Month: December 2015

On Thursday 19 November, Healthwatch Camden and Camden Council Scrutiny Panel held a further focus group on Bangladeshi health and wellbeing, with Bangladeshi men at the Chadswell Centre.Healthwatch Camden wants to reduce inequalities in health and social care services. We want equal access, treatment and outcomes for all communities in our local area.

On Monday 16 November, Healthwatch Camden organised a ‘Health and Wellbeing Consultation Seminar’ on behalf of Camden and Islington Public Health, who wanted to gather feedback on the draft Health and Wellbeing strategy. Delegates were members of local community organisations.

On 3 December Healthwatch Camden issued a report entitled ‘GP practices in Camden: A study of variation 2015’.The report revealed  wide variations in both patient experience and in the delivery of clinical services across Camden’s 36 GP practices.

Since the 2015 General Election, Keir has been the Labour Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras. He was the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2008 to 2013. He has prosecuted in numerous cases for the CPS during his career, acting principally as a defence lawyer specialising in the law of human rightsTalking about health and social care in Camden…

On 23 November we held our Annual General Meeting (AGM). During the event we welcomed a new trustee – Saloni Thakrar. We presented our annual report and accounts – Look out for our annual accounts and a report from the meeting in the next couple of weeks.

 The Start Here ….guide finally is live! We launched it at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) last month.You can have a look at it here.If you want to find out about a service, your choices or to get involved, this is your starting point.