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People told us they are concerned about the amount they are being charged by they GP for signatures, certificates and reports.

In 2017 our team in liaison with Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG) and the Care Quality Commission, delivered a number of unannounced visits to local GP surgeries to review patient access and quality of service received.

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Our team visited this service as part of joint Quality Assurance Visits with Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

We currently have 2 vacancies.

Our team visited this service as part of joint Quality Assurance Visits with Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond.

The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?

Last year 1.1 billion prescription items were dispensed in primary care at a cost of £9.2billion. This cost coupled with finite resources means it is important that the NHS achieves the greatest value from the money that it spends.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for community leaders to join one of its Advisory Boards on mortality.

We received feedback about the difficulty of accessing NHS appointments and undertook mystery shopping in January and August to investigate this.

A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.