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Read our annual report for 2016/17 and find out about all the work carried out by our team and our brilliant volunteers in Bath & North East Somerset throughout the year. -
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Read our annual report for 2015/16 and find out about all the work carried out by our team and our wonderful volunteers in Bath & North East Somerset throughout the year. -
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What difference has the Accessible Information Standard made for local people since it was introduced in 2016? -
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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. -
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A report capturing the feedback received by local Healthwatch at two Mencap/AWP learning disabilities celebration week events in June 2017 -
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‘Evidence for Change’
Bristol Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Health and Wellbeing Research Report -
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A report pulling together local people's feedback as part of Healthwatch England Special Inquiry into unsafe discharge 2016 -
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Healthwatch Bath & North East Somerset (Hw B&NES) and Healthwatch Wiltshire (Hw Wiltshire) held a joint information stand in the Atrium of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) in Bath during the week of the 23-27 March 2015 -
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In November 2017 our enter and view team visited the Paulton Memorial Hospital and reported on their findings -
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Our enter and view team visited St Philips and St James on 31st October and have reported on their findings -
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What changes do people want to make to NHS services in Bath and North East Somerset? -
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Our enter and view team visited Bridgemead House on 11th October and have reported on their findings -
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Our enter and view team visited Springfield House on 14th September and have reported on their findings -
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Our enter and view team visited Ivy Bank House on 23rd August and have reported on their findings -
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Enter and view visit to Newbridge Towers Care Home, Bath - July 2017 -
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It's time for local services to make more space for new parents in Bath and North East Somerset to talk about their mental health. -
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Enter and view re-visit to Treetops Care Home June 2017, where the team followed up on the recommendations made in February 2015 -
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Enter and view visit to Cedar Park Residential and Nursing Home, Bath March 2017 -
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Enter and view visit to Cranhill Nursing Home, Bath February 2017 -
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Enter and view visit to The Laurels Care Home, Timsbury May 2016 -
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Enter and view visit to Bloomfield Care Home, April 2016 -
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Enter and view visit to Hillsborough House Residential Home, February 2016 -
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In January 2016 our enter and view team visited Englishcombe House residential care home and completed this report -
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In July 2015 our enter and view team visited Rosewell Country Home and completed this report. -
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In May 2015 our enter and view team visited Culverhays and completed this report. -
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Bath & North East Somerset Council’s libraries service is launching a new Books on Prescription service for people with Dementia. -
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In October 2014 our enter and view team visited Combe Ward at the Royal united hospital and completed this report. -
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Healthwatch Bath & North East Somerset and Healthwatch Wiltshire held a joint information stand in the Atrium of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) in Bath during the week of the 23-27 March 2015. -
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a discussion paper setting out potential changes to the way it inspects health and social care organisations in future. -
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Many people don’t quite know how to provide feedback on the care they have received from the NHS, but it’s incredibly important to have your say so you can help shape and improve your local services. -
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Since 1 August 2016, all organisations that provide NHS care or adult social care have been legally required to follow the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). -
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Bath & North East Somerset Council award seven year contract to Virgin Care to deliver community health and care services in B&NES. -
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We are working together with Julian House to ask local homeless people how we can help them to improve their health.
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Are health and social care services working for transgender people? Take part in nationwide survey and let Healthwatch know your experiences of accessing health and social care. -
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We launched our 'Community Pot' grant for 2018/19 in November last year. Off The Record BANES was one of the organisations which applied for and was successful in getting the funding. They have just launched their survey as part of this project. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Helping people in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire to stay healthy and independent in old age will be a top priority for local health and care leaders over the next five years. Read more. -
Advice and Information -
Take a look at our advice article on the organisations and groups that can support you if you’re grieving. -
Advice and Information -
The current Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic may cause you to feel worried, anxious, or scared. Read our seven steps to looking after your wellbeing while staying informed. -
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This project set out to explore the issue of rural isolation in BANES and understand what the impact for young people who experience this has on their ability to engage in health services, specifically mental health provision. -
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Me in Mind was a small project that listened to children and young people about their feelings and emotions in relation to their mental health. Bath Area Play Project focused on children that were home educated, school refusers and children -
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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE SUPPORT NEW EVERY MIND MATTERS ADVICE FOR LOOKING AFTER MENTAL WELLBEING -
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Conversations save lives. Mind Canyon is offering virtual online Suicide First-Aid Lite sessions every Wednesday from the 13th of May at 17.00 - 20.00 until further notice. Find out more. -
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Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is marking Mental Health Awareness Week by encouraging people to be kind to themselves during lockdown and to always seek help when it is needed. Find out more. -
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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership have published a wellbeing guide put together by one of their service users in Bath and North East Somerset. Read more. -
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Do you have lived experience of using mental health, learning disability or autism services in B&NES, or do you currently use any of these services, or live with somebody who does? Bath and North East Somerset Council want to hear your views. -
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People in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire who have lived through a mental health crisis are urging others to make use of the help available throughout the region at the very first sign of things getting too much. Read more.