Health & Wellbeing

The body which commissions NHS services in five north London boroughs is seeking to recruit up to eight Community Participant volunteers.

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NHS management in North Central London is proposing changes to how eye surgery is provided in the five boroughs that it is responsible for. Residents can respond to a survey which runs until mid-October and also attend a focus group meeting in Edmonton on Monday 25th September.

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The North Central London Integrated Care Board (NLC ICB) is recruiting 'young champions' aged between 14 and 20, whose role will be to help shape health services for young people in the four London boroughs where NCL ICB is responsible for the provision of NHS services.

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Parents and people aged between 19 and 25 are being warned of a possible measles epidemic in London unless there is more uptake of the MMR vaccination.

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Enfield Southgate MP Bambos Charalambous has written to the body responsible for NHS services in North Central London in response to a proposal to permanently close a Palmers Green GP surgery that he says provides a 'key service' for older members of the community living south of the North Circular Road.

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Britain's first NHS baby, 75 this week, calls on all political parties to stop the dismantling and privatisation of the National Health Service.

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Healthwatch Enfield have been asked by Enfield Council to find out what users think about adult social care services provided in the borough. There is a five-minute online survey for you to provide your feedback.

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Healthwath Enfield have published the results of their recent research into the state of dentistry in the borough. Readers will probably not be surprised to learn that the majority of dental practicies (34 out of 43) are not currently accepting new adult patients on the NHS, and three of the nine that are have a waiting list.

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This year's Dementia Action Week, starting on 15th May, will see a series of special events in Enfield run by organisations that belong to Enfield Dementia Alliance.

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Dr John Puntis explains the background to this week's strike by hospital doctors - not just the fact that their pay has fallen so drastically over recent years, but the catastrophic neglect of the whole NHS.

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