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Havering and the Coronavirus pandemic - the story so far: March 2020-July 2021

This review examines the course of the Covid pandemic in Havering, bringing together various facts and figures into a single document that will hopefully help understanding of how the pandemic evolved in Havering.

This is not a definitive history of the path of the Covid pandemic in Havering, but it brings together facts and figures showing how the pandemic...

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Review of patients’ access to Havering GP practices

This report gives the results of our survey of patients' access to GP practices, and the availability of Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) in Havering - May 2021

Patients' complaints about difficulty accessing GP practices prompted us to carry out the surveys we now report on. We also followed up an...

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Safeguarding Adults is everybody’s business

In April, we carried out a survey on behalf of the Havering Safeguarding Adults Board to find out what local people understood about safeguarding and its implications.

Although safeguarding is a key function and responsibility of Adult Social Care services, there was a concern that the general public’s understanding...

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Our reports on General Practitioners' practices and surgeries

Look here for our reports about the GPs' surgeries and practices we have visited and reported on...

All of the reports we have made about GPs' surgeries and practices (including health and medical centres) we have visited are available here.

22 January 2021

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Dealing with Covid-19

Visit the official Government website for the latest general information - https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response .

Don't be fooled by deliberate misinformation or "fake news"!

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Review of Havering GP practices' websites

This report gives the results of our survey of GP practices' websites in Havering - November 2020

Despite 25 years’ experience of websites and website technology, it is disappointing to record that many GP practices' websites lack key...

30 November 2020

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 pass on other information and news.

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St John Ambulance - Community First Response

If you dial 999 for someone who might be having a heart attack, diabetic emergency, breathing difficulties or seizure, the chances are in Havering that the first person to arrive - the First Responder – will be a St John Ambulance volunteer.

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Annual Report, 2020/21

Our Annual Report for 2020/21 is now available...

Latest reports and publications

Governance Board meeting - 12 October 2021

At this meeting, the Board will receive information about current...

Healthwatch Board meeting – 28 September 2021

21 September 2021

At this meeting, the Board received information about current...

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Monthly Financial Report

7 September 2021

The latest monthly Financial Report is available here. The report...

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Havering and the Coronavirus pandemic - the story so far: March 2020-July 2021

This review examines the course of the Covid pandemic in Havering,...