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Complete our blood pressure survey
We need your views about how to encourage more people to get their blood pressure checked - particularly those who are at risk of having high blood pressure.
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'Amazon-style' prescription tracking goes live in NHS App for millions of patients
Millions of patients can now track their prescriptions thanks to the rollout of a new feature in the NHS App helping to reduce unnecessary calls and visits to pharmacies.
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Read our spring 2025 newsletter
The past few months have seen us busy getting out into the community and listening to your views about health and care.
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Unpaid carers: complete our survey
We want to know what happens when someone rejects being given care and the impact that this has on their carer. We are also interested in what it is like to access care on behalf of someone else and the barriers that carers face.
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October - December 2024 in review
Take a look at what we've been up to over the last few months, including who we have spoken to, what people have told us - and more.
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Have your say: the NHS 10 Year Health Plan
The government wants to hear the views, experiences and ideas of everyone in England as part of 'the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS'. Here's how you can get involved.
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Local Healthwatch champions the voices of 100,089 people in the last year
Listening, empowering, and driving change across diverse communities.
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Get repeat prescriptions in now to avoid being left short this Easter weekend
Any person nearing the end of their current supply of regular medication is being urged to get their repeat prescriptions in as soon as possible to…
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Government plans for social care reform: Healthwatch England's response
Louise Ansari has described the plans as a 'desperately needed first step'.
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Latest reports and publication
Annual report 2024/2025: Unlocking the power of people-driven care
Our 2024/2025 annual report shares how we've listened and championed the voices of people, partners and organisations across Bath and North East Somerset, to help shape health and social care services.
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Enter and View - Sulis ward, St Martin’s Hospital
We visited the Sulis ward at St Martin’s Hospital in Bath on 19th February 2025. Sulis ward is managed by HCRG, alongside John Stacey ward at Paulton Memorial Hospital.
Our Enter and View visits are a way that we can gather information about services and collect views of service users, their carers, staff and relatives.
Following on from our visit we have made some recommendations to the service provider based on the feedback we have received and what we observed.
Our Enter and View visits are a way that we can gather information about services and collect views of service users, their carers, staff and relatives.
Following on from our visit we have made some recommendations to the service provider based on the feedback we have received and what we observed.
Find out more