News and reports

Health and care leaders from Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) have appointed a new Independent Chair. Read more.

Researchers at the University of Bristol are looking to work with a group of public contributors on research projects linked to vaccination in older adults. Read more.

Make sure you know the 2019 Christmas and New Year opening times for your pharmacy, optician or dentist in B&NES. Read more.

People living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being asked to help stop the spread of norovirus this winter by following some simple steps. Read more.

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.

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.

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.

At the end of 2018 we invited organisations across B&NES to apply for our Community Pot fund. Bath Area Play Project received funding and used the money for their 'Me in Mind' project, speaking to children and young people about their mental health.

In 2018 we invited organisations across B&NES to apply for our ' Community Pot' fund. West of England Rural Network (WERN) received funding and used the money to explore how living in rural isolation impacts on access to health and care services.

In 2018 we invited organisations to apply for our Community Pot fund. Off The Record BANES received funding and used this to explore issues of rural isolation and the impact this has on young people using health services, particularly mental health.

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.

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.