We are fully committed to meaningful conversations with people, on the right issues at the right time. It is important that you have your say so that we can improve our health and care services.
Our Communications and Engagement Strategy sets out our commitment to ensuring our local communities have the opportunity to input into how services are developed and provided. We want to empower everyone to take more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing in order to lead their best lives.
Engaging and communicating with partners, stakeholders and the public in the planning, design and delivery of services is essential if we are to get this right. We are committed to transparency and meaningful engagement in our work.
If you would like to know more, would like to get involved and have your say about any proposals or find out about our upcoming engagement and consultation activity, please contact us by emailing bswicb.partnership@nhs.net
NHS Ten Year Health Plan
Your chance to be part of the biggest public conversation about health and help us shape the NHS 10 year plan
NHS, Local Authority and Third sector staff are working harder than ever to get services back on track, to get waiting lists down and consistently deliver the best care.
We know change is needed. But we also know that many of the solutions we need are already here, working somewhere in the NHS today.
We in BSW have not shied away from this challenge. We are tackling it head on — redesigning how we deliver care, bringing treatment closer to home and really taking advantage of the latest technology and innovation.
Our staff are our greatest asset, so we know it is not just recovery we need to worry about — it is resilience too. Productivity does not mean asking our staff to do more but giving them the tools they need — whether it’s modern buildings, flexible working or better-connected tech — to work more efficiently, and therefore provide better, faster, safe care for patients.
That’s why we are playing our part in the launch the consultation for the 10-Year Health Plan alongside the government, and we want to hear from you — patients, their families and the wider public — about your NHS story.
Whether you have a little to say or a lot, your views, experiences and ideas will shape immediate steps and long-term changes: a new 10-Year Health Plan for the NHS.
We want your help in shaping the NHS 10 year plan
Thinking ahead 10 years, what would you want your NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire to be like?
What is going to change for you over the next 10 years and how can your NHS best support you and those around you over that time?
Between November 2024 and February 2025 members of the public, staff and patients from across BSW, are being invited to share their experiences, views and ideas for improving the NHS.
People are being encouraged to fill in the local survey even if they have already completed the national one. This is to ensure that insights from local people can be used to improve local services.
How you can get involved
Your views, experiences and ideas will shape immediate steps and long-term changes: a new 10-Year Health Plan for the NHS.
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make the NHS fit for the future.
You can pass on your views via the NHS Ten Year Health Plan survey
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make the NHS fit for the future. Together we can fix it. We need your voice.
You can also sign up to take part in forthcoming engagement events about the Ten Year Plan, as well as other forthcoming opportunities to pass on your views about local health and care services by emailing bswicb.engagement@nhs.net
Citizens Panel
From April 2021 to November 2022 we worked with independent market research specialists Jungle Green to provide the Our Health, Our Future Citizens Panel to help us engage with local people to get their views on health and care issues.
The online panel was made up of a representative sample of the population from across our region and panel members took part in regular surveys to answer questions on a range of topics and provide their views on local health and care. Insights gained from the surveys were used to inform decision making, strategy, service design and service change.
Full reports from every survey can be accessed below.
The Our Health Our Future Citizens' Panel has now closed, as we are focusing on other ways to engage with local people and gather their views on health and care services.
Survey results from the Our Health Our Future Panel:
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 1 Results April 2020 (pptx, 691KB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 2 Results May 2020 (pptx, 777KB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 3 Results August 2020 (ppt, 753KB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 4 Results December 2020 (pdf, 2.3MB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 5 Results May 2021 (pdf, 2.8MB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 6 Results August 2021 (pptx, 741KB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 7 Results January 2022 (pptx, 750KB)
BSW OHOF Panel Survey 8 Results March 2022
Shaping a Healthier Future
We have refreshed of our health and care model to ensure it meets the needs of our population and helps on our journey to recovery from Covid.
Visit our Shaping a Healthier Future page for more information.
Past projects
Our Health Our Future
During the summer of 2019, as we were thinking about our priorities for the future, we gave people in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire an opportunity to help shape how health and care services are provided in the future.
Over a six week period we invited all local residents to say what they need to live healthier and happier lives as part of a campaign called Our Health, Our Future.
Answers were used by health and care providers as part of a forward looking plan which will set out how everyone will be able to access the services and support they need. The plan outlined a local response to priorities laid out in the NHS Long Term Plan which was published in January 2019.
Transforming Maternity Services Together
The proposal to change the way maternity services are delivered across the region was developed by all the NHS organisations that plan and buy health services as well as those that provide or manage maternity services across B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire.
We engaged widely across BSW and more than 2,400 people took part in public consultation between November 2018 and February 2019.
A team at the Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement at the University of Bath School of Management analysed the survey responses. The full report and other consultation material was published online in January 2020 and are available on the Transforming Maternity Services website.
The proposal to change maternity services was approved by the joint BSW Governing Bodies on 16 January 2020 and implementation of the proposal has begun.
Find out more here: www.transformingmaternity.org.uk
