What is your experience of COVID-19?
You can let us know via our online survey We feed back information to NHS and Care providers so they can understand the issues faced by local people.
(The survey is anonymous)
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Care Homes Report
Over the last five months, care homes have had to work incredibly hard to continue to provide a safe and supportive environment to their residents during unprecedented conditions.
In May, we conducted an initial telephone survey speaking with 31 local residential and nursing homes to identify whether they had any concerns caused by the pandemic.
This second report, carried out in July, is an updated response highlighting any changes in the original report. We have also taken the opportunity to look at the accessibility and range of available GP support as an additional area.
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Have you been discharged from hospital recently?
During the coronavirus pandemic, the usual processes that hospitals follow to discharge people from their care changed to help free up beds. We want to know how this is working for patients and their loved ones.
Working with the British Red Cross, we will be collecting people's stories of hospital discharge through a dedicated survey over the next four weeks. We will be sharing this data back with you at the end of August so that you can understand more about people’s experiences of hospital discharge in your area.
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Have your say on the Growth of Redbridge
In 2018, The Growth Commission worked with over 1,600 residents to agree to a 'Brave New Towns' approach, which would grow the borough in a balanced and sustainable way. Since then, housing targets set for the borough have increased by 75% and there is more pressure than ever to deliver new homes.
We understand that what is coming ahead can be perceived as uncertain and residents can be worried. But we also know that growth isn't just about new homes, but all of the things we need in our communities: jobs, businesses, green spaces, schools, sustainability, transport and more.
Book your slot now and have your say
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Webinar: The future of outpatient services at Barts Health NHS Trust, co-hosted by Healthwatch
Thursday 13 August, 3pm
Barts Health NHS Trust is undertaking a major transformation of outpatient services across its five hospitals: Newham, Mile End, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross and The Royal London.
This online event is the first in a series of webinars, where you can hear about the plans and have your say.
- Discover how outpatient services have changed in response to coronavirus
- Hear plans to transform outpatient services across North East London
- Learn what the Trust is dong to keep patients safe, should you have a hospital appointment
- Ask questions to the panel and give feedback on future plans
(more...)
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Update from Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust Hospitals
Screening at King George Hospital
All outpatients and visitors arriving at the hospital will be screened, to help reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. Patients and visitors will be taken to a private area and will be asked to have their temperature checked and to answer a few questions. If symptoms of Covid-19 are identified, they will be advised to go home and self-isolate and get a test. Their appointment will be cancelled and rebooked for two weeks’ time.
Outpatient appointments
Until the end of August, when there'll be another review, a number of routine face-to-face outpatient appointments will be postponed but the most clinically urgent cases will still be going ahead.
Endoscopy services have restarted at Queen's Hospital
To ensure patients are kept safe, the latest national guidance, such as new decontamination processes are being followed.
Gynaecology
Planned gynaecology procedures - hysteroscopies and colposcopies will now be delivered at King George Hospital. Emergency gynaecology, complex elective inpatients and general non-procedural outpatients will take place at Queen’s Hospital.
Frailty Unit at King George Hospital for the frail and the elderly
The unit aims to get patients home the same day. It has ambulatory assessment bays which allow patients to be assessed in special recliner chairs rather than beds where possible, making it easier for frail patients, and also means they can stay in their own clothes which is more comfortable for them.
( more service updates..)
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Coronavirus Support Resource Directory
Redbridge Council has put together a directory of local businesses and organisations you can contact for help:
Access the Directory here
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Your COVID Recovery
Recovering from coronavirus takes time — you may still have some physical or psychological symptoms, like anxiety, breathlessness and fatigue. The new Your Covid Recovery website is designed to help you understand your symptoms that haven’t yet gone away.
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Funding of £62 million for hospital discharge of people with learning disabilities and/or autism
The Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has called for a renewed focus to ensure people with learning disabilities or autism are discharged promptly from hospital back into the community.
- The funding can be spent on costs associated with discharge, including establishing community teams, funding accommodation and staff training
- A new independent oversight panel has been set up to improve care and support for inpatients with learning disabilities or autism (more...)
The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group, a national charity that represents leading not-for-profit organisations who provide services to disabled people, have responded.
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Jobs
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