Summary of report content
Healthwatch Bristol visited The Carers Support Centre mental health carers support group to gather feedback on peoples experiences of health and social care services. There were eight people in attendance when Healthwatch Bristol visited on Tuesday 8 November and an informal discussion was had to share experiences and issues, and signpost to advocacy support and Well Aware. Their were 14 comments received from the session, the key themes included: The lack of support in the community for mental health is a regular issue raised with Healthwatch Bristol and is a key and clear theme in this engagement summary. ; a lack of specialist support and respite for carers of those with mental health issues; carers not being listened to or having information shared with them was an issue raised during this session, as was the importance of having an effective care coordinator to support the care of the person with a mental illness.Would you like to look at:
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