Weekly News Digest for Friday 14th October 2016

The public meeting of the Camden CCG Governing Body on 12 October has been cancelled

Camden CCG has commissioned a Diversity Calendar for 2016/17, which shows the special days and key events to remember and celebrate monthly.

Insight into the London Ambulance Service, from the highly-pressurised control room to the crews on the streets. Ambulance provides an honest 360-degree snapshot of the daily dilemmas and pressures.

Health and social care services across the country are looking to the future. NHS England has asked commissioners and providers to develop local plans to improve your health and wellbeing; to enhance the quality of services you receive at the same time as reducing costs. Not an easy challenge! But a challenge nevertheless, which Barnet,…

The Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides acute and specialist services in five hospitals in central London, as Good overall. UCLH was rated Good for being effective, caring, responsive and well-led. It was rated Requires Improvement for being safe. Care Quality Commission Inspectors visited UCLH in…

The Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in north London, as Good overall, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The trust was rated Good for being effective, caring, responsive and well-led. It was rated Requires Improvement for being safe. The Royal Free provides acute services to approximately…

Healthwatch Camden is seeking someone to work with us on our Audit of Engagement project. The position will operate on a self-funding basis. Remuneration will be dependent on income that the freelance worker is able to generate through delivery of the Audit of Involvement service for organisations in the borough of Camden and beyond on…

Welcome to our third annual report.   This year’s been busy and productive. We’ve focused on general practice, on equal access to services, and on mental health. We’ve launched a new information resource called ‘Start here…’ Everything we do is guided by what matters to local people – Healthwatch Camden’s here for you to use your voice to have real power and influence.  This report tells…

The Francis Crick Institute www.crick.ac.uk   PRESS RELEASE 12 May 2016 For immediate release   CAMDEN CHARITIES CHOSEN TO RUN NEW HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE London’s Francis Crick Institute to set new template for community engagement   In a unique model for community engagement by a research institute, the Francis Crick Institute has appointed a…

  We will be attending several of the up-coming Community Festivals & Events in Camden, during weekends throughout June & July 2016;  and we currently have the following ‘volunteer’ roles available:   Healthwatch Champions (Events) What you’ll do:  You’ll facilitate at events to promote Healthwatch Camden and find out what people think of local health and…