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This is our latest Annual Report

We are a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee, set up specifically to provide a Healthwatch service in Havering, under contract to Havering Council.

Plans and programmes for improvement in health and social care services are proposed by NHS organisations or the local authority. In many cases, we will have supported the development of these plans in some way.

Our latest Monthly Financial Report shows income and expenditure for last month. The report is updated on, or soon after, the first working day of the current month.

At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities and concerns, and finance.
The Finance Report presented at the meeting is also available

Some business decisions are taken by our Directors under delegated authority, usually on grounds of urgent or because they are considered to be of minor importance.

All Healthwatch activity is governed by legislation. Healthwatch was set up by the government in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Look here for our reports on Community Health facilities, Mental Health services and Dental surgeries

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

At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities and concerns, finance, and meetings of the Governance Committee.

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

During October 2020, we surveyed dental practices in Havering, prompted by many reports by residents of difficulty in obtaining dental treatment during the pandemic.

Of the 27 practices that responded, only 4 were accepting new NHS patients...