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Breast cancers picked up by breast screening are usually found at an early stage, when they are easier to treat, may need less treatment and are more likely to be cured. -
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A local health and social care charity is concerned that national NHS guidance being used by hospitals may be adding to the COVID-19 pandemic in local social care settings. -
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This week King George Hospital opened a frailty unit that has been purposely designed to care for frail and elderly patients, and aims to get them home on the same day. -
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In a UK-first, Queen Mary University of London is leading a clinical trial of a new rapid COVID-19 testing system that delivers results in under an hour. -
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If you have a minor injury or minor illness, you can get treatment at an urgent treatment centre by calling NHS 111. -
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NHS chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens warned that delays in getting treatment due to coronavirus fears pose a long term risk to people’s health. -
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Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals are continuing to make changes and adapt measures to keep patients and staff safe as they deal deal with the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation.
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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. -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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A number of visits to residential homes and hospitals have been planned as part of our project seeking to collect people’s personal experiences of dignity and respect within health and social care services -
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Below is an Enter and View report of the discharge lounges at Queens and King George Hospital -
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13 Local Healthwatch working together to improve local health and social care. The Health Education North, Central and East London team have trained a number of profoundly deaf/hard of hearing people to become Authorised Enter & view representatives -
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Enter & View visits are conducted by a small team of trained volunteers/staff, who are prepared as ‘Authorised Representatives’ to conduct visits to health and social care premises. -
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The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England looks at the quality of care over the past year. -
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) has been rated Requires Improvement overall by the Care Quality Commission. -
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The Trust is inviting local residents to join in the conversation on future plans for King George and Queen’s hospitals. -
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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.
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The pandemic brought NHS organisations and partners across north east London more closely together than ever before in responding to Covid, for the benefit of our patients and residents. -
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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. -
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Earlier in the year, the General Medical Council (GMC) ran a consultation on changes to their revalidation requirements for patient feedback. -
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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.
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In two weeks (on 30 September 2019), Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups’ online survey on our proposed written continuing healthcare (CHC) placements policy closes. -
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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. -
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"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." -
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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. -
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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. -
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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 -
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King George’s Emergency Urgent Care Centre (EUCC) in Ilford has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. Previously it had been Inadequate.
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"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.
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Despite the publication of the Accessible Information Standard nearly three years ago, people continue to tell Healthwatch about their struggle to access NHS services. -
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For some years there have been discussions ongoing around the future of the Emergency Department at King George Hospital.
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Whipps Cross Hospital has launched a new group to find out what residents want from a redeveloped site. -
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New plans to investigate rising emergency readmissons to hospitals announced in response to concerns raised by patients. -
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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asked the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to work with NHS Improvement to look at issues in NHS trusts that contribute to Never Events taking place. -
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The NHS wants to encourage more people to give feedback if they experience cancer care and treatment, particularly people from black and minority ethnic communities who are currently under-represented in responses to surveys. -
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13 Local Healthwatch and the British Deaf Association (BDA) across North, Central and East London have been working together for the last year to improve access for disabled patients across NHS trusts. -
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Five E&V visits were conducted in March 2016 at four Hospital Emergency Departments (North Middlesex, Royal Free, Whipps Cross, and Homerton Hospital) and one Outpatient Department (Newham) in regards to accessibilities. -
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As you may be aware the NHS is developing its Long Term Plan (LTP). During September NHS England is inviting input to shape the LTP. -
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Jo's experience has changed the pathway for over 1000 people in the Borough. -
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Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups have today (29 May 2018) launched a consultation to look at how we can improve the way community urgent care services are accessed locally. -
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The contract has been awarded by seven north east London CCGs – Waltham Forest, Newham, Tower Hamlets, City and Hackney, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge CCGs. -
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Last Thursday (30 November 2017), Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (RCCG) met and discussed the outcomes of the consultation into proposed changes at Meadow Court Nursing Home situated on the King George Hospital site.