Weekly News update Friday 11th March 2016

 

London Ambulance Services (LAS) Patients Forum

 

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts: publish report

• ‘Access to General Practice in England‘

 

Camden Disability Action

 

Aphasia Café

• Latest Camden Aphasia café dates attached. All stroke survivors with resulting communication difficulties are welcome to attend. So are their relatives/carers

 

Junior doctors’ 48-hour strike: 8am Wednesday 9th March to 8am on Friday 11th March 2016

• What patients need to know

• UCLH 

• Royal Free London

How are you Quiz

• ‘One You’ is here to help you get back to a healthier you. Take the quiz to see how you score

 

Voluntary Action Camden

• e-bulletin 4th March 2016

 

‘ACT NOW’ Support your local pharmacies

• Proposed Department of Health cuts to the funding of Community Pharmacies, may mean upto HALF of the Community Pharmacies in Camden and Islington will close as a result of these cuts. This will have far reaching ramifications for patient safety, choice and create considerable extra pressure on GP appointments, Attendance at A&E and the wider health economy

  

The London Sexual Health Transformation Programme: Tell us your views on sexual health services in London providing contraception and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections

• Do you use sexual health services in London – either for contraception or testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections?  This is not related to the local consultation on the Margaret Pyke Centre, which is being carried out at CNWL (Central and North West London) NHS Foundation Trust who provide the service. The survey is open until Thursday 27 March 2016

 

London Borough of Camden: Camden’s local offer

• ‘You said, we did’

• How to use the Local Offer videos

 

Camden Patient Participation Group Newsletter:

• Monday 29th February 2016

Camden Town Unlimited: Camden Safer Streets Team (SST)

An outreach programme aiming to end street homelessness and antisocial behaviour. They work with people involved in using drink or drugs, begging or street prostitution as well as those sleeping rough

 

Bloomsbury Patient Network

• ‘UNDER 30′S MEETING’ March 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 

Camden Carers’ Service/Camden Carers Centre 

• March e-bulletin TRAINING, ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, SUPPORT AND SERVICES

 

Camden Community Specialist Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service

• If you’re suffering from muscular or joint pains, this service brings together specialist musculoskeletal (MSK) clinicians to assess, diagnose and manage your condition at health centres around the borough of Camden

 

Health & Social Care News

• Inc. Kings Fund; REThink mental illness; NICE; Young Minds; Independent Age; Clinks light lunch