HEALTHWATCH SCHOOLS’ SURVEY As I’ve mentioned before, Healthwatch Torbay, our local independent charity ensuring that the public have their say on local health and social care services, has been co…

BRINGING ‘FAIR’ TO BRIXHAM A COMMUNITY LAUNCH EVENT The FAIR project is a new service for people over 50 in Torbay, offering advice and information on benefits, managing money, getting the best util…

  HEALTHWATCH YOUNG PEOPLE’S EVENTS  How to get involved in Healthwatch Torbay’s latest project! Healthwatch Torbay are to run  a series of events across the Bay to try and gain a wide range o…

Lots of people are unaware of or unable to access health and social care resources on the internet, things like booking a doctor’s appointment, to ordering a prescription, or to self-referring - for e…

VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK Volunteers’ Week is a time to say thank you for the fantastic contribution volunteers make. During the week, June 1-7, hundreds of events and celebrations take place across the …

Healthwatch Appeal for people to 'champion’ the voice  of the Community Local health and social care consumer champion Healthwatch Torbay are appealing for people to give a voice to their local commu…

Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, organisers of the annual Occombe Beer Festival, are looking forward to a bumper party at this year’s festival, held on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. First …

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has created an indoor vertical garden. Horticulturalists have planted an area of wall 4 metres wide and 1.5 metres high in the entrance hall. Paignton Zoo’s Curator …

News from Healthwatch Torbay: Healthwatch Torbay’s annual feedback report includes more than 650 reviews, raises some 220 concerns, and  highlights 66 serious complaints. In a busy year, social …

YOUNG LIFE IN TORBAY England’s Riviera is a wonderful place for holiday-makers and for many of us – including relative newcomers like me – a great place to live! Now, though, Healthwatch Torbay …

Have you got a tale to tell? When health secretary Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS in July 1945 it was the climax of a hugely ambitious plan to bring good healthcare to all. For the first time, hosp…

Do you have IT skills that you could use to help others? And a do you have a bit of spare time? If you do, Healthwatch Torbay’s exciting new Digital Inclusion Project needs you! Although we’re l…

‘What people forget is just how lonely life can be for a carer.’ Those words, spoken by a carer I spoke to recently, are echoed in Healthwatch Torbay’s recent Carers Report. Caring for a loved o…

It’s Spring - a time for births and beginnings. At Paignton Zoo, bird keepers are busy overseeing a whole clutch of hatchings. The season isn’t fully underway yet, but already staff have crested pige…