Local HealthWatch for CamdenCamden 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. 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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Round table discussion on Greenwood Place held by Cllr Maya De Souza 20th December 2011
Consultation on Greenwood Place: 5 September - 9 December 2011 BSL video 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. |
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.
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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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 NEWSEngland’s breast cancer screening programme could be scaled back amid concerns from scientists that it is leading to women undergoing surgery unnecessarily. 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. |
EVENTS CALENDARComing Events
29/03/2012
Bloomsbury Suite (Rooms 7/8/9) Friend's House
24/05/2012
London Voluntary Resource Centre Seminar Rooms 2&3
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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 |
HEALTH IN THE NEWSHealth news from the BBC |