An inspector calls… Or in fact, several inspectors. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is carrying out inspections on several Camden services in the coming months. In November, they are conducting a thematic review of integrated care for older people in the borough.
Read MoreService change happens for all sorts of reasons, some welcome, some less welcome. People affected by service change should be consulted about it, and the impact of change should be properly assessed. In Camden services change all the time. How can Healthwatch Camden check that necessary consultation and impact assessment is happening – and that where it happens, it makes a difference?
Read MoreOn Saturday 12 September, Peter Joseph, our Outreach Officer attended the West Euston Community Festival at Cumberland Market. The event is organised by West Euston Partnership and this year’s theme was ‘health.’
Read MoreHealthwatch Camden gets a lot of benefit from our links with neighbouring local Healthwatch. The borough shares a number of services with Islington, and some other services are planned across several North London boroughs. As someone who started life in Islington, went to schools in Haringey and used library services in Barnet and hospital services in Camden, I’ve always been aware of how the links between these places are as important as the differences.
Read MoreOn 15 September Healthwatch Camden launched a report entitled ‘How well do services join up in Camden? – Experiences of local people living with HIV.’ We found that patients who are living with HIV in Camden experience a ‘ping pong effect.’ That is, they are bounced back and forth between specialist and non-specialist services, which can result in poor care and health outcomes.
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