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A senior Enfield councillor has backed this website's call for residents to be given more time to respond to a consultation about introducing stricter criteria for carrying out certain medical procedures on the NHS. The procedures in question include knee surgery, hernia operations, some types of breast restoration and surgical removal of scar tissue.
As we reported last week (You have 21 days to influence a decision on rationing of NHS operations) the consultation by Enfield Clinical.......
It may have escaped your attention, but we are already nearly a third of the way through a "public consultation" about rationing NHS knee, hernia and other operations and medical procedures for Enfield residents.
The consultation period - outrageously short for such an important question - began on 1st March at a poorly advertised public meeting and finishes on 31st March. Between now and then there will be only two more public meetings, both during the working day, one on the 22nd and.......
Two more "primary care access hubs" are now operating in Enfield, including one on Green Lanes in the Palmers Green/Winchmore Hill borders. Appointments, including at weekends and on public holidays, will be available to all patients registered with a GP in the borough.
The announcement below appeared on the Enfield CCG website.
Evening and weekend GP appointments for Enfield patients
27 February 2017
Enfield CCG is pleased to announce that a further two primary care access hubs.......
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In recent weeks scarcely a day has gone by without new and very disturbing information about the crisis in the National Health Service. Ever longer waiting times in A&E departments, postponement of non-emergency operations, skilled surgeons having to waste their precious time waiting for beds to become available, hospital doctors buckling under stress, and so on - it seems that the tremendous.......
Extra weekday evening and weekend GP appointments
If you are registered with a GP practice in Enfield, (or resident in Enfield but have yet to register with an Enfield GP practice), you can now benefit from an appointment with a GP, or other healthcare professional, on weekday evenings, weekends and bank holidays at our new primary care access hub.
Urgent and routine appointments, either same day or pre-bookable, are available from 6.30pm to 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 8pm weekends and.......
Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group will be consulting the public about proposals to introduce stricter criteria when deciding whether or not to refer patients for certain types of surgical procedures. There will be an online consultation and three public meetings throughout March. For details see the "Consultation Arrangements" box at the end of this article.
The consultation relates to the "Adherence to Evidence Based Medicine Programme". Put simply, this means looking at.......
Members of the public are being invited to contribute to a study into making it easier for patients and visitors to find their way around the new Chase Farm Hospital.
You can do so by attending the meeting below or completing an online survey.
Ever got lost trying to find your way around Chase Farm? Share your experiences and ideas to make the new Chase Farm easy to navigate!
Date: 20 Feb 2017 - 10:00 to 13:00Location: Chase Farm Hospital
In collaboration with the Royal Free Hospital,.......
The campaigning group Defend Enfield NHS (DENHS) added its name to the list of groups backing "It's Our NHS", a national demonstration against current government policy towards the NHS, scheduled for 4th March. Between now and the demonstration, DENHS will be hosting a public meeting to listen to local concerns about the health service and to pass on information that it has collected about the local and national situation.
DENHS are also urging Enfield residents to watch a clip from ITV.......
Against the backdrop of growing disquiet about the ability of the NHS in England to cope, local campaigners are questioning Enfield's health commissioning body about its plans to cut back on the types of surgical procedures that will be available from the NHS.
While attention nationally has been focused on accident and emergency departments that are struggling to meet demand, Defend Enfield NHS this week has been concerned with proposals to reduce NHS provision of non-emergency (so-called.......
The Department of Health is carrying out a survey into the experiences of dementia patients and their families and carers. The deadline for responses is 31 January 2017.
Dementia: care, support and awareness
The Government’s aim is for England to be the best place in the world for people with dementia, their families and carers to live and the best place to undertake research into dementia.
We want to hear first-hand from people with dementia, their families and carers if we are.......