Daily News update Friday 22nd April 2016

Healthwatch Camden is recruiting 

• Project Officer to support the range of our work, helping to manage the progress of projects, including analysing research results and supporting volunteer input

• March 2016 eNewsletter

Healthwatch Camden Board Meeting – Monday 25th April 2016

• Meeting in Public: Monday 25th April 2016 18.30pm -20.30pm, Healthwatch Camden, VAC offices, 293-299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ

Junior Doctors Industrial action planned for 26th and 27th April 2016

• Full withdrawal of labour between the hours of ‘8am and 5pm on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 April’ (18 hours in total) This wave of industrial action was escalated to a full withdrawal of labour by junior doctors between the hours stated above. Other doctors and staff will continue to provide care during this time 

• What patients need to know

• UCLH 

• Royal Free London

 

Mental health services: preparations for improving access

• The Department of Health and NHS England are making progress but much remains to be done to improve access to mental health services

Rethink Mental Illness#

• Rethink Mental Illness has launched a survey about medication. We want to find out more about people’s experience of anti-psychotic medication in particular

 

NHS England backs general practice with a multi-billion transformation plan

• The head of NHS England today (Thursday) sets out a multi-billion plan designed to get general practice back on its feet, improve patient care and access, and invest in new ways of providing primary care

Macmillan Cancer Support