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On 11 December 2013, Healthwatch Havering held a workshop, in
conjunction with Havering Clinical Commissioning Group, to introduce
the new Community Treatment Team service being commissioned by the
Clinical Commissioning Group in association with the North East London
Foundation NHS Trust.

The participants were an invited group including Members and Officers
of Havering Council, of the Clinical Commissioning Group and Directors,
Lead and Active Members of Healthwatch Havering.

You can read our report of the presentation and the comments of the workshop’s
participants about what they heard by downloading "Putting care closer to home".

Also available for downloading is Havering CCG's update, of May 2014, "Intermediate Care - you said, we did"

Folowing a public consultation exercise from July to October 2014, the Havering Clinical Commissioning Group, together with its counterparts in Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge, has now made decisions about the future of these services. Click the links below to learn more...

In September 2015, the CCG and NELFT gave a progress report to Havering Council's Health Overview & SCrutiny Sub-Committee. The presentation is available below...

In November 2015, the Health Scrutiny Committee of Redbridge Council exercised its statutory right to request the Secretary of State for Health to review the closure of Herongate and Galleon Unit in Wasnted and the transfer of their services to King George Hopsital. Had the transfer not gone ahead, a significant part of the Intermediate Care Scheme would have been compromised. In the event, the Independent Review Panle (IRP) that considered the matter and reported to the Secretary of State concluded that the closure and transfer should proceed. The new facilities at King George Hospital are now partially operational and will be fully operational later in 2016. The IRP report is available below.

On 7 October, Healthwatch Havering hosted a Focus Group on behalf of Havering CCG at which their proposals for the setting up of a "hub" of GP services were discussed.

Our report of the event can be accessed using the link below...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could see your GP outside of usual GP opening hours – late in the evening, after work perhaps, or at weekends – even on a Sunday?

Your own GP knows you and your medical history and so can provide safe, continuous care for you and your family. There have been calls recently for this to happen – your very own GP, whenever you need to see them, ready and waiting.

The only problem is – there aren’t enough hours in the day – or days in the week - for GPs to work like this. We have to eat and sleep sometimes you know! 

Click below to learn more...

In late February and early March, Healthwatch Havering held a series of workshops at five locations in Havering. The purpose was to find out what services were available in Havering for people who have dementia or a learning disability and what needed to be done to secureimprovements.

The participants included people who use services and carers, volunteers from local third-sector organisations working with people who have dementia or a learning disability and social and health care professionals from Havering Council and local NHS organisations.

We chose Learning Disability and Dementia because these two groups are among the most vulnerable within our community.

Our recommendations are being put to Havering Council, Havering Clinical Commissioning Group, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust and North East London Foundation Trust, each of which has an important role to play in improving health and social care services. Their respective responses will be posted here in due course.

We have joined the Havering Dementia Action Alliance and will be using the recommendations from our report to inform our Enter & View programme of visits to care homes where residents have dementia.  The Havering Dementia Action Alliance website is at http://www.dementiaaction.org.uk/local_alliances/4789_havering_dementia_

The Action Plan for the Care of Patients with a Learning Disability agreed by the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust includes Actions that are derived from recommendations in our Report.

Nationally, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has also reported on services for people who have dementia. Healthwatch Havering contributed to the report, which can be accessed from the link below...

Jacqui Himbury, Director of Nursing Services, Havering Clinical Commissioning Group, recenlty gave presentation to Healthwatch Havering members and users and providers of health and social care services. Unfortunately, a full report is not available bu the slides shown by Jacqui can be viewed here.