News and reports

Our team at Healthwatch Ealing conducted an announced Enter and View at Community Road Mental Health Hostel on the 23rd of June 2021 from 10am to 1:30pm.

Our team at Healthwatch Ealing conducted an announced Enter and View at Shirley Gardens on the 2nd of June 2021 from 10am to 1pm.

Over the course of four months the local Healthwatch organisations for Ealing (HWE), Hammersmith & Fulham (HWH&F), and Hounslow (HWH) engaged with local residents and health and social care professionals through a series of webinars and telephone interviews to find out about their attitudes and experiences regarding the COVID-19 vaccines.

The information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of health and social care services, untainted and without agenda to ensure that the genuine observations and commentaries of the community are captured. Healthwatch Ealing presents this as factual information to be considered and utilised to improve service provision and highlight areas of good practice.

This engagement report is also a way to channel patient concerns into helping to find solutions, finding out what service users would like and where they think improvements need to be made. This report covers quarter three, October to December 2020.

This Report for Healthwatch covers pharmacies in six London boroughs for the period October - December 2020. The Patient Experience Data Collection Programme comprises of ongoing in-person/telephone data collection and the Digital Feedback Centre which gather patient experiences all of which will be presented as they are received and considered as valid community opinion.

This Report for Healthwatch covers dentists in six London boroughs for the period July - December 2020. The Patient Experience Data Collection Programme comprises of ongoing in-person/telephone data collection and the Digital Feedback Centre which gather patient experiences all of which will be presented as they are received and considered as valid community opinion.

Over the past year, health services across the UK have had to adapt in order to respond to the urgent needs of patients with COVID-19, whilst also maintaining care for non-COVID-19 patients. This paper examines whether these adaptations have impacted patients ‘Access’ to Ealing Hospital during this time.

Building upon Healthwatch Ealing’s Annual Review of Access to GP Services (2019), this report highlights service users’ experiences of accessing GP Services in Ealing, over the last two years.

The information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of health and social care services, untainted and without agenda to ensure that the genuine observations and commentaries of the community are captured. Healthwatch Ealing presents this as factual information to be considered and utilised to improve service provision and highlight areas of good practice.

With the advent of Covid-19, Healthwatch Ealing wanted to hear from local people about whether their access to health and social care services had been impacted and how they were accessing information in a rapidly changing situation. As the face-to-face engagement was suspended, the team developed a survey, with input from the Adults Social Care team at Ealing Council, which could be distributed via multiple channels.

Your Voice in Health and Social Care and Healthwatch Ealing are pleased to publish this report: Review of Falls Prevention Services: The report details the findings of user feedback on the NHS Falls Clinic and its various components, Strength and Balance classes, as well as a variety of other related services in order to evaluate the benefits and impact on user confidence and health and wellbeing, and thereby offer some indication towards impact upon falls prevented.