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We carried out an Enter and View visit to the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Harold Wood Polyclinic in December 2023.

The support on offer for patients at their GP practice is expanding across Greater London, with thousands more healthcare staff working in local communities.

While people will always be able to see their family doctor when they need to, the NHS is giving people more options with the type of healthcare professional they can see at their general practice.

Are you struggling to find an NHS dentist? The new dental recovery plan might help you get the dental care you need.

Healthwatch Havering works with the other Healthwatch organisations that together represent people across North East London (the City of London, Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest) to gather Community Insights and to present them to NHS North East London, the eight local authorities and health and social care provider organisations across the region.

The Energy Doctors service is here to help Havering residents save money on energy bills and get their homes ready for next winter, by offering professional advice on energy efficiency and making small changes and repairs to their homes.

At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance.

At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance.

We have been working with Havering Council and the NHS in Havering to find out what services are available to people in Havering who are Deaf or have a hearing impairment (or their families and friend) and what improvements are needed.

We have received comments from Deaf service users, their families, friends and informal carers and from professionals who work with them.

We visited this home to find out about the services provided there, and what service users and staff think about it.

At this meeting, the Board received information about current activities, concerns and finance.

Please note - our next Board meeting will be on 23 January 2024 - the agenda will be published during the week beginning 15 January.

We have been working with Havering Council and the local NHS to find out what people think about the services available to people in Havering living with autism or a learning disability (or are the carer of a person) and what improvements they think are needed.

In the midst of our high-stress society, the quest for effective stress and anxiety management strategies has become paramount. Amidst the myriad of modern solutions, there's a gentle yet profound shift happening: the return to nature's apothecary.