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Healthwatch BANES news Bites December 2020

In this month's newsletter, we will share how your experiences prompted a review of dental services, our version of 12 days of Christmas, updates on the COVID vaccine rollout, and much more.

12 October 2020

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Annual Report 2019/20

Read our annual report for 2019/20 and find out about all the brilliant work carried out by our team and our wonderful volunteers throughout the year.

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Join the Patient and Public Voices Forum, and help put people and communities at the heart of the NHS Cancer Programme

Find out more about opportunities to join a patient and public voices forum to help the NHS transform cancer services.

19 September 2019

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"Don't call us, we will call you," plea health leaders as COVID vaccination rollout ramps up

Health leaders call for patience as all GP-led, community-based coronavirus vaccination sites in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire open meaning everyone in the area aged 80 or over will be invited to for their Covid-19 vaccine.

21 January 2021

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COVID concerns stop 1 in 3 women from attending cervical screening invitations

A survey conducted by the Eve Appeal charity has found that nearly 1 in 3 women who didn't attend their cervical screening test when invited in the last twelve months did so because of coronavirus concerns.

21 January 2021

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Children and young people briefing January 2021

Healthwatch B&NES helps local people get the best out of health and social care services. In this briefing, we hear from the children and young people of two of our Community Pot Projects.

13 January 2021

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Executive Board September Meeting Minutes 2020

27 November 2020

Vanessa Scott chaired the September Healthwatch Bath and North...

Childrens Charity shares pressures of pandemic on families caring for seriously ill children

10 November 2020

Children's charity, Rainbow Trust, has shared its key findings...

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COVID-19 Insight Report

10 November 2020

In April we launched out COVID-19 insight survey inviting residents...

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Quality Accounts for NHS Providers

A Quality Account is a report about the quality of services offered...