News and reports

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

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.

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.

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.

In November 2018 Healthwatch Bristol worked collaboratively with the University of Bristol on their 3D project, teaching first year medical students about f diversity, discrimination and disadvantage.

This report from December 2018 provides a summary of ongoing issues that carers in Bristol and South Gloucestershire have raised with Carers Support Centre (CSC) around their experiences of hospital admission and discharge planning.

The purpose of this enter and view was a revisit following the previous
Healthwatch visit on Monday 24 October 2016, to observe if our
recommendations from the report had been implemented. Also to gather feedback
from residents and their families.

On 24 July 2018 Bristol Community Health (BCH) hosted a meeting with Healthwatch Bristol and its volunteers

On 6 November 2018 Healthwatch Bristol held a breast health awareness event at St Paul's Learning Centre for women in partnership with North Bristol NHS Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK

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.

The Care Forum was recruited in 2018 to talk confidentially with women who did not stop smoking during pregnancy in Bristol and North Somerset. We asked why they didn’t stop smoking, and asked them how support could work better in future.

In January 2018 Healthwatch Bristol received an application from Second Step and Bristol Active Life Project (BALP) to examine the burden of health costs to the NHS on people with Severe and Enduring Complex Mental Health Conditions (CMHCs).