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Our aim is to improve health and social care services in Central Bedfordshire.

To do this we need your feedback about local GP surgeries, hospitals, dentists, pharmacies, opticians, social care, emergency care and community based health teams. With this, we are able to inform, liaise, influence and, if necessary, challenge decisions and plans.

For all of this, we need your help!

Please help us by sharing your experiences of all or any of these services by clicking on the button below.

Tell us when things are going well and when they’re not, so we can do something about it.

Have your say on the future of the NHS in Central Bedfordshire today

The NHS in Central Bedfordshire is changing, and it needs your help.

The Government is investing an extra £20bn a year in the NHS as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.  Now you can help your local NHS invest in the right support by sharing your ideas with us.

Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire has launched ‘What Would you do?’ to gather feedback from the public on ways to improve local NHS services.

Your views matter.

Take part in our short survey and share your views about what would make health services in Central Bedfordshire better.

There is a large print format of the general survey here, and for the long-term condition survey.

There is an easy read format of the general survey here, and for the long-term condition survey.

We want to know the following:

• How would you help people live healthier lives?
• What would make health services better?
• How would you make it easier for people to take control of their own health and wellbeing?
• What would you do to make support better for people with long-term conditions?

Thank you very much for taking part in the survey, if you have any additional comments please talk to us at info@healthwatch-centralbedfordshire.org.uk or call 0300 303 8554 and speak to a member of the team.

Your views count – make sure you have your say.

To find out more about the NHS Long Term Plan, please read here

Living in rural areas: how does this affect your health care?

A quadriplegic man from Central Bedfordshire would like to see more joined up hospital appointments to help cut journeys down for those living in rural areas.

Michael Hyde has severe Multiple Sclerosis which resulted in him having both legs amputated and losing the use of his hands and arms.

In the last 12 months alone – he has had 23 separate hospital appointments, many of which he feels could have been reduced if tests and scans were offered on the same day.

69-year-old Michael said: “It would be nice to have one appointment rather than several appointments, so if I needed a scan, blood tests and a consultation I could have these all in the same day, rather than going backwards and forwards.

“But really on the whole I cannot fault the treatment I have received over the years – all the doctors and nurses have all done what they said they would do and I have had excellent care.”

What would you do to improve health services in Central Bedfordshire? Have your say and take part in the survey today: