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Tell Healthwatch England about your experience of leaving hospital during COVID-19
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the usual processes that hospitals follow to discharge people from their care changed to help free up beds. While...
Guest Blog:Community Resources: Building Belonging During Lockdown
Authored by Sally Dixon, Open Doors Project Co-ordinator If you’d asked me for a list of phrases associated with ‘Lockdown’, I...
Latest Information - Changes to COVID-19 Guidance from 13th May 2020
STAY ALERT>>>>CONTROL THE VIRUS>>>>SAVE LIVES - the latest guidance from the government takes effect from today. Keep up to...
Seven north east London CCGs award first joint contract
A new alliance of north east London Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have made a significant step by awarding a new contract for an integrated NHS 111 and clinical assessment service to London Ambulance Service. The contract has been awarded by seven north east London CCGs – Waltham Forest,...
CQC rates NELFT services as Good
18 January 2018 Press Release CQC rates NELFT services as Good NELFT today (18 January 2018) welcomed the publication of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) report into our services following the Well-Led Review late in 2017. We are delighted with the new overall rating of 'Good' as this reflects...
Could you be the voice for patients?
The Patient Partnership Council is the voice for patients across Queen’s and King George Hospitals and we need people like you to join us. You can help us provide the best care possible, focused on the needs of patients just like you, and you could even become a partner to a specific team like...
Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham Christmas closure
Please note Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham will be closed from 3pm on Thursday 21st December 2017 until Tuesday 2nd January 2018. Any emails or messages received by our office within this time will be actioned on our return in the New Year. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a...
Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham’s response to: Barking & Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Consultation – Proposals for Spending NHS money wisely 2
Barking Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (BHR CCGs) are legally required to balance their budget. To achieve financial balance, they need to deliver £55 million savings from the budget in the 2017/18 financial year. This is just over 5% of our total annual joint budget of just...
Changes agreed to NHS services and treatment funded locally
Yesterday,the CCG governing bodies for Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge agreed to stop funding or restrict access to a number of treatments, medicines and procedures as they look to make further savings for the local NHS. The decisions come after an eight week public consultation, ‘...
Healthwatch annual survey - Providers
WHO KNOWS? Healthwatch are undertaking a piece of work called 'WHO KNOWS'. We are keen to hear from indivduals working within the health and social care sector. By taking part you will help us find out the following: - Have people have heard of us? - How we can improve our engagement with the local...
Healthwatch Annual Survey - Residents
WHO KNOWS? Healthwatch are undertaking a piece of work called 'WHO KNOWS'. By taking part you will help us find out the following: - Have people have heard of us? - How we can improve our engagement with the local community - What works well and what needs improvement in health services Any...
Pharmaceutical Needs Assesment
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham need your opinion on pharmacy services in the borough over the next three years. A pharmaceutical needs assessment helps ensure everyone in Barking and Dagenham has access to a pharmacy and the services they provide. The assessment provides information on what...
Spending NHS money wisely
The NHS is facing a challenging time. There is rising local demand for NHS services and the cost and availability of treatments continues to increase, which means it is all the more essential that we spend our limited resources in the most effective way. BHR CCGs need to make £55 million of local...
We have moved!
We have moved into our new premises. Please take note of our new contact details: Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham Lifeline House 25 Neville Road Dagenham Essex RM8 3QS Telephone:0800 298 5331
Local charity, LifeLine Projects based in Neville Road, Dagenham has been appointed by the Council to bring a new lease of life to Healthwatch in Barking and Dagenham.
LifeLine commenced delivery on 1st September 2017. The charity will enable Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham to bring the voice and influence of local people to the development and delivery of local health services; putting local people at the heart of decision making processes and improving...
Returning to work after time out for caring consultation
The Government Equalities Office would like to know more about the experiences of people who want to return to work, employers’ experiences of recruiting these people and other evidence on the barriers that they face and the support available to them. This call for evidence is for: Those who have...
NHS England's post-implementation review of the Accessible Information Standard NHS England
During January-March 2017 NHS England led a review of the Standard to assess impact and check that it is ‘fit for purpose’. Over 1600 people had their say and a report of the review is available in a range of formats: Accessible Information Standard Review Report (Word) Accessible Information...
General Practice Forward View
The GP Forward View, committed to an extra £2.4 billion a year to support GP services by 2020/21. Take a look at NHS England's animation, which explains what the scheme aims to achieve.
BHRUT are looking for Volunteers
Volunteers ( Mealtime Assistants) required to provide support to patients on wards duirng mealtimes. Applicants interested in this role can access the full information in the attached file.
Reviewing the wheelchair services across the three boroughs
BHR CCGs have been reviewing the wheelchair services across the three boroughs, and are seeking service user and carer feedback on service redesign. The CCGs are looking to hold an engagement event on 3 August 2017, 15.00-17.00 and are seeking to gauge interest in the event. The purpose of the...
Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham 2017-18
Check out what we have been up to in the last year!
Do you have any new ideas to improve Gascoigne ?
Would you like to share your ideas? Action fo rgascoigne invites you........
Changes to Disability Services in the Local Borough of Barking and Dagenham
The service brings together the formerly separate teams for disabled children and adults into an integrated, single service for people with lifelong disabilities, irrespective of age. The aim is to help disabled people live as independently as possible, through early planning, and to remove some of...
The way Disability Services will be delivered in the borough is changing
In January 2017 the Local Authority started talking about proposals for a new single Integrated Disability Service. A number of children’s and adults disability services are being brought together into one service to support people with disabilities from birth, through to older age. It is envisaged...
CQC Online Community
CQC has launched a new platform where the general public can contribute to discussions , take part in polling and review documents. Please use the following link to register your interest https://communities.cqc.org.uk/public/home
NHS ENGLAND recruitment
NHS England (London) is seeking to recruit public members acting in a voluntary capacity, to help develop and improve London Antenatal and Newborn Screening Services. The Programmes aim to identify pregnancies and babies at increased risk of developing life threatening, life limiting or other...
Princes William and Harry break mental health taboos for a new generation
There is no correct way to deal with trauma and grief. But the brothers are showing that it’s OK to dispense with the stiff upper lip and ask for help.. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/19/princes-william-harry-taboos-mental-health?CMP=share_btn_tw
Have your say on how the NHS spends its money
GPs in Barking and Dagenham are asking patients and residents to get involved with helping them decide how to spend NHS money wisely http://www.barkingdagenhamccg.nhs.uk/BarkingAndDagenhamNews/Spending-NHS-money-wisely.htm
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