1. Healthwatch England publishes Annual Report

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    People's real life experiences of NHS and social care set out in new report to MPs

  2. Healthwatch North Somerset organises PPG meeting

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    Healthwatch North Somerset organises Patient Participation Group (PPG) Chair’s quarterly meeting

  3. Annual Report 2017/2018

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    Our annual report for 2017/18 has now been published and is available to view

  4. Enter & View - Winscombe Surgery

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    On 23rd April Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an Enter & View at Winscombe surgery

  5. Enter and View - Banwell Surgery

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    Healthwatch North Somerset conducted an Enter and View with Banwell Surgery,

  6. Enter and View - North Somerset General Practice

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    Healthwatch North Somerset conducted an Enter and Views in North Somerset General Practices between Nov 2017 and April 2018

  7. Enter and View - Graham Road

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    Healthwatch North Somerset conducted an enter and view at Graham Road surgery in Weston-super-Mare

  8. Enter and View at Riverbank Medical Centre

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    Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an enter and view at Riverbank medical centre. We have now published our report which includes all our observations and recommendations together with the feedback we collected from both staff and the public

  9. Enter and View at The Heath Centre

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    Healthwatch North Somerset sent a team of authorised enter and view volunteers to Health Centre. Below is our full report detailing all our findings, including responses from staff and public together with our recommendations going forward

  10. Enter and view at Clarence Park Surgery

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    On 12th April we carried out an enter and view at Clarence Park surgery is Weston-super-Mare. Below is our full report detailing our findings, observations and recommendations to improve the service.

  11. Enter and view at Milton Surgery

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    Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an Enter and View at Milton Surgery. We have now published out report, detailing all our findings, including observations, feedback from staff and patients and recommendations to improve the service

  12. Enter and View at Tudor Lodge

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    On 7th March Healthwatch North Somerset did an enter and view at Tudor Lodge as part of our aims to visit as many GP practices across North Somerset as we can.

  13. Harbourside Medical Practice

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    Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an enter and view at Harbourside Family Practice on 18th April. We have now published our report detailing both our findings and our recommendations

  14. Long Ashton Surgery - Enter and view findings

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    Following an enter and view carried out by authorised volunteers from Healthwatch North Somerset, the report has now been published

  15. Enter and View report at Towerhouse Surgery

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    Our latest Enter and view report is now available to download and read, It contains all our findings from our visit on 20th March and our subsequent recommendations to the practice.

  16. Enter and View - Backwell Surgery

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    Healthwatch North Somerset have carried out an Enter and View at the Backwell Surgery. We have now published the report which anyone can read below

  17. Enter and View at Locking Castle

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    Healthwatch North Somerset have sent a team of authorised volunteers to carry out an enter and view at Locking Castle Surgery. Following our visit we have published a report detailing all our findings

  18. Stafford Place - Enter and view

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    We have published our latest report which details our visit to Stafford Place on March 28th. We have produced our Enter and View Report which details all our findings, observations and recommendations.

  19. Enter and View at Yatton surgery

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    Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an enter and view at Yatton surgery. Below is our full report, including details of all the information we gathered during the visit and our recommendations to improve the service

  20. Enter and View of Clevedon Medical Centre

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    Healthwatch North Somerset completed an enter and view of Clevedon medical centre. Attached is our report including all our observations, records and recommendations.

  21. Brockway Medical Centre has an Enter and View from Healthwatch

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    HWNS publishes its report on Brockway Medical Centre following an enter and view from a number of trained staff and volunteers

  22. Locking Village Surgery - Enter and View report published

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    Our report into Locking Village Surgery has been published containing all our information and observations collected during our enter and view visit on 19th January 2018

  23. Enter and view report published for New Court Surgery

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    Healthwatch North Somerset carried out an enter and view on New Court Surgery on the 29th January and has today published the report including all their findings

  24. Enter and view at Portishead Medical Group

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    Our report for the findings during our enter and view visit to Portishead Medical Group on 9th January has today been published

  25. Enter and View into Sunnyside Surgery

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    We have published our report into our findings for our enter and view visit to Sunnyside Surgery on 16th January 2018

  26. Longton Grove - Enter and View report

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    On 18th January 2018 our team of trained enter and view staff visited Longton Grove. We have now published our report which details all our findings, information gathered and recommendations for improvements to the service.

  27. AGM 2018

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    We held our 2018 AGM on 9th October at Nailsea Methodist Church.

  28. 2018 Board Meeting Minutes

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    Our Board meet during the year and the minutes of these meetings are made available for everyone to read. We hope that this helps you stay up to date about our plans and how we are spending our time helping the community.

  29. Prioritisation Panel 2018

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    Our Prioritisation panel meets every quarter. It is a group made up of directors, staff and volunteers who look at the public feedback to identify issues and decide about making any recommendations, visits or referrals.

  30. Healthwatch workforce numbers fall

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    Healthwatch workforce numbers fall by a fifth as report warns of ‘perilous’ state of funding

  31. Healthwatch England - A review of the last three months

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    What people have told Healthwatch England: A review of the last three months

  32. Healthwatch North Somerset AGM 2018

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    If it isn’t already in your diary, don’t forget to keep 9th October from 2-4pm free to attend our AGM.

  33. New video from Healthwatch England

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    Most of us need to access the NHS or social care services at some point in our lives. Healthwatch is here to help you find the right service and support.

  34. Public Board Meeting 10/7/18

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    You are warmly invited to you public board meeting

  35. Views on Drinking in Adolescence

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    We are inviting parents / primary caregivers with a child aged 13-18 years to take part.

  36. Speak up and make healthcare better

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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.

  37. Make Every Contact Count

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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

  38. Happy birthday Healthwatch

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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

  39. Invite to our public meeting

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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.

  40. Meals on wheels engagement November 2017

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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.

  41. Round up of our first board meeting in 2018

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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!

  42. #SpeakUp

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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.