News and reports

After a recent inspection the Care Quality Commission has placed Moredon Medical Centre in special measures. Read more.

End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. The guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your day to day decisions.

From 1 June 2019 the non-emergency patient transport service in Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire will be provided by E-zec Medical Transport Services - a family run company focused on delivering high quality, safe, effective transportation for patients to and from a healthcare setting.

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

This is a brief final report about nine quality checking Enter and View visits to GP practices and dental surgeries in Swindon undertaken by supported volunteers with learning disabilities.

Take a look at our meeting notes from our Patient Participation Group Forum held at Sanford House on 2 May 2019.

Each quarter we meet with our Advisory to decide which areas in health and social care we should focus on in Swindon. Read our meeting minutes from April 2019.

Find out about the work we've carried out in January 2019 to April 2019.

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.

After receiving negative publicity because of the temporary closure of the Place of Safety facilities in Swindon and Wiltshire, Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group appointed Healthwatch Swindon, with the support of Healthwatch Wiltshire, to speak to people who have stayed there to find what they really thought of the Devizes facility.

Take a look at our meeting notes and presentation slides from our Patient Participation Group Forum held at Sanford House on 13 March 2019.

This enter and view visit was carried out with volunteers from Swindon Advocacy Movement and is part of our quality checkers project, which looks at health and social care services from the perspective of someone with a learning disability.