News and reports | Healthwatch Southglos

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Celebrating LGBT History Month

Our Healthwatch team Maisy and Vicky winged their way down to Bristol Aerospace to the event run by the Diversity Trust. Maisy is seen standing next to Concorde, which was brought to its new home in Bristol, three years ago this month - Feb 7th.

19 February 2020

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Updated Guide to Dementia Services in South Gloucestershire – January 2020

The aim of this Guide is to provide an introduction to organisations, who can provide advice, information and support services, for people with dementia and their carers, family and friends.

17 January 2020

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Hospitals need to 'shift the mindset' so patients know their complaints will bring about positive changes

More hospitals should use their complaints system in a positive way to demonstrate to the public they can make improvements. Healthwatch wants hospitals to build patient trust so they know comments can bring about clear results.

15 January 2020

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Make 2020 a healthy one - tell us your views on services to make changes happen

Tell us about your experiences of health and social care, and the changes that you would like to see made locally, in our online survey #SpeakUp2020

15 January 2020

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GP survey to help people get better access to the care they need

Practice makes perfect – do you want a more convenient GP service that fits around you? Feedback on how easy you are finding it to get an appointment at your local surgery in this survey from the local clinical commissioning group.

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Try January - we're aiming high to get even better patient outcomes

Happy New Year and we’re counting down to our big virtual launch event on February 28 to promote priorities for each of our three areas…

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New suicide prevention campaign Shine On launches in Bristol area

Shine On is a group of major organisations working together to prevent suicide particularly in young people age 16-25, middle-aged men and those in the LGBT communities which are the higher risk groups.

6 December 2019

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Access improvements made by the people that matter - LOCAL PATIENTS

We teamed up with local charity the Hive and assembled a team of six people with learning disabilities to look at how access and services could be improved in a project called Hivewatch.

22 November 2019

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A look at how people are staying well in South Glos to mark Self Care Week

Are people ‘warriors of their own wellbeing?’ we look at the findings of our report to mark Self-Care Week starting on November 18.

13 November 2019

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New bench to raise awareness of mental health is conversation starter

A bench called Clevedon’s Talking Point has been living up to is name and has been attracting a lot of interest from seafront walkers. It was erected to coincide with Mental Health Day on October 10th.

8 November 2019

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Two out of three people not getting autism support - new figures confirm what patients told Healthwatch

Two out of three adults are not getting the support they need for autism spectrum disorders according to new figures. The findings are similar to what South Glos patients said about services in a recent Healthwatch survey.

7 November 2019

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New autism training programme to be rolled out following death of Bristol teenager

New autism training is to be given to NHS staff after the death of a Bristol teenager who was given drugs against his parents’ wishes.

6 November 2019