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Healthwatch Ealing and Healthwatch Hounslow have, along with a number of other Healthwatchs across England, been asked by Healthwatch England and the NHS England Improvement Team to participate in a project aimed at developing and testing a qualitative methodology to assess how well local health and care providers are delivering joined up care to individuals. -
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From July 2021, Healthwatch Ealing partnered with Ealing Council to identify how adult residents living with disabilities and their unpaid family carers have been affected by the pandemic, including their experiences of the Health and Social Care system. -
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Historically, Housebound individuals have rarely been engaged with by statutory and community organisations and, therefore, their experiences and opinions of the care that they receive are seldom heard. As a result of this lack of engagement and representation, there is a national concern that not enough is known about the quality of home care service delivery. To address these concerns at a local level, Healthwatch Ealing sought to hear from Ealing residents who are housebound. -
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From October 2021, Healthwatch Ealing’s outreach and engagement work was focused on hearing from BAME residents to understand their experience of accessing health and social care services during the pandemic and their opinions on how any issues or challenges faced could be addressed in collaboration with health and social care and the local voluntary sector organisations. -
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Are you a relative? A community expert from a relevant charity? Or a carer to someone that uses Medequip equipment? If so, then this role could be for you. -
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It has never been easier to get your vaccine with residents able to walk-up or book at a number of pharmacies and centres in the borough. We recommend that you book in order to guarantee a jab, but walk-ups are available at all centres. -
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Diabetes Uk are offering a FREE webinar for people living with diabetes and who wish to prepare for Ramadan. -
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Do you have an interest in health and social care? Would you like to help us shape services for the future? -
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust are pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Swindells as their new joint Chair. Matthew will take up his position on 1 April 2022. -
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Patients in waiting rooms in England are no longer required to socially distance. -
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Most people in England can no longer get free PCR or lateral flow tests (LFTs). A few groups are still entitled to free Covid tests, including the most vulnerable, as well as frontline NHS staff. -
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Healthwatch Ealing launched the Housebound Research Project from August to October 2021 with the support of the Ealing Council. -
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Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week long campaign dedicated to talking about mental illness while pregnant or after having a baby.
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Healthwatch Ealing are supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 9-15 May 2022. -
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Join Diabetes UK for a free webinar in #DiabetesWeek to find out the best ways that you can support someone who is living with diabetes and may need your help. -
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Loneliness is an issue that can affect us all, young or old, at any point in our lives. We might live in a busy city or a rural location, on our own or with others and still feel isolated.
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More than 1 million people are waiting months, and sometimes years, for out-of-hospital care for back pain, foot problems and hearing loss, a leaked NHS England document reveals. -
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The monkeypox outbreak in the UK is showing signs of plateauing, the UK Health Security Agency has said. -
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The NHS will become the first healthcare system in the world to use the next generation, bivalent COVID vaccine when it kickstarts the autumn booster rollout in early September. -
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Dental patients are still suffering from the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, as parts of England are left with only one NHS dentist for thousands of people. -
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An estimated 4.3 million people are using e-cigarettes, up from about 800,000 a decade ago in ‘vaping revolution’.
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Students should get up to date with 3 vaccines: Men ACWY (meningitis), MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and, for female students, HPV, before the start of the new term. -
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Care home residents and staff are set to be among the first in the world to receive the new, variant-tackling jabs from next week, as the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme moves to the next phase. -
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“Insufficient” treatment is being given to women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a charity has said. -
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To mark Migraine Awareness Week (Sep 5-12), Abi Jackson talks to experts about how the condition affects children. -
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Our team at Healthwatch Ealing conducted an announced Enter and View at Ealing Hospital Acute Care Unit on the 15th of March and 29th of April 2022 from 2pm to 4pm.
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This report looks at what people with a learning disability and autistic people experience when they need physical health care and treatment in hospital. -
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Patients and local people across north west London are being asked for their views on a proposal to create a centre of excellence for inpatient orthopaedic surgery at Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal. -
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This winter, Londoners will have access to a range of healthcare services to help them stay well. If you need health advice and don’t have any symptoms of COVID-19, follow the guidance below.
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One of the booster doses available of the COVID-19 vaccine is a seasonal booster (autumn booster). This is eligible for those who are most vulnerable. -
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The UK Health Security Agency conducted surveys of parents and young people asking for their views on vaccines and the diseases they protect against. -
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The NHS has slashed the number of people waiting 18 months for treatment by almost 60% in one year as the health service continues to prioritise the elective recovery. -
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The CQC have published their annual report on their work to enforce the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations in England. The regulations protect people from the dangers of being accidentally or unintentionally exposed to ionising radiation in a healthcare setting. -
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Our team at Healthwatch Ealing conducted an announced Enter and View at Ealing Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) on the 29th of April 2022 from 2pm to 4pm. -
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Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to strike for two days next month in what is set to be their biggest walkout in the NHS's history.
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One in four 17- to 19-year-olds in England had a probable mental disorder in 2022 - up from one in six in 2021, according to an NHS Digital report. -
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Complete our feedback survey sharing your experiences with the London Ambulance Service in the past 12 months. The survey opens on Thursday 1st December and closes on Wednesday 11th January at 12pm. All entrants will have the chance to win a £50 One4all voucher. -
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The NHS is set to boost mental health support for people in crisis to ease demand and pressure on emergency services, as part of extensive winter plans already underway.
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There is a 99% probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions between 9am on Friday 9 December and 9am on Friday 16 December in parts of England. -
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Health officials say parents should be aware of an infection called strep A, after children in the UK died from it. Since Covid restrictions eased, there are more opportunities for infections like this to spread. Cases have been increasing in recent weeks. While most people do not get extremely sick, the highly contagious bacterium that causes the infection can cause serious illness and complications. -
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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. -
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The NHS has released a Cold Weather Alert: Level 3 – Cold Weather Action
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The NHS is asking patients to seek urgent care if they need it during industrial action this week and continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to rearrange.
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Ambulance staff belonging to three unions - GMB, Unison and Unite - are on strike in a dispute over pay. -
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PlusBus for Health is a minibus service for patients to and from GP surgeries. The transport is provided by Ealing Community Transport (ECT), a local charity. -
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The information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of London Ambulance 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. -
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The information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of online consultations, 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. -
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Ealing Council, local NHS services and voluntary organisations are working together to develop a Carers Strategy. To help us do this we would like to hear your views about support available for Carers. A Carer is anyone who cares unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support. A joint Carers strategy was developed a few years ago. This set out how we wanted to improve support for Carers. -
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Our team at Healthwatch Ealing conducted Enter and View visits in September 2022 at:
- Sycamore Lodge
- Chestnut Lodge
- Elm House
- Martin House
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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.