1. What is Healthwatch Enter and View?

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    We have the power to 'Enter and View' providers of health and social care, such as hospitals, care homes and dentists, and to observe and report on how those services are being run.

  2. Healthwatch calls on health professionals in Swindon to make more space for new parents to talk about their mental health

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    Independent health and social care champion Swindon is calling on local services to make more space for new parents in Swindon to talk about their mental health.

  3. Proposal to transform local maternity services reaches final decision stage

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    The decision on a proposal to transform maternity services across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire will be made at the joint Governing Bodies meeting in common for the three Clinical Commissioning Groups on 16 January 2020.

  4. Proposal to transform local maternity services is approved

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    The joint Governing Bodies of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (BSW CCGs) today approved a proposal to improve and modernise maternity services across the region.

  5. SpeakUp2020: Share your views and help make the NHS better

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    New campaign calls on Swindon residents to share to their experiences of NHS services to help make care better for all.

  6. Changes to community maternity services agreed as CCG continues to respond to current coronavirus challenge

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    Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has today agreed a set of recommendations that will maintain the health and wellbeing of mums-to-be during the current coronavirus outbreak. Read more.

  7. Key messages about maternity services during COVID-19

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    We appreciate this is a worrying time for pregnant women and mums who have recently had their baby. We want to ensure we give you the latest information about how we have had to change our services to keep everyone safe. Find out more.

  8. Maternity Voices Partnership Plus Survey - B&NES, Swindon & Wiltshire

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    B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Maternity Voices Partnership want to gather the views of pregnant women and those who have had their babies with a survey they are running. They will share the findings with local maternity services. Find out more.

  9. New quiet room at Great Western Hospital to provide space for families to think and reflect

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    A new quiet room has opened at the Great Western Hospital to provide a calming space for families to receive and understand potentially upsetting news about their pregnancy journeys and baby’s.

  10. Maternity support during COVID-19

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    Read about how coronavirus could affect you, your baby and your pregnancy care.

  11. Opening Doors - a Conversation About Covid-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy

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    Save the date in your diary!

  12. Healthwatch Swindon News Bites December 2021

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    In this month's news you can hear what we have been up to and find out about some of the great resources currently available.

  13. Good News

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    Help us spread a little Joy and share your Good News Story.

  14. Tell us your story of maternal mental health care

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    Pregnancy is a major life event for any family. It can be joyful and fulfilling but also challenging. We’re launching a national survey to understand if care works for new mothers and birthing parents. Share your story.

  15. Six-week postnatal check for new mums – Q&A

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    What is the six-week postnatal check for new mothers and why it’s important that you attend it? In this advice piece, we cover all the basic questions you may have about it.

  16. Six-week postnatal checks are failing many new mothers

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    Deep-dive analysis of experiences of 2,693 new mothers and birthing parents shows that six-week postnatal checks – required of GPs in England - are failing many new mothers. We call for action.

  17. Maternal mental health: The changes your feedback made possible

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    Your experiences of maternal mental health care continue to shape NHS services, with NHS England recently announcing improvements to maternity and neo-natal services.

  18. Stories from new mothers: the importance of good communication

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    The commitment to personalised care has been a cornerstone of NHS policy on maternity care for many years. A crucial part of personalised care is good communication, listening and agreeing on actions together. In this blog, we share new mothers' stories highlighting the role of communication and choice.

  19. Enter and View - Maternity Services at Great Western Hospital

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    We visited the Maternity Services at Great Western Hospital on 19th February 2024.

    Our Enter and View visits are a way that we can gather information about services and collect views of service users, staff and volunteers.

    Following on from our visit we have made some recommendations to the service provider based on the feedback we have received and what we observed.