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Advice and Information -
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. -
Advice and Information -
Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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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 -
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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. -
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Read the Healthwatch Bristol Annual Report for 2017/18 - it focuses on our new
mental health project, working with Bristol City Council on their Thrive programme and
with all team members now trained in Mental Health First Aid. -
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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? -
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Healthwatch engaged with students studying at the University of the West of England to find out their experiences and thoughts of access to contraceptive services. The final report was completed and published in March 2018. -
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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. -
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Healthwatch Bristol visited a pre-school group in January 2018 to speak to parents, grandparents and carers about their emotional health and wellbeing. -
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Reasonable Adjustments Conference Report - 31st October 2017 -
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Healthwatch organised workshops to hear people’s feedback on long-term health conditions, to gain their experiences of using health and social care services and which services they felt had help supported them with their needs. -
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Healthwatch Bristol Engagement Summary Report by Roopindera Kaur -
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Bristol Recovery Festival & St Paul's Learning Centre Open Day September 2017 -
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BAME women's event -
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1625 Service User Forum May 2017 -
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Dhek Bhal men's group March to May 2017 -
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Cashpointers Young Person engagement April 2017 -
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MyDentist: Easy read report March 2017 -
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Workshop with The Hive: Oral hygiene March 2017 -
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Key themes from an AIS Network Meeting -
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A report detailing the results of engagement with the Brislington memory cafe -
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Summary of the Accessible Information Standard -
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Open Advisory Meeting Minutes -
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Open Advisory Meeting Minutes -
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Open Advisory Meeting Minutes -
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Open Advisory Meeting Minutes -
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Open Advisory Meeting Minutes -
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Open Advisory Meeting Minutes -
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Our quarterly report from October - December 2018 Healthwatch Bristol - our work with
the BAME community on prostate
cancer awareness
with Errol Campbell was among the highlights. -
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We are delighted to bring you our latest report from July -September 2018. We met with North Bristol NHS Trust, MacMillan, Cancer Research UK, Bristol Black Carers to organise a joint Breast Health Awareness Day. -
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We are delighted to bring you our latest report from April-June 2018 -
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Quarter 4 Quarterly Activity Report January-March 2018 Read how we have helped the public and what themes have emerged in the quarter. -
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Quarter 3 Quarterly Activity Report October - December 2017. Read how we have helped the public and what themes have emerged in the quarter. -
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Healthwatch Bristol gathers feedback from the public about health and social care services in Bristol -
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This report considers the types of comments and the services they relate to, and the themes emerging from the issues and concerns heard between April and June 2017 -
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This report considers the types of comments and the services they relate to, and the themes emerging from the issues and concerns heard between January and March 2017 -
News -
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. -
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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. -
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Help shape the future of the University of West England's radiography degree course by sharing your experience -
Advice and Information -
As part of the Care Quality Commission’s #DeclareYourCare campaign young people are being encouraged to feedback on care. -
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A Bristol-based research group which is exploring ways of predicting demand for hospital services has been given a £9 million award. -
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Our advisory group decided that we should run a survey to determine the level of awareness that the general public has of the changes that are happening within GP services. -
Advice and Information -
Suvivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be able to access expert support and treatment earlier thanks to NHS ‘one stop shop’ clinics which have launched in Bristol. -
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ERIC, the children’s bowel and bladder charity is delighted to announce it has secured funding through the National Lottery’s Awards for All (England) to help and support families of children struggling with distressing incontinence issues. Healthwatch Bristol supports improvements to patient care especially as figures show the distressing affects -
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Bristol's two NHS hospital trusts have declared a ‘climate emergency’ to help tackle the city's poor air quality which they believe is directly leading to ill health in the city. -
Advice and Information -
An important point on preventing flu cases - NHS staff urged to have free vaccination -
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Our team has run a pilot Digital Inclusion project to give people the confidence to go online to access a range of health services. -
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Come and hear what the newly-named Healthwatch 3 (Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos) has been up to over the last year – and our plans to strengthen the patient voice to make a difference to services in Bristol and South Glos. -
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Our volunteer John Rose explains how his volunteer role with Healthwatch 3 is a catalyst for getting patients' views heard at top-level meetings at Southmead Hospital. Why not volunteer for Healthwatch Bristol to help put people at the heart of decision-making?