Local HealthWatch for CamdenCamden LINk will close March 2013 to be replaced by Local HealthWatch the consumer champion for Camden health & social care service users. What is Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)?Patient and Public Involvement allows patients to be involved in decisions about their care and lets communities be involved in their local health service. Patients, the public, carers and other service users can influence their own care and treatment, bring about improvements to the way care is provided and provide feedback about health services. Patients have a right to good treatment in a comfortable, caring and safe environment and be given information to enable them to make choices and to feel in control. Their right to honesty, respect and dignity should be observed. Local Involvement Networks (LINks)Camden LINk is a voluntary organisation set up to give you the opportunity to influence local health and social care services. It has been set up to help make sure the people in your area get the health and social care services they need, and anyone can get involved. You can contact us by email: camdenlink@gmail.com A Local Involvement Network (LINk) is an association of individuals, voluntary organisations, faith and community groups, who will work together to both improve local health and social care services and influence change where necessary.
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Queen's speech: where's the zeal to reform social care?Care Home fees. People throughout the UK are wrongly paying thousands of pounds in care fees which should be fully funded by the NHS. If you (or a relative) are paying for care, you may be eligible for full NHS funding. People in nursing homes, residential homes or living at home can all make a claim for full NHS funding. Claims can also be made on behalf of deceased relatives. The NHS is responsible for fully funding the care of people who have a 'primary health need'. The NHS use certain criteria to determine whether a person has a 'primary health need'.
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Local government is facing the most severe funding cuts for a generation. As a result Camden Council is faced with big financial challenges that mean we have to take tough decisions. |
A selection of Camden Health Scrutiny Committee items (contains webcasts, diagrams,maps and reports)Doctors in UK to be investigated over female circumcision claims
Council Cabinet 18/04/2012 deputations for Greenwood Centre (webcast)Council Cabinet 18/04/2012 report on Greenwood Centre (webcast)
Introduction to Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCCG)
Dr. Caz Sayer CCCG Chair Camden Clinical Commissioning event (Cilla Freud Camden LINk member speaker)Update on commissioning , joint strategic needs assessment and integrated careCamden Clinical Commissioning Group Chair Caz Sayer rejects Camden Road surgery closure. 2012 is going to be a big year for the NHS & Social Care WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING ON BEHALF OF CAMDEN PATIENTS & PUBLIC?A small example of the large number of meetings we attend with Camden health and social care providers in order to raise the concerns of Camden patients and residents. October 2011
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The following extracts are from Camden TV (www.camden.tv) A short video history of Camden Town Samantha Cameron visits the Surma Centre What is a hospice and palliative care Free Self Management Courses to help people cope with the day-to-day issues associated with living with a long-term condition/s are available online. Community based courses have been available for a number of years and the course is now available online. Sensory Needs Video newsletter for Deaf Camden residents
Camden Sensory Needs Forum Autumn 2011 meeting update - BSL video |
LINk NEWSSupporting LHW Pathfinders - Local Government Association/Regional Voices/NHS Institute for innovation and improvement LINks will be abolished and replaced by Local Healthwatch April 1st 2013. This paper explains what Local HealthWatch and Healthwatch England will look like and explains the intentions of the Health & Social Care Act 2012 in relation to public involvement in health and social care From the Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP Secretary of State for Health to Professor Malcolm Grant Chairman NHS Commissioning Board Authority Local NewsCamden Community News The mother of a mentally ill man faces six-hour trips to visit him after he was moved from their local NHS unit because of bed shortages. With less than a month to go until London Health 2011, the South London HIEC is preparing to showcase its work on nursing networks on a pan London basis. Tackling alcohol abuse, childhood obesity and cancer are the top priorities for a new partnership between the Mayor of London, London Councils and the NHS, to improve the health of all Londoners. |
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT / FEEDBACKSend us your feedbackcamdenlink@gmail.com Survey of People with Mild to Profound Hearing Loss The experience of 92 people attending the Royal Free Hospital The experience of 31 people attending UCLH The experience of 39 people attending the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital The experience of 2 people attending the Caversham Group Practice |
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