1. Advice and Information -

    Take a look at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) quick guide to discussing and planning support following a dementia diagnosis.
  2. Report -

    Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. This policy describes how we deal with safeguarding issues.
  3. News -

    Who are the Havering Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) and why they are important?
  4. Report -

    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.
  5. Advice and Information -

    If you find it difficult to express yourself, and you don’t have a friend or relative who can support you, Havering Integrated Advocacy service can help make sure your voice is heard.
  6. Advice and Information -

    Changing unhealthy habits is never easy; there may be many factors at play, such as a physical ailment, a mood disorder such as depression, or a busy schedule that prevents a person from engaging in healthy practices.
  7. Advice and Information -

    The Care Act 2014 underpins all the welfare work done by local authorities, setting out in one place, local authorities’ duties in relation to assessing people’s needs and their eligibility for publicly funded care and support.
  8. Advice and Information -

    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.
  9. Report -

    Over several months in 2021, at the request of the North East London CCG, we worked with all of the Healthwatch organisations covering North East London to find out how disabled people had coped during the Covid pandemic.
  10. Advice and Information -

    New parents (and grandparents, too) often have questions about how to look after their new family member - or members!

    We hope the resources on this advice page will be helpful...
  11. Advice and Information -

    Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) has a number of resources available to support patients with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism and their care networks, before, during and after their hospital visit or appointment.
  12. News -

    The Government has now published its new social care plan in a white paper, "People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform".
  13. Advice and Information -

    There are an estimated half a million fragility fractures in the UK each year, many of which could be prevented with earlier diagnosis. Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones, making them fragile and more likely to break.
  14. Report -

    Healthwatch Havering, with other Healthwatch and the NHS in North East London have worked to find out what changes are needed in the Local Maternity and Neonatal System to improve the service, especially for minorities and deprived communities.
  15. News -

    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.
  16. Advice and Information -

    For parents of children on the autism spectrum, the process of house hunting and moving can be particularly stressful.
  17. News -

    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.