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Vaping can harm brain development and lead to addiction. It may also increase the risk of anxiety, mood problems, and trouble sleeping. Young people aged 12 - 25 from Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire spoke to us about why young people vape and what support would help them stop.

Food insecurity is a growing issue across the UK, and is closely linked to health inequalities. We looked at the experiences of 78 people facing food insecurity across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

The past few months have seen us busy getting out into the community and listening to your views about health and care.

A new collaboration has launched which aims to uncover inequalities and barriers to accessing cancer care and shape how services can be improved for the most vulnerable people in Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire.

Residents and community partners are being asked for their views on making the most of digital technology to help transform adult social care for people across Bath & North East Somerset.

The experience of unpaid carers across BathNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW).

The experience of unpaid carers across BathNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW), when someone they are caring for refuses to accept help that could benefit them.

Instead of dismantling independence, we should be strengthening it.

The past few months have seen us busy getting out into the community and listening to your views about health and care.

131 local Healthwatch services across England have signed a powerful open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, urging the government to reconsider proposals that would bring public voice functions under the control of local authorities and NHS bodies.

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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