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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.

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

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.

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…

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.

People in South Glos are being encouraged to Go Purple this Friday December 6 – to raise awareness for people with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

A new one-stop service to help people live better by improving their health and mental wellbeing has launched in South Gloucestershire.

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.

To find out more about how to react to epilepsy seizures local training sessions are available.

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.

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.

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.