North Somerset needs ‘extra help’ to combat alcoholism, it has been claimed, after new figures revealed a ‘worrying’ number of people receive disability benefits due to alcohol misuse. The number of people in the district who claim incapacity payments or employment and support allowance with alcohol misuse listed as the main disabling condition is almost […]

New figures have highlighted the problem of NHS ‘bed blocking’ in North Somerset. So-called bed blocking figures (delayed discharge from hospital) show that at the end of October there were 34 people stuck in hospital beds in North Somerset, despite being well enough to be discharged or transferred to social care. The official NHS figures […]

The first ever Weston-super-Mare Central Ward Building Communities Conference took place yesterday and was hailed a great success by organisers.   The event took place at Victoria Methodist Church Hall in Station Road yesterday, Wednesday 25th November, and was attended by more than 60 local residents and representatives of local organisations and volunteer groups.   […]

An ‘urgent’ review of public health spending is being undertaken by North Somerset Council as Government cuts mean it is set to lose out on more than half a million pounds. Staff vacancies have not been filled and some planned projects will be delayed as a result of the authority’s public health funding being cut […]

Have your say on changes proposed to the services offered by the GP practice and Walk-in Centre at Weston General Hospital and the Boulevard. You can find out more by visiting: www.northsomerset.nhs.uk Or you can attend one of the public meetings being held by the NHS to seek your views: Thursday 10 May at 7pm, […]

NEARLY one in three patients in North Somerset facing a life-threatening emergency is not receiving treatment from ambulance crews within ?the Government-approved target time. Councillors have now voiced ‘great concern’ at how, between April and July, around 1,000 patients were not attended to quickly enough when their lives were in danger. New guidelines outlined by […]