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Hospital Discharge of Older and Frail Residents

We very much need to hear about older, frail residents’ experience of going to A&E at Northwick Park Hospital, or STARRS (short-term assessment, rehabilitation and reablement service). When an older, frail resident attends A&E or the Urgent Care Centre at Northwick Park Hospital they are...

NHS at 70!

The National Health Service is turning 70 on 5 July 2018. It’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements of one of the nation’s most loved institutions, to appreciate the vital role the service plays in our lives, and to recognise and thank the extraordinary NHS staff – the everyday...

When Should You Call NHS 111?

NHS 111 – for urgent medical concerns NHS 111 is much more than a helpline – if you're worried about an urgent medical concern, you can call 111 to speak to a fully trained adviser. Depending on the situation, the NHS 111 team can connect you to a nurse, emergency dentist or even a GP, and can...

Confused About Which NHS Service To Use?

How Your Community Pharmacist Can Help You

Your local pharmacy is the place to go to get any prescription medicines and clinical advice for minor health concerns. But they do a lot more than that. As well as helping with common illnesses – like sore throats, coughs, colds, tummy troubles and aches and pains – pharmacy teams can also help...

Let’s Talk About Prescribing

NHS Brent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) want to meet with carers and people who have multiple prescriptions. The use of multiple medicines by an individual has the potential to be beneficial for some patients. But it can be harmful if poorly managed. Evidence suggests that being on multiple...

Why GPs Sometimes Charge Fees

We are recruiting for Enter & View volunteers!

Are YOU a Brent resident who wants to make a difference? Have YOU got free time to give back to the community? If so, we NEED YOU! Healthwatch Brent is recruiting new volunteers to become Authorised Representatives on the Enter and View function of Healthwatch. Healthwatch makes sure that the...

Brent CCG are Looking for Patient Representatives

Brent CCG are now recruiting for exciting opportunities for people to get involved in shaping their local NHS and supporting the work within Brent by becoming a non-clinical patient representative. We are therefore seeking to recruit individuals from Brent, particularly those who have not worked...

We are Recruiting!

We currently have 2 vacancies. Vacancy 1: Healthwatch Policy and Research Officer £25,000 pro-rata - 4 days per week Fixed Term Contract until March 2018, with the possibility of extension, dependent on funding The Policy and Research Officer is responsible for leading Healthwatch Barnet, Brent and...

Help NICE find a community leader or advocate to develop our Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups: promoting health and preventing mortality quality standard

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for community leaders to join one of its Advisory Boards on mortality. They would like people with an understanding of improving the health of people from black, Asian and other minority ethinc groups. This could be gained from...

Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance for CCGs

Last year 1.1 billion prescription items were dispensed in primary care at a cost of £9.2billion. This cost coupled with finite resources means it is important that the NHS achieves the greatest value from the money that it spends. We know that across England there is significant variation in what...

Urgent Care Centres

There are nine Urgent Care Centres (UCCs) across North West London, open 24/7 every day of the year. UCCs are for minor illnesses and injuries that are urgent but not life threatening. They are often located at a hospital and you can just walk in. You do not need an appointment. UCCs are staffed by...

Know Diabetes, Fight Diabetes

Know diabetes, fight diabetes Urges leading charity ahead of Diabetes Week 2017 www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetesweek Diabetes is one of the UK’s biggest health crises, and it’s on the rise. Some 4.5 million people in the UK are living with diabetes, and 11.9 million in the UK are at risk of developing...

Why is the Respite Grant Ending?

How does the health service support carers in Brent? Carers provide invaluable support to people living with a range of health care problems. It is important that carers' needs are identified and addressed so they can stay well. Brent Council has a duty to identify carers with unmet needs in the...

Digital Health Survey to Improve Health & Wellbeing

An online digital health survey that is being launched collaboratively between NWL Collaboration of CCGs and the Healthy London Partnership's Personalisation and Self-Care Programme. The purpose of the survey is to get people's views on online tools and services to better understand motivations,...

Report of the Health Partners Forum Event on 19 October 2016

Read the report from the Health Partners Forum event that took place on 19 October 2016 with summaries of how feedback was used to shape Commissioning Intentions.

Accessible Information Standard - Consultation

Making health and social care information accessible From 1st August 2016 onwards, all organisations that provide NHS care or adult social care are legally required to follow the Accessible Information Standard. The standard aims to make sure that people who have a disability, impairment or sensory...

CQC want your views on London Ambulance Service

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is keen to hear your views about the London Ambulance Service before it re-inspects the service in February 2017. Click on the ambulance below for more information

Change the Way Cancer Care is Provided

UCLH Cancer Collaborative is part of the National Cancer Vanguard. We are working to change the way cancer care is provided. Vanguards are part of the New Care Models programme to re-design the NHS. We are keen to ensure the voice of the public, patients who have or were previously diagnosed with...

A London Conversation on Childhood Obesity

Barnet Public Health team is working with other London councils and NHS organisations to launch 'The Great Weight Debate - a London conversation on childhood obesity. To protect London’s children, we want to involve all Londoners in a conversation about childhood obesity. We want to make Londoners...

Could you be part of NCL's Mental Health Experts Reference Group?

North Central London (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington) Mental Health are developing an experts by experience reference group to help them develop their work to support their population to live well Do you live in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington? Do you have experience...

Lay partner opportunity for hospital transport services

The NHS is reviewing patient transport across North West London. They are looking for the views of those who use these services. During December 2015 and January 2016, they will be talking to patients and carers to understand their experiences of using patient transport services across North West...

Join us in shaping health and social care services in Brent

Advisory Board We invite expressions of interest to support the work of Healthwatch Brent by offering expertise, experience and knowledge in either health and social care, community engagement or other areas of Healthwatch Brent activity. Members are likely to represent a section of our Brent...

New Provider for Healthwatch Brent

The new provider of Healthwatch Brent, Community Barnet, takes over the service contract on 1 st July 2015. Julie Pal, CEO of Community Barnet, delivered a presentation to members at our public meeting on 22 nd June. For a copy of the slides from the day, click here . For a one page guide to how we...