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It’s that time of year to get your Covid-19 and flu vaccinations. The national booking system is now open for those eligible and walk-in vaccination sites have opened up across North West London.

AN eating disorder psychiatrist from Ealing is celebrating after winning Consultant of the Year at a national awards ceremony.

Vaccines to protect at-risk people against Covid and flu this winter will be rolled out a month earlier than planned in England, because of the emergence of a new Covid variant.

#AskAboutAsthma is back for 2023. Now in its seventh year, the campaign encourages simple changes to children and young people’s care that will make a big difference to how they experience their asthma. The 2023 #AskAboutAsthma campaign will run from 11 – 17 September.

NW London residents are invited to join this online event and respond to the proposed new model of care for community-based specialist care for adults in NW London.

Almost a million more people (900,000) will become eligible for a shingles vaccination from September, the NHS announced last week.

Anyone who is severely immunosuppressed and over 50 will be able to get two doses of the Shingrix vaccine - currently the vaccine is only available to those over 70.

Our Enter and View visits are arranged to find out how health and social care services are being run, and make recommendations where there are areas for improvement.

Please note: A Consultants' strike is taking place from 7am on Thursday 24 August, until 7am on Saturday 26 August. Some health services might be affected. Contact us or NHS for support.

In 2022 Healthwatch Ealing launched a new project looking to better understand the Primary Care experience of the minority communities in Ealing. By talking directly to patients who typically experience a range of health inequalities, Healthwatch hoped to gain an understanding of the issues they experience and the factors such as language and ethnicity that may play a role in the access, treatment and care they receive

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.

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.