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Who are the Havering Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) and why they are important? -
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There are an estimated half a million fragility fractures in the UK each year, many of which could be prevented with earlier diagnosis. Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones, making them fragile and more likely to break. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, Members considered and endorsed the appointment of two Non-Executive Directors. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, Members considered various matters and endorsed a change in the Company's accountancy arrangements. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, Members considered and approved proposed changes in the roles of our Executive and Non-Executive Directors. -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. These policies describe how we deal with complaints - both those against us, and those we receive about service providers. -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. These policies describe how we manage our organisation. -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. These policies describe how we protect the privacy and personal information of the people we deal with. -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. This policy describes how we deal with safeguarding issues. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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Since the pandemic, many people have found it easier to workout at home than go to a gym, even though gyms are open again.
Options for home workouts are available from BarBend. -
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Over several months in 2021, at the request of the North East London CCG, we worked with all of the Healthwatch organisations covering North East London to find out how disabled people had coped during the Covid pandemic. -
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We have visited Abbcross Nursing Home to find out about the services provided there, and what service users and staff think about it.
We have carried out three visits; all of our reports are available below.
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, Members noted that two individuals were nearing completion of training. The meeting was followed by an Extraordinary General Meeting at which the Annual Accounts were approved. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance.
Please note that the next Board meeting will be held on 17 January 2023 as the Board will not be meeting in December. -
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Last year, the Havering Safeguarding Adults Board asked us to find out what local people understand about safeguarding and its implications.
We have now completed another survey - see below.. -
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Post-Covid Syndrome (PCS), or Long Covid, is affecting an increasing number of people who have recovered from Covid infection but find it has left long term effects. -
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Healthwatch Havering, with other Healthwatch and the NHS in North East London have worked to find out what changes are needed in the Local Maternity and Neonatal System to improve the service, especially for minorities and deprived communities. -
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A defibrillator is a machine that is used to restart someone's heart when they are suffering from cardiac arrest.
Defibrillators are increasingly available, including at railway stations, sports centres, supermarkets, and other public places. -
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Streaming and Urgent Treatment, Emergency Department and Ambulance Receiving Centre.
At the end of September 2022, Healthwatch Havering carried out an Enter and View visit to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Services at Queen's Hospital, Romford. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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When it comes to your health care, you must be your own best advocate. After all, you are the one who is most familiar with your body. You might wonder, though, how you can even begin to advocate for your health. Read on for ideas to get you started. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, Members approved the admission to membership of two individuals who had completed training and authorised them to carry out Enter and View visits. -
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Earlier this year, we joined Healthwatch across London to discover what Londoners thought about the London Ambulance Service (LAS). The LAS commissioned this work as part of the background to developing their five-year Strategic Plan for 2023-2028. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance.
Please note that the Board meeting due to have been held on 18 April 2023 was cancelled for reasons beyond our control. -
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For parents of children on the autism spectrum, the process of house hunting and moving can be particularly stressful. -
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In December 2022, we joined with Healthwatch across North East London to carry out an extensive survey on behalf of NHS North East London to find out the demand for, and nature of, culturally sensitive Maternity care provision with North East London. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance.
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Our Annual Reports give an account of our activities in the year (April to March) just passed. They are published around the end of June.
Our annual Report for 2022/23 is now available.
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Healthwatch across North East London came together to deliver this additionally commissioned project seeking insight into GP services provided to Care Home residents, in each of the eight boroughs in the region. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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We visited this home to find out about the services provided there, and what service users and staff think about it.
[We have carried out three visits: our reports are available below] -
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We visited this home to find out about the services provided there, and what service users and staff think about it.
[We have carried out two visits; the reports are available below] -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance. -
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We hold an Annual General Meeting at the end of June - and also Extraordinary meetings at other times.
You will find the minutes of these meetings on this page.
Our next Annual General Meeting is due to be held at the end of June 2024. -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. These policies describe how we arrange, carry out and report on our Enter &View visits to health and social care facilities. -
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We visited this home to find out about the services provided there, and what service users and staff think about it.
[We have carried out two visits; the reports are available below] -
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Volunteers play a vital role in helping people have their say on health and social care. Volunteering with Healthwatch Havering can help you make a difference for the community of Havering. Our volunteers help with surveys, carry out visits to health and social care facilities and provide information that helps us convince NHS organisations and Havering Council of changes that are needed to secure improvements in local health and social care.