News and reports

Our team at Healthwatch Ealing conducted Enter and View visits in September 2022 at:

- Sycamore Lodge
- Chestnut Lodge
- Elm House
- Martin House

Ealing Council, local NHS services and voluntary organisations are working together to develop a Carers Strategy. To help us do this we would like to hear your views about support available for Carers. A Carer is anyone who cares unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support. A joint Carers strategy was developed a few years ago. This set out how we wanted to improve support for Carers.

The information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of online consultations, 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 information presented within this report reflects the individual patient experience of London Ambulance 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.

PlusBus for Health is a minibus service for patients to and from GP surgeries. The transport is provided by Ealing Community Transport (ECT), a local charity.

Ambulance staff belonging to three unions - GMB, Unison and Unite - are on strike in a dispute over pay.

The NHS is asking patients to seek urgent care if they need it during industrial action this week and continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to rearrange.

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

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.

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.

There is a 99% probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions between 9am on Friday 9 December and 9am on Friday 16 December in parts of England.

The NHS is set to boost mental health support for people in crisis to ease demand and pressure on emergency services, as part of extensive winter plans already underway.