22 May 2019
Bambos Charalambous MP took time out of his busy schedule on Friday 10th May to visit Macmillan Cancer Support professionals at North Middlesex University Hospital. He has a particular interest in the exceptional work taking place within the Macmillan Palliative care team at the hospital. Mr Charalambous hopes that their example of good practice can be replicated across the country in line with his recently proposed private members bill aiming to improve the provision of care for terminally ill patients nationwide to make the system better and fairer.
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20 February 2019
Thrive LND, the citywide movement to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all Londoners, has published a new report titled Londoners Said…
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29 January 2019
An NHS organisation in North Central London is seeking two resident representatives to join a team which will be piloting the introduction of Teledermatology - a new method of diagnosing skin conditions.
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12 December 2018
The National Centre for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a 'quick guide' with advice for people with dementia, their families and their carers
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31 October 2018
Defend Enfield NHS are suggesting that people join the Patient Participation Group at their GP practice
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11 October 2018
Enfield Council and Healthwatch Enfield are calling a public meeting to give you an opportunity to share your views about the proposals to reduce the number of hospitals providing planned operations for bones and joints, such as hip and knee replacements
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07 October 2018
The board of North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has decided not to pursue the proposal that the trust become a full member of the Royal Free London group.
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01 August 2018
The NHS - on the Brink? was the title used by Professor Sue Richards for her talk to mark the opening of How Come We Didn't Know?, a photographic exhibiition tracing the increasing involvement of big corporations in the National Health Service. Sue Davies from Defend Enfield NHS outlines what Professor Richards had to say.
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28 July 2018
A decision about whether or not the North Middlesex University NHS Trust should become part of the Royal Free London Foundation NHS Trst will be taken in early October.
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13 June 2018
Healthwatch Enfield is hosting two events to give local people an opportunity to discuss and influence the future direction of the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. Participants will have a unique opportunity to talk directly to the Chief Executive and other senior leaders at the North Mid about their priorities and how they think the hospital should develop over the next five years.
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30 May 2018
A consultation on the criteria for deciding whether the NHS in London will carry out hip and knee operations runs until 4th June.
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16 May 2018
A meeting is being held on 7th June with the aim of increasing the number of people who are members of Patient Participation Groups at their GP surgery.
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10 April 2018
A local group set up to defend NHS services in Enfield is asking everyone concerned about thefuture of the Health Service to join their surgery’s Patient Participation Group.
Dr Martin Blanchard of Defend Enfield NHS explains:
“We are asking people concerned about the future of the NHS to join their local Patient Participation Group because it will help us discover in more detail what exactly is going on in Enfield and will provide more opportunities for us to probe and question.......
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14 March 2018
David Flint attended the Chase Farm Hospital update at the Dugdale Centre on Tuesday and has kindly shared with us his summary of what was said. We also have the PowerPoint slides used at the presentation.
The new hospital is within budget, it will open in August - as promised four years ago - and they've raised more money than expected from the sale of spare land. What about services and quality?
The hospital will provide planned ("elective") treatments in eight operating theatres.......
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05 February 2018
Details of a public meeting about redevelopment of Chase Farm hospital.
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24 January 2018
On Saturday 3rd February people concerned about the current state and future of the NHS will be marching from University College Hospital to Downing Street*. Each group and each individual will have different views about what they want for the health service, but there are two things that all of them, and I hope all of you, would like from the prime minister and chancellor:
urgent steps to resolve the current crisis; and
the opening up to public and parliamentary scrutiny of.......
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11 January 2018
Are you a patient or carer affected by cancer? Would you like to help shape cancer services and improve early diagnosis?
UCLH Cancer Collaborative has various opportunities for people who have had cancer treatment, or cared for someone who has had cancer treatment, to get involved.
The involvement opportunities are
Being a patient representative on a Pathway Board or Expert Reference Group – deadline 28th January
Joining the Patient Experience and User Involvement Steering Group.......
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