News and reports

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For the past six years, 2012-18, Diversity Trust and Healthwatch have been researching
the health, care and wellbeing needs and experiences of local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Questioning (LGBTQ+) people.

Read our annual report for 2017/18 and find out about all the work carried out by our team and our wonderful volunteers in Bath & North East Somerset throughout the year.

This month, the Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (BaNES CCG) Board decided to make no change to its policy on male vasectomy, but to change its policies on female sterilisation and fertility services.

The Care Forum is pleased to announce that following a tender process we were re-awarded the contract for Healthwatch B&NES. The contract will run from the 1 April 2018 to the 31 March 2021.

What difference has the Accessible Information Standard made for local people since it was introduced in 2016?

B&NES Draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (2018 – 2021)

A report capturing the views and experiences of members of the Keynsham Now Youth Group, shared during our visit in December 2017.

A consultation is taking place around NHS-funded patient transport and we are keen to hear from you.

The Accessible Information Standard has been legislation since 1 June 2016, making it a legal requirement for NHS services to provide information to patients in a way that is easy for them to understand. We wanted to speak to people affected by this.

The Care Forum, which provides the Healthwatch Bath and North East Somerset contract, is re-awarded the ‘Investing in Volunteers’ quality mark.

In November 2017 our enter and view team visited the Paulton Memorial Hospital and reported on their findings