Our work with people and communities
Find out more about our engagement work here and on our dedicated engagement website.
Engagement news and updates
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Research Engagement Network project - Findings & Recommendations Report (Oct 2023-April 2024)
Following a successful bid in securing funding from NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care in October 2023, we have delivered a Research Engagement Network (REN) Project in Somerset and the findings & recommendations report is now available.
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Vaccinations Engagement (May-July 2024)
NHS Somerset Communications & Engagement colleagues are working closely together on a series of engagement projects, working alongside our VCFSE partners who already have trusted, established relationships in their communities, to improve vaccination communications.
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High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) ‘Take the Pressure Off’ Campaign - Survey Findings You Said We Did
The Integrated Care System (ICS) partners are currently involved in working collaboratively on our “Take the Pressure Off” campaign, an initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of regular blood pressure monitoring.
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Musculoskeletal Digital 'getUBetter' App Engagement (June-July 2024)
The NHS Somerset Engagement Team have been supporting colleagues with engagement around an app, designed as a self-management digital support platform to enable people with common musculoskeletal injuries and conditions to self-manage.
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Personalised Care Branding Engagement (June-July 2024)
The NHS Somerset Communications & Engagement Team have been supporting our personalised care colleagues with their branding - a personalised care design and logo which people to feel they can connect with.
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NHS Type 2 Pathway to Remission Programme - Diabetes Engagement (July 2024)
The Engagement Team is currently supporting colleagues with engagement planning around a 12-month programme to help people lose weight and potentially go into remission from having Type 2 diabetes. Somerset is one of 21 areas in the country to offer the Programme.
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Personalised Care - Survey Findings Report
Personalised Care represents a new relationship between people, professionals and the health and care system and provides a positive shift in power and decision making that enables people to feel informed, have a voice, to be heard and to be connected to each other and their communities.
Taunton and Bridgwater Deaf Club October 2023
Our Engagement team were invited by Healthwatch Somerset to attend the October meeting of the Taunton and Bridgwater Deaf Club.
Our Engagement annual report 2022-23
Our People and Communities: annual engagement report 22-23 provides an overview of our engagement work from July 2022 to April 2023.
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NHS 75th Birthday engagement
Our Engagement team and Healtwatch Somerset travelled across the county, gathering NHS stories from the people of Somerset as part of our NHS 75th birthday celebrations.
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Pride in Priorswood 2023
Our Engagement team attended this summer's Pride in Priorswood 2023 events.
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Neuro Rehabilitation Services Engagement 2023
Our Engagement team have been engaging with people with lived experience of neuro rehabilitation services in Somerset including carers, family and support networks.
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Hyper acute and acute stroke services review
We are currently reviewing our acute hospital based stroke services in Somerset, which includes hyper acute stroke and acute stroke services.
This is the specialist hospital care people receive in the first few days and weeks after a stroke.
To find out more about the review visit the Our Somerset website stroke pages.
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Children and Young People's emotional health and wellbeing
We are pleased to share our full report on our findings following our engagement about Children and Young People’s emotional health and wellbeing in Somerset 2020.
307 people completed a survey to tell us what they think of children and young people mental health services. The survey was designed in partnership with Young Somerset, the largest youth work charity in Somerset. Key findings from the report tell us that people would like to see easier access to services, increased availability of sessions, more suitable services for specific needs and better communication about the services that are available.
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Engagement report on the closure of Victoria Park Medical Centre
NHS Somerset has published an engagement report describing the feedback given by patients and residents, following the closure of the Victoria Park Medical Centre.
Over 100 people gave us their feedback through three drop-in sessions and an online survey. All the information provided was analysed by an independent expert, who has written a report.
The report includes details of people’s experiences of their new GP practices, their views about what NHS Somerest needs to consider when planning for future local health services and suggestions about possible solutions.
A copy is available here.
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Mental health services review
Following a public consultation, on the 24 September 2020, the Governing Body of Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) approved a proposal to relocate adult mental health beds from Wells to Yeovil.