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Latest HWB bulletin is out (November edition).

Latest HWB bulletin is out (November edition). To view, visit http://www.healthwatchbrent.co.uk/content/bulletins

CCG Draft Quality Strategy

The Brent CCG Draft Quality Strategy can now be viewed. Anyone who is interested could comment on it by 17th October to Carole Mattock at her email c.mattock@nhs.net Click to view the Draft Quality Strategy .

Latest HWB bulletin (October edition)

Latest HWB bulletin is out (October edition). To view, visit http://www.healthwatchbrent.co.uk/content/bulletins

Changes to Accident & Emergency (A&E) Departments in Central Middx and Hammersmith Hospitals

Changes to Accident & Emergency Departments in NW London Hospitals What's going on? On Wednesday 10 September 2014 , the accident and emergency (A&E) departments at Central Middlesex and Hammersmith hospitals will close. Both hospitals will continue to provide treatment in the urgent care...

Latest HWB bulletin (July edition)

Latest HWB bulletin is out (July edition). To view, visit http://www.healthwatchbrent.co.uk/content/bulletins

Annual Report

Healthwatch Brent has published its Annual Report 2012-13. To view an e-copy, click here .

HWB Bulletin, June edition ready

Latest HWB bulletin is out (June edition). To view, visit http://www.healthwatchbrent.co.uk/content/bulletins

Latest May Bulletin is Out

Latest HWB Bulletin is now out, with feedback from our gathering views and upcoming items http://www.healthwatchbrent.co.uk/content/bulletins

Brent CCG Letter

Brent CCG has made some important decisions, with the aim of improving the ability to deliver better services for all patients across a vast area of London. These decisions focus on 1.) A new joint financial strategy on Shaping a Healthier Future 2.) Financing and Commissioning primary care...

HWB What We Have Done- What's Next

CQC refreshes its Priority Bands for Inspection

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its latest Intelligent Monitoring (IM) reports for acute and specialist trusts in England. The analysis underpins CQC’s new approach to regulation, helping it decide where to prioritise its hospital inspections. The analysis published today is based...

HWB Bulletin

The latest bulletin (April) is out for Healthwatch Brent. To access our bulletins, click here .

Healthwatch Brent’s Response to CQC Consultation

Healthwatch Brent has prepared a response to the Consultation on Changes to the Way CQC regulates, inspects and monitors Care. 17 members of Healthwatch Brent met with Healthwatch staff on 9th August 2013 and considered the proposed changes using the accessible summary. For details of the response...

EVERYONE - NHS England's First Newsletter

NHS England have launched their first newsletter! For an e-copy, click the following - http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/everyone.pdf

Health & Social Care Self-Assessment Framework

Joint Strategic Health and Social Care Self-Assessment Framework - NHS England, ADASS and partners are committed to the new Health and Social Care Self-Assessment Framework being implemented in 2013 to support local assurance processes. We are now working together to work through a small number of...

Walk in Centre Services

Review by Monitor of the provision of walk-in centre services in England - Monitor’s main duty is to protect and promote the interests of patients. They do this by promoting the provision of health care services which is effective, efficient and economic, and maintains or improves the quality of...