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Complete our survey - Breaking Barriers: Improving Access to Cancer Services – Including Screening
A new collaboration has launched which aims to uncover inequalities and barriers to accessing cancer care and shape how services can be improved for the most vulnerable people in Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire.
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Sign our petition to review the decision to abolish independent local Healthwatch
Instead of dismantling independence, we should be strengthening it.
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Complete our blood pressure survey
We need your views about how to encourage more people to get their blood pressure checked - particularly those who are at risk of having high blood pressure.
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Unpaid carers: complete our survey
We want to know what happens when someone rejects being given care and the impact that this has on their carer. We are also interested in what it is like to access care on behalf of someone else and the barriers that carers face.
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Have your say on pharmacy services in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Council's Public Health Team are working with Healthwatch Wiltshire and the Wiltshire Health and Wellbeing Board to assess the current provision of pharmaceutical services across the county.
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Have your say: the NHS 10 Year Health Plan
The government wants to hear the views, experiences and ideas of everyone in England as part of 'the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS'. Here's how you can get involved.
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Help us improve local sexual health services
Please complete our survey and share your experiences with us.
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131 local Healthwatch services unite to oppose government plans to undermine independent public voice
131 local Healthwatch services across England have signed a powerful open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, urging the…
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Local Healthwatch champions the voices of 100,089 people in the last year
Listening, empowering, and driving change across diverse communities.
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Report: Youth-centred insights into vaping cessation
Vaping can harm brain development and lead to addiction. It may also increase the risk of anxiety, mood problems, and trouble sleeping. Young people aged 12 - 25 from Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire spoke to us about why young people vape and what support would help them stop.
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Report: 'I eat once a week maybe" - The health impacts of food insecurity
Food insecurity is a growing issue across the UK, and is closely linked to health inequalities. We looked at the experiences of 78 people facing food insecurity across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.
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