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Healthwatch Harrow Insight and Intelligence, Q1 2018
Healthwatch Harrow undertakes a range of activities to gather local views and experiences of health and social care services. These comments form the...
New Service at Alexandra Health & Social Care Centre
From 1 November 2018 the Alexandra Health & Social Care Centre will become a GP Access Centre dedicated to treating patients registered with a...
NICE Public Involvement Update, August 2018
The latest news and updates from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
Introducing the Healthwatch Harrow Patient Experience Panel (PEP)
Healthwatch Harrow is the ‘official voice’ across the Borough for health and social care service users. Our database contains 1,000’s of health and social care related issues, good and bad, about services ranging from GPs, Northwick Park Hospital (and other local hospitals), Care Homes, Adult...
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New GP contract agreed for 2018 to 2019
The contract was agreed by the Department of Health and Social Care ( DHSC ), NHS Employers on behalf of NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee ( GPC ). The deal includes a pay uplift, together with a 3% increase to expense claims, totalling £102.9 million...
Need to see a GP or nurse over the Easter holidays?
Press release Need to see a GP or nurse over the Easter holidays? GP and nurse appointments are available over the Easter bank holiday weekend including Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. This follows on from success over the Christmas and New Year period, as pressures were reduced on...
Do you want to beat Type 2 diabetes? There’s an app for that!
Patients living with Type 2 diabetes in North West London have seen significant improvements to their health thanks to new smartphone health apps. In partnership with Imperial College Health Partners, the North West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) offered more than 400...
CARE HOME PHARMACISTS TO HELP CUT OVERMEDICATION AND UNNECESSARY HOSPITAL STAYS FOR FRAIL OLDER PATIENTS
NEWS RELEASE CARE HOME PHARMACISTS TO HELP CUT OVERMEDICATION AND UNNECESSARY HOSPITAL STAYS FOR FRAIL OLDER PATIENTS NHS England has today announced plans to recruit and deploy hundreds of pharmacists into care homes to help reduce overmedication and cut unnecessary hospital stays. Around 180,000...
Would you like to be a patient representative on this group?
Dear all, It is an exciting time for diabetes care in North West London with the 8 Clinical Commissioning Groups coming together to improve services and care. What is happening in Harrow? NHS Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group has worked on a strategy looking at how to deliver the best care for...
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Ovarian cancer facts and figures How common is ovarian cancer? Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common form of cancer death in women, after breast, lung and bowel cancer. However, the average GP will see only one case of ovarian cancer every five years. Each year in the UK there are approximately...
NHS delivers ‘all you need’ information booklet for new mums and families
Press release – Monday 5 March 2018 NHS delivers ‘all you need’ information booklet for new mums and families The NHS in North West (NW) London are handing out new information booklet ‘After your baby’s birth’ to women when they leave hospital after giving birth. The booklet which has been welcomed...
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“Talking therapy has helped me manage my own health”, says diabetes patient
Patients with long term conditions are benefitting from enhanced mental health support in North West London. Talking therapies support* is available for people who find the day-to-day management of their condition leaves them feeling low. In the last four months, more than 200 people living with...
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Partner Update - Edition 33 | 23 February, 2018
Please follow the link to view the update. February 2018 Update
NHS 'dangerously' short of 100,000 staff
The NHS in England has nearly 100,000 jobs unfilled, a situation described as "dangerously" understaffed. The total represents one in 12 of all the posts in the health service and would be enough to staff 10 large hospitals. It includes 35,000 nurse posts and nearly 10,000 doctor vacancies. The...
Hunt to crack down on NHS drug errors linked to up to 22,000 deaths
Health secretary says mistakes in dispensing medicines cause ‘totally avoidable harm and death’ Jeremy Hunt is ordering an NHS crackdown on errors in dispensing drugs to patients, which research shows could be contributing to as many as 22,000 people dying every year. The health and social care...
Call for applications from mental health service users and carers:
Involvement in a Lived Experience Working Group for a new Mental Health Policy Research Unit The Department of Health has set up a new Mental Health Policy Research Unit (PRU), run by a research team based at University College London and Kings College London. This Unit will carry out a programme...
NICE Community pharmacy to promote health and wellbeing: Draft guidance consultation
You can now review and comment on this draft guideline at the link below https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10008/consultation/html-content-2 The consultation closes on 21/02/2018 at 5pm
Safeguarding adults who sleep rough in London
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), NHS trusts, London Healthwatches, the police and other interested organisations, plus people who have experience of being homeless and volunteers and staff working in third sector organisations are invited to share their views on new guidance for safeguarding...
Order your green ribbons now and #endthestigma around mental health in the workplace
Healthy Partnership London Thrive LDN has partnered with The Lord Mayor’s Appeal to support the The Green Ribbon Campaign for 14-18 May 2018. Alongside the Lord Mayor’s anti-stigma initiative This is Me – in the City it sends a powerful message that together we can end the stigma around discussing...
NHS England Press Notice - Parents urged to think pharmacist first for minor illness in their children
A major new public health campaign urges parents to consult a pharmacist first for minor illness, instead of GP or A&E 18 million GP appointments and 2.1 million visits to A&E for self-treatable conditions cost the NHS £850 million per year Using a pharmacy for minor health concerns eases...
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Latest News
This issue covers A message from Dame Jacqueline Docherty, Chief Executive The 5 year priorities Our new Clinical Strategy New colorectal pathway GP video New Year’s Honour for Lynne A menagerie of modern nature Staff Excellence Awards: finalists announced How we are doing at glance And much more...
CNWL Governor Elections 2018
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust are looking for new Governors to represent the needs of local communities. The roles are very important in helping shape the health services we deliver across London, Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. Anyone can become a Governor and you don...
New research shows promise for BRCA mutation carriers as whole-population testing for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations is deemed cost-effective
The Eve Appeal wanted to share with you an exciting step-forward in women’s cancer prevention, after research published today in Journal of the National Cancer Institute has demonstrated that screening the entire population for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, as...
Items which are available over the counter and should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: engagement events
The consultation will close on Wednesday 14 March 2018 and we cannot accept any responses after this date. NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) and NHS England have launched a public consultation on reducing prescribing of over-the-counter medicines for 33 minor, short-term health concerns. In the...
Life Story Work in Dementia Care
Dear all, Re: Free film about good practice in life story work based on research findings A five-minute film based on the findings of a University of York research project looking at good practice in life story work is now available. The film can be used by anyone (for non-commercial purposes) free...
Items which are available over the counter and should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: engagement events
NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) and NHS England have launched a public consultation on reducing prescribing of over-the-counter medicines for 33 minor, short-term health concerns. In the year prior to June 2017, the NHS spent approximately £569 million on prescriptions for medicines which can be...
