Local HealthWatch for Camden

Camden LINk will close September 2012 to be replaced by a new organisation.

 

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.
Your LINk wants to hear about your experiences of health and social care services and your ideas for improvements or changes. Your LINk can help bring about changes - whether they are big or small.

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.
More about Camden LINk

 

GET INVOLVED WITH CAMDEN LINk

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There are many ways that you can get involved with the work of Camden LINk whether you have a lot or little time to spare.
Get involved with Camden LINk

 

WHAT CAN CAMDEN LINk DO FOR YOU?

Mother, baby and doctor

LINk will seek out opinion, investigate issues and work to improve health and social care services by ensuring the voice of local people is heard.

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Round table discussion on Greenwood Place held by Cllr Maya De Souza 20th December 2011

greenwood place consultation bsl video

Consultation on Greenwood Place: 5 September - 9 December 2011 BSL video
Some people have been frustrated by the consultation process – i.e. the fact that the Council is not consulting on a design, so it is difficult to visualise what a new centres might look like.

People are also concerned about the model (bringing lots of groups together), the location (the size of the site, the storage building), a perceived reduction in choice etc

People also generally value their existing services.

However, opinions have been mixed, with some people from all of the main user groups (especially the Centre for Independent Living) welcoming the opportunity to think about the proposal.

PCKO Architects have listened to people’s views, and produced a series of ideas and diagrams about how a centre might respond to these views.  The next and final stage of the consultation is to feed back the architects’ ideas.

It should be emphasised that no decision has been made whether to proceed with the Greenwood Centre proposal.  Feedback received during the consultation will go into a report which will be presented to Cabinet for a decision in April 2012.Age UK Camden had submitted a formal response to the Council.

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.
Camden Adult Social Care BSL consultation -BSL video

2012 is going to be a big year for the NHS & Social Care

We have moved.

After leaving the Oasis Centre in Bayham Street  on the 31st October 2011 we are now situated at Kentish Town library just down the road from Kentish Town station. If you would like to discuss any issues regarding health and social care or would like to participate in the LINks activities you should contact our community development worker.
Email:camdenlink@gmail.com
Phone:07428837664 or Skype:clink4074 (free)

 

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

 

 

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.

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Sensory Needs

Video newsletter for Deaf Camden residents

Sensory Forum video

Camden Sensory Needs Forum Autumn 2011 meeting update - BSL video

Sensory Needs Forum-BSL video

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LINk NEWS

England’s breast cancer screening programme could be scaled back amid concerns from scientists that it is leading to women undergoing surgery unnecessarily.

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Camden Community News

Daily news stories

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.

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Coming Events

29/03/2012
Bloomsbury Suite (Rooms 7/8/9) Friend's House
24/05/2012
London Voluntary Resource Centre Seminar Rooms 2&3