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The NHS Commissioning Board now has a library of smart phone Apps available to download. -
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Meeting of the Patients' Forum for the London Ambulance Service. -
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Yes, The King's Fund have produced an animation fully explaining how the current NHS is structured - and Healthwatch is featured. -
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The Department of Health has a heatwave plan. -
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Barts Health want to provide a smoke free environment across all their hospitals, reducing the potential for harmful second hand smoke, and creating an ideal environment for those who want to stop. -
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If you are considering a return to education, you can attend and find out about which courses they offer, how to apply, what kind of assistance is available for you and what to expect as a student at UEL. -
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A pulse is the vibrations made through the body as blood is pumped around it by your heart. An irregular pulse can be a sign of small blood clots forming in your body. -
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Government plans to introduce new checks on doctors’ language skills took a big leap forward as detailed proposals on how the checks will work were unveiled by Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter. -
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If you are looking for health and social care services in Newham, our new Information Service can help. -
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond. -
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NHS England and local clinical commissioning groups are leading a review of specialist cancer and cardiovascular services in north and east London and west Essex. -
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond. -
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published expert analysis on the way people experience health and adult social care in England. -
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond. -
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Joining the Healthwatch Newham Team is Charlie (Charlotte) Ladyman, appointed as Manager. -
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Each winter, the NHS faces extra pressures. Hospitals become busier as cold weather, flu and other winter bugs lead to falls, chest infections or heart problems. -
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond. -
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond.
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This was an announced Enter and View (E&V) visit undertaken by our team of trained volunteers as part of a programme to look at a range of homes within the London Borough of Newham, to obtain a better idea of the quality of care provided. -
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In October 2016, Newham CCG commissioned our team to learn about the patient experience and feedback on the Latent Tuberculosis Infection screening service (LTBI) in Newham. -
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Would you like to learn more about tuberculosis (TB) on World TB day on the 24th March 2017? -
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NHS Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has teamed up with the Barry McGuigan. -
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You may have heard of the STP. Newham CCG is working with neighbouring boroughs and has said that "STPs sets out how local health service will transform and become sustainable in the next five years". -
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recently inspected Newham University Hospital. -
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We are currently considering our priorities for the next 12 months. We would find it very helpful to hear from you on your experiences of health and social care services. -
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Would you like to get paid for your time while getting more involved in research within the NHS? -
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Love Football and NHS Newham CCG invites you to join the fun, get active and take part in an over 40s Walking Football Tournament! -
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond.
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Diabetes is one of the UK’s biggest health crises, and it’s on the rise. Some 4.5 million people in the UK are living with diabetes, and 11.9 million in the UK are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. -
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Find out more about the ways we're helping to improve people's experiences of health and social care services in our annual report for 2016-17 -
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Following the lead of Healthwatch England’s national focus on maternity care, we were keen to learn about women’s experiences of maternity services in Newham, therefore we designated maternity services as a priority area for review. -
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In June 2017 our team delivered an Enter & View project to review the food and meal time support that was offered to patients at the Newham University Hospital. -
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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. -
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We received feedback about the difficulty of accessing NHS appointments and undertook mystery shopping in January and August to investigate this. -
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for community leaders to join one of its Advisory Boards on mortality. -
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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. -
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The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services? -
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Our team visited this service as part of joint Quality Assurance Visits with Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). -
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We currently have 2 vacancies. -
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Our team visited this service as part of joint Quality Assurance Visits with Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
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Our newsletter is available to download now. Full of news and views about health and social care in Newham and beyond.