1. Sir Robert Francis QC confirmed as new Chair of Healthwatch England

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    Sir Robert Francis QC has been appointed today as the new Chair of Healthwatch England, the independent champion for people who use health and social care.

  2. Support for BAME carers

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    Local charity Carers Support Centre has produced some short films in different community languages to encourage minority ethnic carers to seek support.

  3. Prostate Cancer Awareness Day 2018

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    Members of the Bristol Black and Minority Ethnic Community (BAME) came together on Saturday 26 May 2018 for a day of learning about prostate cancer.

  4. Healthwatch Bristol nominee Errol Campbell comes second at the Healthwatch England Conference 2018

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    Errol Campbell from the Friends of Caswell Thompson, local Bristol hero, was nominated by Healthwatch Bristol for this year’s #ItStartsWithYou award at the Healthwatch England Conference.

  5. Healthwatch Bristol nominee Dr Knut Schroeder is “Highly Commended” at the Healthwatch England Conference 2018

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    Dr Knut Schroeder, a Bristol-based GP, was nominated by Healthwatch Bristol for this year’s #NHS70 award at the Healthwatch England Conference.

  6. Healthwatch Network Health and Care Priorities for 2019

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    To mark the start of 2019, Healthwatch England is today publishing our annual network priorities list – setting out the key health and care topics our local teams will be working on over the year ahead.

  7. The Natural Health Services - Off The Record

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    In March 2018 we awarded Off The Record a portion of our Community Pot Fund to finance a micro project called The Natural Health Service.

  8. Healthwatch Bristol Patient Champion takes local views to heart of Westminster

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    On Monday, representatives from Healthwatch Bristol traveled to London to join forces with more than 100 fellow local Healthwatch organisations at our annual parliamentary reception.

  9. University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust to roll out Trans Awareness training

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    Healthwatch across Bristol, North Somerset, South Glos were delighted to receive an official response from University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust to the Trans report that joint Healthwatch published in June 2018.

  10. Dhek Bhal Women's Group Event Report

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    Healthwatch Bristol worked in partnership with Dhek Bhal in organising focus group workshops on emotional health and wellbeing in the South Asian community in February 2018.

  11. NHS Long Term Plan

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    We asked the public how they would spend the government's £20 million a year investment into the NHS over the next 10 years to improve services locally #WhatWouldYouDo

  12. World Health Day 2019

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  13. Maternal mental health awareness month 2019

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  14. Make May purple

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  15. Mental health awareness week 2019

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  16. Dying matters awareness week

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  17. Learning disability awareness week

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  18. Dementia action week 2019

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  19. Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

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    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.

  20. Investigation into the Causes of Smoking in Pregnancy

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    Our stop smoking client consultation report where we asked women why they struggled to stop smoking during pregnancy in Bristol and North Somerset. What did they think about services to help them and how did they work?

  21. Carers Rights Day

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  22. Self care week

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  23. International Volunteer Day

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  24. National Stress Awareness Day

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  25. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

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  26. World Homelessness Day

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  27. National Eye Health Week

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  28. World Suicide Prevention Day

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  29. Men's Health Week

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  30. World Diabetes Day

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  31. Sexual Health Week

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  32. International Day of Older Persons

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  33. Do you need help getting to hospital?

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

  34. World Alzheimer’s Day

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  35. Organ donation week

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  36. Baby loss awareness week

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  37. World Mental Health Day

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  38. Have your say

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  39. Mental Health in Bristol - a year long project

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    The aim of this year-long project was to find out which mental health services in Bristol people
    had used in the 12 months, how beneficial they were to them, what works well, and what could
    be improved.

  40. Study to explore whether requesting emergency contraception can be a sign of domestic abuse

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    A project is under way to explore whether women requesting emergency contraception can be a sign of domestic abuse or violence after they have been forced to have unprotected sex.

  41. Junk food diet can lead to blindness warn Bristol researchers

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    An extreme case of "fussy" or "picky" eating caused a young patient’s blindness, according to research published this week. It warns that more and more cases could occur unless eating habits change for the better.

  42. Strong link between childhood trauma and self-harming in teenagers is found in new University of Bristol study

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    The University of Bristol is for the first time using a large family study to look at links between childhood trauma and self-harming in teenagers.

  43. Every care home resident "treated as a person rather than a condition" in new data sharing system

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    An innovative new technology project entitled Connecting Care has launched in the Bristol area which will mean patients won’t have to explain their care and needs more than once.

  44. Young people's views needed on care

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    As part of the Care Quality Commission’s #DeclareYourCare campaign young people are being encouraged to feedback on care.