Our office will be closing for the summer break from Wednesday 13 August and will reopen on Monday 1 September.
While we are away, our emails will be monitored and any urgent issues will be actioned but the response may not be as prompt as usual.
Summer break
Volunteers wanted!
Are you interested in health and social care? Would you like to see services improved? Could you be a critical friend of care homes, GP practices, pharmacies and other health and social care facilities?
Whether you work in health and social care, are a user of health and social care services or simply have an interest in them, and can occasionally spare some time to volunteer to help make improvements, we would like to hear from you - click below for more detail...
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Accident and Emergency Services at Queen's Hospital (2023…
Streaming and Urgent Treatment, Emergency Department and Ambulance Receiving Centre.
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Boots Pharmacies in Romford Town Centre - Brewery and Liberty
As part of our plan to visit pharmacies in the borough, we have visited the two Boots branches in Romford…
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I am absolutely over the moon and cannot thank you enough for managing to get this dispute resolved
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Governance Board meeting - 15 July 2025
At this meeting, the Board received information about current…
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Our Friends Network Archive
We regularly send emails to our Friends Network to keep people updated about changes to local health and social care services and facilities, and to…
Our Policies and Procedures
Our activities are governed by Policies and Procedures to ensure that we approach them consistently and appropriately.
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The Veteran Friendly Framework for care homes
Royal Star & Garter and the Royal British Legion, in partnership with the NHS, are working together on a programme for all care homes nationally…
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