Month: March 2016

Shelly Khan our Community and Engagement Volunteer Manager attended the AGM and Volunteer Coordinators’ Forum on 16th March.

Healthwatch Camden has lots of different jobs to do – for example, gathering views, influencing strategic planning, researching experience, recommending improvement and offering information.

This year Healthwatch Camden gave priority to mental health. It features in many of our projects.We listened to service users at the adult Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee. They said that they’re worried about changes to their service at The Highgate Day Centre.

Healthwatch Camden has a very broad remit. That means that sometimes the job can feel like a particularly complicated juggling act. The different items we have to juggle are not the same shape, weight, or texture. Here’s a selection of what we’ve been thinking about in recent days:

On 2 March 2016, Healthwatch Camden issued a report entitled: ‘Access to GP services in Camden: the experience of BME communities,’ which revealed that people from BME communities in the borough experience difficulties and poor outcomes when accessing GP services in Camden.

On 9 February, Shelly Khan our Community and Engagement Volunteer Manager reported to the Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee meeting at the Town Hall with Cllr Alison Kelly.