News and reports

My Voice Matters is ensuring the voice of people with diverse lived experiences & backgrounds are heard.
We are proud to be able to give the opportunity for seldom heard voices to be heard by providers & wider organisations in their own words.

This report focuses on the findings of a survey and engagement looking at the experiences of unpaid carers across Swindon and Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) localities.

This report focuses on the findings of a survey and engagement looking at the experiences of people with mental ill health in accessing health and social care services across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) region.

This report looks at the experiences of people who have been through the CHC process, a package of care for people who have significant care needs.

Two of the Healthwatch Swindon and Bath and North East Somerset team (Amritpal Kaur and Ann-Marie Scott) attended the NHS Confed Expo in Liverpool on 15 & 16th June 2022.

After many months of relying on Zoom and Teams, Healthwatch B&NES was delighted
to be part of The Business Exchange in partnership with 3SG Bath & NES charity
conference & expo at Bath Racecourse, on May 19th 2022.

Our Young Healthwatch Report investigates what support is available for Young People in Bath and North East Somerset and how eating disorders can affect a young persons mental health and wellbeing

Read our annual report for 2021/22 and find out about all the engagement and conversations had by our team and our wonderful volunteers throughout the year.

Thanks to you, NHS England will take several steps to ensure better dental support for people with complex problems and improve the information for those trying to find an NHS dentist. Read our report of our latest findings here.

In 2021 we funded SWALLOW (A charity providing user-led support for teenagers and adults) to gather feedback about the pandemic and the impact on its members and use the lessons learnt to help emerge from the pandemic stronger and more resilient.

We supported through our community Pot the production of this report by KS2 Bath and St Mungo's.

Over the last few months have been investigating how easy is it to access NHS Dentistry across Bath and North East Somerset