Advice and Information

In the London Boroughs of Ealing, Hillingdon, Lewisham, and Kensington & Chelsea, Local Healthwatch are working together to better understand the experiences of unpaid carers.Across our boroughs, thousands of people provide unpaid care and support to a family member, friend, neighbour, or loved one. Carers play a vital role in helping people to live independently, maintain their wellbeing, and remain connected to their communities. Yet caring can also have a significant impact on a person's physical health, emotional wellbeing, finances, employment, and social life. Through this project, we want to listen to carers' stories – your stories – in a safe and supportive way, learn about the challenges you face, and hear what is working well.

Bank Holidays can affect the opening hours of local pharmacies. This document (opens pdf) provides the opening hours for pharmacies in London which have been asked to open over the two bank holiday weekends in May.

Ealing Council is working closely with partners across London to put new arrangements in place for providing community equipment, despite the very serious financial difficulties facing NRS.

Bank Holidays can affect the opening hours of local pharmacies.

NICE is seeking the views and experiences of people who have used NHS Talking Therapies, to inform their guidance. The Survey will be open until 12 midday Friday 7th February 2025.

Measles doesn’t just cause your child discomfort, it also puts them at risk of serious health complications if the infection spreads to the brain or lungs, but this is preventable.

The campaign aims to spread public awareness of the different roles within a GP practice's scope that can best help patients. From the GP themself, to a physio therapist, to a clinical pharmacist, getting a person to the best possible help can look different than just seeing the GP.

NHS services will be under a huge amount of pressure leading up to, and during these strikes. Hospitals will do everything they can to keep disruption to a minimum and will prioritise patients who need urgent and emergency care.

Ealing Council's Health Improvement Team has released the summer edition of their Stepping up to Health newsletter.

Health issues related to the current warm weather are causing our A&Es to be busier than usual, with waits of up to 11 hours in A&Es at the moment.

The NHS has released a Cold Weather Alert: Level 3 – Cold Weather Action

Health officials say parents should be aware of an infection called strep A, after children in the UK died from it. Since Covid restrictions eased, there are more opportunities for infections like this to spread. Cases have been increasing in recent weeks. While most people do not get extremely sick, the highly contagious bacterium that causes the infection can cause serious illness and complications.