News and reports

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

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.

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

The CQC has complied a report with the aims of looking at some of the reasons why oral health is so poor in care homes and to understand some of the genuine challenges care staff face when trying to deliver mouth care.

Mental Health Europe launches a new resource for people experiencing mental health difficulties

"The failing safety net for older people" is a report published by Age UK

Since 2016, 34,000 people have shared their views with Healthwatch about Mental Health.

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.

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

This report aims to identify the health, care and wellbeing needs of *Trans and **Non-Binary people. This report summarises the evidence, feedback, and experiences, from the Trans and Non-Binary people who took part in the research.

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

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