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Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide. -
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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... -
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Look here for our reports on Community Health facilities, Mental Health services and Dental surgeries -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. These policies describe how we arrange, carry out and report on our Enter &View visits to health and social care facilities. -
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Our policies and procedures set out how we carry out our activities. This policy describes how we deal with safeguarding issues. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Did you know that pharmacies provide advice and information on minor illnesses and ailments? Take a look at how they can help you.
Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals who can offer clinical advice and over-the-counter medicines. -
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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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A defibrillator is a machine that is used to restart someone's heart when they are suffering from cardiac arrest.
Defibrillators are increasingly available, including at railway stations, sports centres, supermarkets, and other public places. -
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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. -
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Are you struggling to find an NHS dentist? The new dental recovery plan might help you get the dental care you need. -
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Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment. -
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In June 2018, we published a report about Services in Havering for people who have a visual impairment, which followed a survey we had carried out of people who had a visual impairment. -
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Last year, the Havering Safeguarding Adults Board asked us to find out what local people understand about safeguarding and its implications.
We have now completed another survey - see below.. -
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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. -
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The Government has now published its new social care plan in a white paper, "People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform". -
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In 2013, it emerged that a computer error during the migration of data from one computer system to another had resulted in delays for a significant number of patients in receiving treatment at Queen’s Hospital, Romford and King George Hospital. -
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Earlier this year, we joined Healthwatch across London to discover what Londoners thought about the London Ambulance Service (LAS). The LAS commissioned this work as part of the background to developing their five-year Strategic Plan for 2023-2028. -
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In December 2022, we joined with Healthwatch across North East London to carry out an extensive survey on behalf of NHS North East London to find out the demand for, and nature of, culturally sensitive Maternity care provision with North East London. -
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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.