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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.
A Happy New Year from all of us at Healthwatch Camden! 2016 looks like bringing some changes to Healthwatch, both locally and nationally.Healthwatch Update
On 14 January, Shelly Khan our Community and Engagement Volunteer Manager attended the North West Central London Mental Health Workshop representing Healthwatch Camden. The workshop discussed shared ambitions across the sector on how to improve mental health services for local communities.
Camden has a range of specialist services, and one of these is the famous Great Ormond Street Hospital.They’ve been in touch to ask us to invite local parents and young people to joint their PLACE inspectionsPatient and parent inspectors are needed.
We reported previously on our meeting with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) about the Margaret Pyke Centre. A consultation has been launched.You can read the document and respond to it on the CNWL website:
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…