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.
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...
Our report of a survey of relatives and friends of residents of care homes in Havering, during the pandemic, was prompted by many reports of residents, relatives and friends being distressed by difficulties in maintaining contact in the lockdown.
We visited the practice 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]