News and reports

Patients in waiting rooms in England are no longer required to socially distance.

From October 2021, Healthwatch Ealing’s outreach and engagement work was focused on hearing from BAME residents to understand their experience of accessing health and social care services during the pandemic and their opinions on how any issues or challenges faced could be addressed in collaboration with health and social care and the local voluntary sector organisations.

Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

Do you have an interest in health and social care? Would you like to help us shape services for the future?

Diabetes Uk are offering a FREE webinar for people living with diabetes and who wish to prepare for Ramadan.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust are pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Swindells as their new joint Chair. Matthew will take up his position on 1 April 2022.

It has never been easier to get your vaccine with residents able to walk-up or book at a number of pharmacies and centres in the borough. We recommend that you book in order to guarantee a jab, but walk-ups are available at all centres.

The information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of health and social care services, untainted and without agenda to ensure that the genuine observations and commentaries of the community are captured. Healthwatch Ealing presents this as factual information to be considered and utilised to improve service provision and highlight areas of good practice.

Historically, Housebound individuals have rarely been engaged with by statutory and community organisations and, therefore, their experiences and opinions of the care that they receive are seldom heard. As a result of this lack of engagement and representation, there is a national concern that not enough is known about the quality of home care service delivery. To address these concerns at a local level, Healthwatch Ealing sought to hear from Ealing residents who are housebound.

Are you a relative? A community expert from a relevant charity? Or a carer to someone that uses Medequip equipment? If so, then this role could be for you.

The Accessible Information Standard is mandatory for all organisations that provide National Health Service (NHS) or adult social care.

The NHS in North West London are working with independent digital skills and inclusion charity Citizens Online to learn about local people’s thoughts on digital health tools. Please help this research by filling in their short survey.