South Devon Players: Macbeth Revisited!
Fantastic news - by audience request, and word of mouth, The South Devon Players have been asked to reprise their post-apocalyptic, uncut text production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. While contracts are …
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How young people feel about life in Torbay
The Torbay Safeguarding Children Board has ‘wholeheartedly accepted’ the ‘valuable insight’ offered by Healthwatch Torbay’s new survey report of young people’s experiences of life in the bay.In Janua…
Healthwatch Survey – Have Your Say!
NHS Long Term Plan - Healthwatch kick off on engagement Devon, like every area of the county, has been asked to develop its own Long Term Plan. Our plan, which will be completed by October 2019, wi…
Look after yourself this Easter
With Easter fast approaching, Devon’s NHS leaders are calling on people to take preventative measures ahead of the bank holidays and after. The long Easter weekend traditionally puts extra pressure…
Regenerating Seaside Towns
Torbay Council has welcomed the findings of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Regeneration of Seaside Towns.The report ‘The future of seaside towns’, released yesterday on Thursday 4 April, r…
South Korea comes to Torbay!
South Korean visitors from Seoul Metropolitan Government have returned to Torbay to learn more about how integrated health and social care works in the region.In 2017, several civil servants from Seou…
Tell Healthwatch Torbay what you would do!
NHS England have asked local NHS providers/commissioners to come up with a local plan explaining how they will deliver the priorities set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.Healthwatch Torbay’s role is to …
Have Your Say on the future of the NHS
The NHS 'Long Term Plan' With growing pressure on the NHS – people living longer, more people living with long-term conditions, lifestyle choices affecting people’s health – changes are needed to make…
Cultural Volunteering in Torbay!
Are you the right person to help ask people the right questions? Who are they? What do they like? Have they been before? Will they tell their friends? These are some of the questions that Torbay Cultu…
How should the NHS change in Devon?
People keen to influence the future of the NHS in Torbay, Plymouth and Devon are being encouraged to make their views known and really ‘make a big difference’. Healthwatch in Torbay, Plymouth and D…
“Being a Healthwatch Torbay Champion has never been more important”
We are going through a period of major change in our health and social care services and it is vital that people have an opportunity to have their say. Getting your voice heard is not always easy. …
English Tourism Week: Experience local attractions
Torre Abbey Museum, Paignton Palace Theatre and Torquay Museum are all marking Visit England’s English Tourism Week, taking place Saturday 30 March to Sunday 7 April, by giving offers to local resid…
What would you do to make mental health support better?
Around 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health concern every year, according to Mind. Mental health conditions take many forms, including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, p…
Are we listening to young people about their health and social care needs?
There is growing evidence that young people are less likely to engage in consultations relating to health and social care, yet we know that the future health of the nation is dependent on us being abl…