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Sign our petition to review the decision to abolish independent local Healthwatch

Instead of dismantling independence, we should be strengthening it.

8 August 2025

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Complete our blood pressure survey

We need your views about how to encourage more people to get their blood pressure checked - particularly those who are at risk of having high blood pressure.

8 July 2025

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Local Healthwatch champions the voices of 100,089 people in the last year

Listening, empowering, and driving change across diverse communities.

2 July 2025

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Help create technology for people who feel lonely

If you are aged 16-25 and have been diagnosed with ADHD or autism, we need your help to design new technology that will benefit you.

7 April 2025

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Unpaid carers: complete our survey

We want to know what happens when someone rejects being given care and the impact that this has on their carer. We are also interested in what it is like to access care on behalf of someone else and the barriers that carers face.

19 February 2025

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Have your say: the NHS 10 Year Health Plan

The government wants to hear the views, experiences and ideas of everyone in England as part of 'the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS'. Here's how you can get involved.

4 December 2024

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Complete our survey - Breaking Barriers: Improving Access to Cancer Services – Including Screening

A new collaboration has launched which aims to uncover inequalities and barriers to accessing cancer care and shape how services can be improved for…

30 September 2025

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Help shape health and care for LGBTQIA+ people in Swindon

Please complete our survey and share your experiences with us.

12 August 2025

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131 local Healthwatch services unite to oppose government plans to undermine independent public voice

131 local Healthwatch services across England have signed a powerful open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, urging the…

18 July 2025

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Report: Youth-centred insights into vaping cessation

22 October 2025

Vaping can harm brain development and lead to addiction. It may also increase the risk of anxiety, mood problems, and trouble sleeping. Young people aged 12 - 25 from Swindon spoke to us about why young people vape and what support would help them stop.

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A woman organising bottles of orange squash on a table at a food bank.

Report: 'I eat once a week maybe" - The health impacts of food insecurity

22 October 2025

Food insecurity is a growing issue across the UK, and is closely linked to health inequalities. We looked at the experiences of 78 people facing food insecurity across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

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