News and reports

The NHS has produced a Long Term Plan, setting out all the things it wants health services to do better for people across the country. For these plans to work, the NHS needs to shape local plans based on local needs.

Last week we met MPs in Westminster to discuss YOUR feedback about health and care services in South Gloucestershire.

As of April 2020, and via our advice and information work (Signposting +), we will promote Sirona care & health's new Community Health Services (CHS). Sirona has secured a long-term contract to provide CHS in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

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.

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.