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The Importance of Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities
People with learning disabilities are eligible for annual health checks from the age of 14, as well as for free flu jabs. Find out more about what to expect when you go to your GP and what you can do if you are feeling nervous.
5 November 2019
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Executive Board Meeting Minutes July 2019
Each quarter we meet with our Executive Board to decide which areas in health and social care we should focus on in Bath and North East Somerset. These are the minutes from our meeting in July 2019 - read more.
5 November 2019
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Community Pot Fund: Bath and North East Somerset Carers Centre
At the end of 2018 we invited organisations and groups across B&NES to apply for our newly established ' Community Pot' fund. Bath Carers Centre was one of five applicants to receive funding. They used the money to support carers in tackling issues they face, as well as using their 'lived experience' to help commissioners develop service provision. Read more.
21 October 2019
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Community Pot Fund: 'Me in Mind' - Bath Area Play Project
At the end of 2018 we invited organisations and groups across B&NES to apply for our newly established ' Community Pot' fund. Bath Area Play Project was one of five applicants to receive funding. They used the money for their 'Me in Mind' project, speaking to children and young people about their mental health. Read more.
21 October 2019
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Community Pot Fund: Off The Record BANES
At the end of 2018 we invited organisations and groups across B&NES to apply for our newly established ' Community Pot' fund. Off The Record BANES was one of five applicants to receive funding. They used the money to explore the issues of rural isolation and the impact this has on young people engaging with health services, particularly mental health provision. Read more.
21 October 2019
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Community Pot Project: Village Agents - WERN
At the end of 2018 we invited organisations and groups across B&NES to apply for our newly established ' Community Pot' fund. West of England Rural Network (WERN) was one of five applicants to receive funding. They used the money to explore how living in rural isolation impacts on access to health and care services. Read more.
21 October 2019
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Community Pot Fund: Fosse House Nursing Home
At the end of 2018 we invited organisations and groups across B&NES to apply for our newly established ' Community Pot' fund. Fosse House Nursing Home was one of five applicants to receive funding. They used the money for a research project exploring the experiences of residents who have suffered a bereavement in care homes. Read more.
21 October 2019
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Three local NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups to merge next April
Three groups responsible for the planning, buying and monitoring of health services in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are to become a single organisation in April 2020. Read more.
16 October 2019
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Working towards a smoke-free generation
A new strategy to help the remaining 18,000 smokers across Bath and North East Somerset quit is being launched by the council’s Public Health team. Find out more here.
16 October 2019
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Growing pressures on access and staffing risk creating ‘perfect storm’ for people using mental health and learning disability services
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England shows that quality ratings have been maintained overall – but people’s experience of care is determined by whether they can access good care when they need it.
15 October 2019
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Do you need help travelling to NHS services?
Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.
26 September 2019
Advice and Information
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Process for becoming and authorised Enter and View representative
Under the Healthwatch regulations, local Healthwatch organisations have the power to 'Enter and View' providers so that our authorised representatives can observe how services are being delivered.
23 September 2019
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