News and reports

Hivewatch is a partnership between Healthwatch and The Hive, a charity that supports people with learning disabilities. Authorised representatives conduct Enter and View visits in partnership.

In June 2019 we held a pop-up shop in Yate Shopping Centre, in partnership with Sirona, to speak to residents about their local health and social care services - this report captures what we heard.

Healthwatch South Gloucestershire carried out a project in 2019 to engage with older people to understand their experiences of ageing and keeping themselves healthy and well.

Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

Find out more about your health rights.

People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

Access and view our comprehensive Annual Report for 2018-19.

Our report gives an overview of our activities for the year which has included work with The Hive looking at service experiences for people with learning disabilities and the South Gloucestershire patient discharge programme.

Healthwatch South Gloucestershire and Hivewatch volunteers undertook the Enter
and View visit during March 2019. The purpose of the visit was to understand the experience
that a patient with a learning disability would have when visiting Concord.

As services, such as the NHS, come under increasing pressure, people are being encouraged to take greater responsibility for looking after their own health and wellbeing.

The 10-year plan includes measures to prevent 150,000 heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases, and better access to mental health services for adults and children.

Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

Hivewatch undertook the Enter and View visit to Southmead Emergency Department on 11 October 2018 with the aim of assessing the ED experience for people with learning difficulties. The findings of the visit can be found in this report.