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How to get support if you need a little extra help to have the Covid-19 vaccine

People who have learning disabilities or a mental health condition can have their vaccination experience made easier for them. Healthwatch and the local clinical commissioning group put on a webinar to explain extra support...

17 February 2021

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Surge testing - visit your nearest pop-up centre to help research on how the virus is changing

There’s just a few days left to get a covid “surge test” if you live in specific postcodes in Bristol and South Glos are over 16 and do not have symptoms of the virus.

17 February 2021

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Your latest feedback on local health and care services and how we use it

Healthwatch is here to listen to your views and act on them. Problems with getting dental care and your views on making GP appointments were the two biggest concerns you shared with us in our latest feedback summary.

9 February 2021

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Our call for better access to NHS dental care goes national

Healthwatch’s work highlighting the difficulties patients have had trying to see a dentist during the pandemic has made national headlines.

9 February 2021

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Removing the myths around the Covid-19 vaccine

Online attendees of a webinar about the Covid-19 vaccine have been advised not to be fearful of having it to help bring down the death toll which has reached 100,000 in the UK.

27 January 2021

Number of Bristol COVID-19 cases fall but 'cases still high across all areas of the city'

Cases of COVID-19 in Bristol have fallen slightly on the previous week, but Bristol City Council have warned that cases remain high across all areas of the city.

19 January 2021

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Make sure you're on the learning disability register to receive your vaccine

Find out more about how to get on your GPs learning disability register to ensure you have the Covid-19 vaccine. Being on the register also means you will be invited to have an important health check-up to pick up any symptoms of illness.

26 February 2021

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Disabled people made up 6 in 10 of all COVID-19 deaths last year, according to official data

59.5% of all the coronavirus deaths between the 24th January and the 20th November 2020 were disabled people, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed.

16 February 2021

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Eight additional COVID-19 testing sites open in Bristol and South Gloucestershire

People can now be tested for COVID-19 at eight libraries across Bristol and South Gloucestershire, in addition to the three mobile testing sites already opened by Bristol City Council.

8 February 2021

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Minutes and recording of our first AGM held in October

2 December 2020

Here are the minutes of our first virtual AGM when we welcomed over...

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Dentistry during Covid-19

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First Do No Harm is a report published last week of the Independent...