Westminster LINk News

Disability related harassment – a call for evidence in Westminster

Fri, 2010-07-30 08:52 — Steven Towndrow

Recent diability harassment and hate crimes such as the tragic Fiona Pinkerton case has prompted the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is investigate how public authorities are tackling harassment and its causes.

NHS Westminster website testing - volunteers wanted!

Thu, 2010-07-01 09:32 — Steven Towndrow

NHS Westminster is relaunching its website in August and wants service users to test it before it goes live.
 
The Trust is looking for LINk members to try out their “Find a GP” website, to review the language used and help make sure that it can be understood and used by patients to enable them to make a choice of GP Provider.

No internet or IT experience required!

Consultation on Older Adults services

Wed, 2010-06-30 09:39 — Steven Towndrow

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is consulting on changes to older adults mental health services in Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.

The proposed changes will see admissions to Kershaw ward (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital) closed and patients admitted to Redwood and Oak Ward at St Charles Hospital.

2009/10 GP Patient Survey Results published

Mon, 2010-06-21 11:36 — Steven Towndrow

The latest results of the National GP Patient survey have been published including details of how Westminster's practices performed.

Adult Social Care in Westminster

Wed, 2010-06-09 11:34 — Steven Towndrow

The Care Quality Commission has published its findings of the service inspection of adult social care for Westminster City Council. The focus of the CQC inspection was services for Safeguarding adults (rated as performing "well") and Increased choice and control for older people (rated as "excellent").

Test

Fri, 2010-08-27 10:30 — Steven Towndrow

Test

Council Committee to monitor health and social care services

Mon, 2010-06-07 09:53 — Steven Towndrow

A Council Scrutiny Committee will monitor health and social care services in Westminster. The Society, Families and Adult Services Policy and Scrutiny Committee meets this week and will scrutinise; Health; Adult social services; Adult social care; Community protection; Child poverty; Family Recovery Programme; and Rough sleepers and homelessness

Westminster Work Solutions

Tue, 2010-05-25 09:42 — Steven Towndrow

June 7 sees the launch of a new programme to help those impacted by stress or other mental health problems gain and retain employment. Westminster Work Solutions is a partnership programme between Jobs in Mind, a company that supports people wishing to stay or enter the jobs market, and NHS Westminster.

NHS Inpatient survey results published

Fri, 2010-05-21 09:10 — Steven Towndrow

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of all health and adult social care in England, has published results from a national survey of inpatients in England's acute and specialist NHS trusts, including Imperial.

Affected by Stroke? Want to shape services where you are?

Mon, 2010-05-10 14:31 — Steven Towndrow

If you are involved in influencing stroke services in your area or would like to be, then a networking event in Waterloo on 26 May will be for you!

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