The New World of SEN Participation Event | Tuesday 26 June
Organised by Bristol Parent Carers
Looking at the support required by your child/young person (0-25) with special educational needs / disabilities
Continue reading “Bristol Parent Carers – The New World of SEN Participation Event”
Healthwatch would like to know about waiting times, standard of support and services, as well as ongoing support across the Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and B&NES areas.
The survey is open until 30 April and can be filled out online here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/J89P5WR
The findings, comments and themes will be taken forward by Healthwatch Bristol to a meeting with senior CAMHS managers in May
Bristol City Council has drafted a City Centre Framework document for consultation. The Framework sets out aspirations for how people access and move around the city centre. It also covers new development and enhancing public spaces, with a focus on Bristol Shopping Quarter, Old City, Castle Park, North Redcliffe and the gateway into the city from the M32.
Pop-up exhibitions to raise awareness of the consultation are planned as follows:
Learn more about the consultation here.
Healthwatch Bristol’s has launched a report following on from discussions with carers at the Carers Rights Day that we held in Fishponds in November 2017.
Continue reading “Healthwatch Bristol Impact Report from Carers Rights Day”
Bristol City Council is consulting on its priorities for its Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND Strategy). This consultation closes on 25 May.
Continue reading “Consultation: Bristol Special Educational Needs and Disabilities”
Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (SARAS) hope to identify the gaps and needs in service provision for survivors of sexual abuse and rape who also have a learning disability.
Sirona would like to hear your views, good or bad, on the services they deliver.
Continue reading “Sirona Care & Health Survey (South Gloucestershire)”
South Gloucestershire is faced with a growing ageing population over the next 5-20 years as life expectancy increases and people from the post-war ‘baby boom’ reach old age. The likelihood of being disabled and receiving care increases with age.
Continue reading “South Gloucestershire Housing Survey: Housing needs for the over 55s”
Ask Listen Do is an NHS project to make it easier for people to give comments and make complaints.
Continue reading “NHS England Family Carer Event – Ask Listen Do”
South Gloucestershire Council and partners are working together to review autism services and wider community aspects related to autism. As part of this they want to understand your experience of autism in South Gloucestershire to develop the recommendations for the autism needs assessment.
The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete and will be open until Wednesday 21 March.
You can find the survey by following this link: http://bit.ly/2FAgM5M
Please share with anyone that has any experience of Autism that you think could have an input into this assessment.
According to Which?, the care home population is already bigger than the City of Manchester. But it’s set to grow rapidly over the coming years.
Continue reading “Which? Petition to the Government to Support Residential Care”
South Gloucestershire Council is reviewing their services to support people to take care of their health.
Continue reading “South Gloucestershire Healthy Lifestyles Survey 2018”
Sense launched a new campaign called When I’m Gone, which is focused on ensuring long term support for disabled people and their families. With traction already building via social media, there will be yearlong series of activities, campaigning, and regional events planned.
People currently in receipt of a personal health budgets or integrated personal budget (combining health and social care funding) will be able to share their experiences of a personal health budget in a survey being run by NHS England. Open until 31st April, all survey responses will be anonymised and used to help improve how personal health budgets are offered in England.
Continue reading “Personal health budget holders invited to share their experiences”
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (BNSSG CCG) will be producing an urgent care strategy which will set out their future plans for commissioning urgent and emergency care across the whole area. The CCGs’ aim is to ensure that their population has access to the best care from the right person in the best place and at the right time.
There will be a workshop to capture local people’s thoughts and the reasons for choosing a particular urgent and / or emergency care service. The aim is to highlight areas where the system is not working and where the patient and carer experience is poor, as well as identifying the areas where urgent and emergency care services are working well.
Update: If you can’t attend the meeting on 21st March, but would like to feed into this important strategy, please fill out the following short survey: BNSSG Urgent Care Strategy Survey
Details of the workshop are:
Date: Wednesday 21 March 2018
Start & Finish Time: 10 am until 12 noon
Venue: Brook Way Activity Centre, Brook Way, Bradley Stoke, BS32 9DA (Meeting Rooms A&B)
To book, contact: Pennie Jones, Patient & Public Involvement & Equalities Officer
Tel No: 0117 9474441
Email: penniejones@nhs.net
Monica Rudston who runs the Henleaze Carers Group has asked Carers Support Centre to extend the invitation to their 12th April carers group to all carers who might like to come along, even if from outside of the BS9 area, as they have an MP visiting. Here is the information, if you would like to attend this really interesting sounding meeting.
Continue reading “MP to visit Henleaze Carers Group in April”
The Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board is currently writing the safeguarding adults strategic plan for 2018-2021.
This is an important strategy to feed your views into. There is an online survey which can be accessed by clicking here, it just takes a few minutes to fill out.
Continue reading “Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board wants to hear from carers!”
The consultation on the draft Strategy for Children and Young People 0-25 years with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in South Gloucestershire 2018-2023 is now live.
All the consultation documents are available via this web page Web: http://bit.ly/2FdEqBe. The consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 12th March.
UPDATE: Programme for the day now available!
10.30AM to 1PM at the Vassall Centre
Issue 76 is now available for download. Continue reading “Spring Carers News Out Now”
