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Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide. -
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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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Read our annual report for 2014/15 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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Our enter and view team visited St Philips and St James on 31st October and have reported on their findings -
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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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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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In October 2014 our enter and view team visited Combe Ward at the Royal united hospital and completed this report. -
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Ex Civil Servant Diana Sees the Power of Community Action -
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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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With Virgin Care having been awarded the new contract for providing adult community health services in B&NES the transfer of patient records from Sirona has begun. -
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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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Bath & North East Somerset Council is proposing to introduce a framework to make sure that residents with eligible needs are allocated funding fairly and in a way that is easy to understand. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Playlist for Life, a Music and Dementia charity, has launched a Musical Tea Campaign to help people stay connected while social distancing continues. The charity is asking people to hold various virtual musical tea events throughout October.
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Care workers looking after people in their own homes will be offered weekly coronavirus tests from today (Monday 23 November), the government has announced. -
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More than 2.5 million vulnerable people across England will be offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter, the government has announced. -
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More than 3.79 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England will be informed they are no longer advised to shield from Thursday 1 April 2021. -
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We have been unable to undertake Enter and View visits to care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Executive Board decided that we should undertake a virtual visit to a care home to hear residents lived experience of the pandemic. -
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In recognition of Foster Care Fortnight, we are putting the spotlight on fostering a child, sharing foster care stories, and how you can get involved.