1. Do you need help getting to hospital?

    Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

  2. Do you need help travelling to NHS services?

    Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

  3. Accessible Information Standards (AIS) Review - Queen's Hospital - Report

    Report -

    Visits were conducted across 3 hospital departments (Audiology, Eye Clinic, and the Urgent Treatment Centre/Emergency Department), and one ward (Amber A). The aim was to identify how Queen’s Hospital were meeting the (AIS) standard

  4. BHRUT Chemotherapy and Cancer Services - Report

    Report -

    Healthwatch organisations from Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham were asked by the Outer North East London Joint Health Scrutiny Committee to gather the views of patients using chemotherapy services.

  5. NHS Long Term Plan - Report

    Report -

    Commissioned by Healthwatch England to gather feedback, we worked as part of a footprint with other local Healthwatch across North-East London. As a group we focused on the following themes:
    Preventation
    Personalisation
    Primary Care services

  6. Access to Healthcare for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants: - Report

    Report -

    Healthwatch Redbridge commissioned the Refugee and Migrant Forum Essex & London (RAMFEL) to look into issues around access to healthcare for vulnerable migrants.

  7. Annual Report - 2018-2019

    Report -

    The 2018-2019 Annual Report details the impact of and showcases the achievements that Healthwatch Redbridge has completed over the past year.

  8. Outreach volunteering

    Report -

    Healthwatch needs people who can talk with users and take note of what is happening in places where problems have been reported, or where examples of interesting or good practice can be made known and publicised.

  9. Blood testing clinics at Queen's and King George Hospitals closed 4-10th Nov due to strike

    News -

    The blood testing departments at Queen's and King George Hospitals will be closed next week to protect patients' safety while some biomedical scientists go out on strike in a row over new shift patterns.

  10. Refugee and Migrant Forum of East London (RAMFEL)

    Report -

    RAMFEL works with a range of vulnerable migrants that have different entitlements to healthcare along with varying needs. The rules are complicated to understand and can be very confusing.

  11. GMC patient feedback consultation

    Report -

    Earlier in the year, the General Medical Council (GMC) ran a consultation on changes to their revalidation requirements for patient feedback.

  12. Whipps Cross Hospital - updates on redevelopment programme

    Advice and Information -

    Whipps Cross Hospital is hosting a public meeting to present updates on its redevelopment programme, to answer questions and to hear the views of local people.

  13. NHS commissioners in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge exit financial special measures

    News -

    GPs in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge have praised the strength of the partnership between local health and social care organisations after financial directions imposed on the boroughs’ NHS commissioners had been lifted.

  14. Joint Statement re. King George Hospital

    News -

    "For the past three months we have been examining what Queen’s Hospital in Romford and King George Hospital in Ilford will look like in the future as part of developing a new clinical strategy."

  15. Continuing Healthcare Placements, policy consultation

    News -

    Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge (BHR) CCGs has today (8 July 2019) launched an online survey to seek feedback on our proposed written continuing healthcare (CHC) placements policy.

  16. Public consultation on proposed move of Moorfields Eye Hospital’s (City Road) Services

    News -

    A public consultation is running on a proposal to move Moorfields Eye Hospital’s services to a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, ground-breaking research and world-leading education in ophthalmology.

  17. Chemotherapy services at Local Trust: concerns raised

    News -

    Healthwatch organisations from Redbridge, Havering and Barking & Dagenham will provide a report to the Outer North East London Joint Health Scrutiny Committee in response to a request to gather the views of patients using BHRUT chemotherapy services

  18. King George's Urgent Care Centre’s rating jumps from Inadequate to Good

    News -

    King George’s Emergency Urgent Care Centre (EUCC) in Ilford has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. Previously it had been Inadequate.

  19. Barts Health NHS Trust taken out of special measures

    News -

    "The Care Quality Commission praised staff and services for being caring, effective and well-led following a major inspection of The Royal London, Newham and Whipps Cross hospitals last autumn.

  20. Healthwatch Redbridge Making it Easier to Access NHS Services

    News -

    Despite the publication of the Accessible Information Standard nearly three years ago, people continue to tell Healthwatch about their struggle to access NHS services.

  21. New position statement on King George A&E Department

    News -

    For some years there have been discussions ongoing around the future of the Emergency Department at King George Hospital.

  22. Whipps Cross Hospital seeking locals to help shape redevelopment

    News -

    Whipps Cross Hospital has launched a new group to find out what residents want from a redeveloped site.

  23. NHS Digital responds to Healthwatch call to monitor emergency readmission rates

    News -

    New plans to investigate rising emergency readmissons to hospitals announced in response to concerns raised by patients.