton early in January as part of the Festival of Winter Walks, organised by the Ramblers. -
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The NHS England board meeting was held on the 28 September 2017, in London. -
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Peer support through WECIL (Weston of England Centre for Inclusive Living) is continuing to expand in North Somerset. -
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This video is an introduction to the government paper on Children and Young people's Mental Health -
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We wouldn't be able to do the work we do without our wonderful volunteers. Thank you!