1. Our reports on Adult Social Care facilities

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    Look here for our reports about the social care facilities we have visited and reported on...

  2. Our reports on Community Health, Mental Health and Dental Services

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

  3. Policies and procedures - Safeguarding

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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.

  4. Safeguarding Adults in Havering

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    Who are the Havering Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) and why they are important?

  5. Safeguarding Adults is everybody’s business

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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..

  6. Improving health and social care in Havering...

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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.

  7. Advocacy - help with getting yourself heard

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    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.

  8. Turning unhealthy habits around: How older adults can feel better with a few changes

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    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.

  9. The Care Act 2014

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    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.

  10. Our Friends Network Archive

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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.

  11. Because we all care - Voices of disabled residents and Covid 19 - North East London

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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.

  12. Post-Covid Syndrome (PCS) - also called Long Covid

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    Post-Covid Syndrome (PCS), or Long Covid, is affecting an increasing number of people who have recovered from Covid infection but find it has left long term effects.

  13. Government's new plan for social care

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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".

  14. Strong bones after 50 - osteoporosis and fragility fractures

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    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.

  15. Save a life - Use a Defibrillator

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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.

  16. Support for people living with autism or a learning disability

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    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.

  17. House Hunting Considerations for Parents of Children with Autism

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

  18. The Evolving Role of Herbs in Managing Stress and Anxiety

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    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.

  19. Services for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired updated

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    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.

  20. North East London Community Insights

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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.

  21. What should you expect from home care services?

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    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?