Healthwatch Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Manager: Carolina Echegaray
Carolina has a background in public health, specialising in the prevention of violence against children and community outreach. She has worked across health and social care as well as within the humanitarian sector.
Now, Carolina leads and manages the work of Healthwatch Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). She guides and supports the Healthwatch BNSSG team to ensure our work programme addresses the health and care needs of local people in the context of local and national health and care priorities and developments.
Carolina manages our engagement team and oversees the work of our volunteers, to encourage public involvement and participation in the monitoring, evaluation, and improvement of health and social care services. She promotes the value of listening to patient and public feedback and represents the views of local people to those responsible for health and care in BNSSG to inform decisions about service development and improvement.
07395 193947
Our staff
Engagement Officer, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire: Anna King
Anna has worked in a freelance capacity for Healthwatch since 2022 on a wide range of research and engagement projects, on issues such as dignity in hospital care, maternal mental health, and adult social care services across BNSSG. Following this she worked as Projects and Engagement Officer for Healthwatch South Gloucestershire. Anna has a background in health and social care research, and evaluation in the public and voluntary sector. She worked at the University of Bristol in health services research and systematic reviewing, and the University of the West of England (UWE) in policy research.
01454 506176
anna.king@healthwatchbnssg.co.uk
Engagement Officer, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire: Korreigh Bissix
0117 2033594
korreigh.bissix@healthwatchbnssg.co.uk
Engagement Officer, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire: Sally Williams
Sally has worked in the voluntary sector for over 25 years. She has a background in supporting families, and delivering and developing a variety of training programmes and workshops. Sally has also been involved in campaigning and research projects. She worked as a Social Prescriber for four years, supporting patients to access services and support. Sally continues to support families, delivering programmes and workshops alongside her role as our Engagement Officer. Her current work is focusing on gathering feedback from refugees and asylum seekers about their access to services.
01275 244238
sally.williams@healthwatchbnssg.co.uk
Volunteer and Engagement Officer: Jacqui Reeves
Jacqui's role is to recruit, train and support our volunteers, who play a vital role in helping us carry out our work. Jacqui has worked in the voluntary sector and food sustainability sector for many years. She has developed a wide range of volunteer training and employability programmes and loves to support volunteers with their aspirations - whether they're looking to gain experience in the health and care sector, give back to their communities, or use their existing skills to support us.
07928 206365
