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North East London COVID Vaccination Centres
Produced by NHS North East London CCG, this map shows the locations for the places in North East London to get vaccinations done for COVID. **It'...
Free Health Complaints Advocacy Service
POhWER provide the Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service for the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and to deliver NHS Complaints...
Barking & Dagenham CCG Merger
From 1st April, Barking & Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has merged to become part of North East London CCG. Find out more about how...
Our 2013-2014 Official Report is Out!
Our official report for 2013-2014 is now out. You can read and download it here .
Joint application by 137 GP practices in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge to the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund to improve access to primary care has been successful.
Dear Healthwatch Associates Please see below a message from Dr Jagan John who led the BHR GPs’ bid to the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund to improve access to primary care. ------------------------------ Message sent on behalf of Dr Jagan John: I am delighted to report that the joint application by...
Cloud House Enter and View findings
Healthwatch Authorised Representatives undetook a Enter and View Visit at Cloud House. It is owned by Delrose House Limited. It is situated on a residential estate and is near to some local shops and a GP practice.The home provides residential support and care for male individuals with Mental...
Events section up date
Healthwatch would like to take this opportunity to let visitors know that the issue on the events section, where events were not showing up, has now been resolved. This issue was higligted yesterday by a few members of the community and we have had a look at this and resolved it. We would like to...
Volunteering
Volunteer for Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham The aim of local Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham is to give our citizens and communities a stronger voice to influence and challenge how health and social care services are provided in the borough. Healthwatch is keen to recruit volunteers who have an...
Survey to assess the levels of patient satisfaction with urgent care appointments at their GP surgeries.
Barking and Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (B&D CCG) are responsible for planning and paying for urgent and emergency care services in the borough. Last year the CCG set up a pilot scheme to provide thousands of extra urgent GP appointments The CCG are now undertaking a survey to assess...
Volunteer for Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham
Volunteer for Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham The aim of local Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham is to give our citizens and communities a stronger voice to influence and challenge how health and social care services are provided in the borough. Healthwatch is keen to recruit volunteers who have an...
Committee Recruitment Healthwatch England
Healthwatch England is currently recruiting for the Healthwatch England Committee. The Committee has all the normal functions of Board including strategic planning, performance monitoring and challenge and support of the executive in the work we do to ensure that people’s collective views and...
Healthwatch : Dental patient experience project for children, young people and parental views
Throughout September, Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham carried out a number of engagement sessions in various settings, with the local community. Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham asked children and young people about their experiences of visiting a dental practice. A report has been produced, which...
Older Peoples’ In-Patient Services – Sunrise ‘A’ & ‘B’ Wards Queens Hospital
Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham undertook a Enter and View visit to Sunrise ‘A’ & ‘B’ Wards Queens Hospital. Take a look at the full report and the response from the Barking Havering Redbridge Hospital Trust.
Barking and Dagenham Healthwatch have their say at The Urgent and Emergency Care Review stakeholder engagement event
Barking and Dagenham Healthwatch have their say at The Urgent and Emergency Care Review stakeholder engagement event on 6th August at Marble Arch, London. The event was part of Professor Sir Bruce Keogh’s Urgent and Emergency Care Review which was announced in January this year. Its aim is to...
Consultation on the PIP assessment Moving around activity
From April 2013 Disability Living Allowance (DLA) began to be replaced for new claimants with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Like DLA, PIP is intended to provide a contribution to the extra costs faced by people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Whether...
‘A Response from the Public’ to Barking & Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Consultation – Proposals for Urgent Care Services and the Broad Street ‘Walk-in’ Service
Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham carried out a number of engagement sessions, in various public settings, with the local community. We asked for peoples’ views and opinions concerning proposals put forward by Barking & Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) about urgent care services and...
Healthwatch England explores the health and social care complaints systems
The right to complain or give feedback about an unsatisfactory service is a key consumer right. It is one that the entire Healthwatch network needs to champion. Our role is to ensure that the voices of consumers and those who use services reach the ears of decision makers – even when those...
First Chair of Healthwatch England announced
The first Chair of Healthwatch England has been announced as Anna Bradley. Anna, a long-standing consumer advocate, is also being appointed as a member of the board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Healthwatch is the new consumer champion for health and social care in England. It will exist in...
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