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Barking and Dagenham Healthwatch have their say at The Urgent and Emergency Care Review stakeholder engagement event
Posted by adam on 19/08/2013 in NewsBarking and Dagenham Healthwatch have their say at The Urgent and Emergency Care Review stakeholder engagement event on 6th August at Marble Arch, London. The event was part of Professor Sir Bruce Keogh’s Urgent and Emergency Care Review which was announced in January this year. Its aim is to develop...
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Consultation on the PIP assessment Moving around activity
Posted by adam on 28/06/2013 in NewsFrom April 2013 Disability Living Allowance (DLA) began to be replaced for new claimants with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Like DLA, PIP is intended to provide a contribution to the extra costs faced by people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Whether individuals receive the benefit, and...
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‘A Response from the Public’ to Barking & Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Consultation – Proposals for Urgent Care Services and the Broad Street ‘Walk-in’ Service
Posted by adam on 25/06/2013 in NewsHealthwatch Barking and Dagenham carried out a number of engagement sessions, in various public settings, with the local community. We asked for peoples’ views and opinions concerning proposals put forward by Barking & Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) about urgent care services and the closure of the walk-in service at...
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Healthwatch England explores the health and social care complaints systems
Posted by adam on 25/06/2013 in NewsThe right to complain or give feedback about an unsatisfactory service is a key consumer right. It is one that the entire Healthwatch network needs to champion. Our role is to ensure that the voices of consumers and those who use services reach the ears of decision makers – even...
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First Chair of Healthwatch England announced
Posted by adam on 05/12/2012 in NewsThe first Chair of Healthwatch England has been announced as Anna Bradley. Anna, a long-standing consumer advocate, is also being appointed as a member of the board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Healthwatch is the new consumer champion for health and social care in England. It will exist in...
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