News and reports

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 March 2018.

The Kooth service is a key part of Swindon’s drive to improve accessibility, promote resilience and better support young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Seven Swindon GP practices have today announced a Super Partnership to improve the quality of care to over 75,000 patients across the region.

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 February 2018.

Mencap, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Learning Disabilities Observatory have worked together to create an Easy Read leaflet explaining what an annual health check is.

Here are the latest CQC inspection reports for the Swindon area as published by the Care Quality Commission during January 2018.

An out-of-hours GP service will be transferred to a private company next month.

Nearly 34 million patients will benefit from improved GP services as NHS England boosts the number of surgery-based clinical pharmacists that can offer expert medication and treatment.

A GP shortfall could be partly plugged by recruits from abroad

Take a look at our meeting notes and presentation slides from our Patient Participation Group Forum held at Sanford House on 10 January 2018.

Our work is shaped by the concerns that local people raise with 152 local Healthwatch. Our annual survey of health and care priorities puts mental health at the top of the list for 2018.

Take a look at our meeting notes from our Patient Participation Group Forum held at Sanford House on 27 October 2017.
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