News and reports

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.

The London Borough of Ealing will be hosting a community forum on August 8th to discuss its Health & Wellbeing Strategy and Community Pharmacists.

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.

As we celebrate 75 years of our NHS and look to a future where everyone can get the care they need, we celebrate some of the people who took the time to share their experiences with us and helped make care better for everyone.

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

NWL NHS will be holding a Resident's Forum on July 11th from 6-7:30 PM online.

Our annual report of 2022-23 summarises our patient experience findings, enter and view findings and our plans for the upcoming year 2023-24.

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.

From 1 July 2023 the way members of the public make a complaint about primary care services to the commissioner is changing.
By primary care services we mean GPs, dentists, opticians or pharmacy services.

Volunteers from the Diabetes UK’s South East Coast and London Team are running an online Peer Support group for people living with type 2 diabetes. The Online Peer Support Programme is about bringing people with diabetes together to share experiences of living with the condition and to get practical tips from others about how to live well.