News and reports

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.