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Survey on the NHS Long Term Plan
What would you do? Your chance to shape how your local NHS should change. The government is investing an extra £20 billion a year in the NHS. The NHS...
FREE Conference on Migrant Health in Harrow - 10th April 2019
A half-day conference for everyone supporting migrant communities, refugees and asylum seekers. Is a refused asylum seeker entitled to social care?...
NICE Public Involvement Update, March 2019
The latest news and updates from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).
Survey to look at ways to improve early treatment of stroke.
Researchers at Newcastle University would like to learn about your preferences on how services in the NHS could be organised to provide clot removal treatment (thrombectomy) to stroke patients who may benefit. Promoting Effective And Rapid Stroke care (PEARS) is a 5 year research project led by...
NICE Public Involvement Update, February 2019
The latest news and updates from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).
NICE Public Involvement Update, December 2018
The latest news and updates from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).
Christmas Gift Wrapping Service at St Annes and St Georges!
Introducing Christmas gift wrapping by Shopmobility Harrow. They will be at St Annes Shopping Centre from 17th - 20th December and St Georges Shopping Centre from 21st - 22nd December. They'll be gift wrapping between 10.30am - 6.00pm. So, drop along with your unwrapped gifts and the Shopmobility...
Harrow Safeguarding Adults Board - Autumn Newsletter
The latest news from Harrow Safeguarding Adults Board.
Harrow Rethink Support Group - November Newsletter
The latest news from Harrow Rethink Support Group.
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 basis of our reports. Our latest report examines the experience of GPs, Dentists, Pharmacists, Opticians, Northwick Park Hospital and Social Care,...
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 Harrow GP practice only. The new service means that patients will need to book an appointment before arriving at the centre. By having a pre-bookable...
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
