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NHS England has worked with patient groups and advocacy organisations to produce guidance on registering with a GP. It clarifies that patients do not legally need to provide documentary evidence of identity, immigration status or…

From Waltham Forest Council, the third in their series of newsletters aimed to help keep you up to date with the Care Act- the biggest change to adult social care law for 60 years. asc_newsletter_november_edition_issue_3.pdf_version_3

The Care Quality Commission recently published a further 24 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across London, including Highcroft Care Home and ELMS in Waltham Forest.   Following recent inspections,…

Residents are invited to write, audio record or film a case study and send it in to Healthwatch Waltham Forest. All people that submit a case study will be entered into a prize draw; 1st…

The King’s Fund recently launched ‘An alternative guide to mental health care in England’. This short animated video below is designed to help people understand mental health services in England and how they integrate with…

Waltham Forest Carers Association (WFCA) are recruiting for an Information and Communications Officer, to implement and develop WFCA’s print, online and face-to-face communications strategy. The closing date for applications is 9am, Thursday 15 October 2015…

What is flu? Flu is caused by a virus and occurs every year, usually in the winter months, which is why it is sometimes called seasonal flu. It is highly infectious with symptoms that come…

Alzheimer’s Society’s dementia friendly signage (DFS) has been developed as part of the Society’s commitment to promoting dementia friendly environments and communities. Initially developed by the Legacy & Recognition Giving Team to be used at…

Would you like to get to know your service users better? Do you need to review what health and social care priority areas and services are important to your community? Do you need to reinvigorate…

Healthwatch Waltham Forest and Patient and Public Involvement Solutions are holding a series of interactive training workshops for patient/service user representatives. The purpose of the training is to support the learning and development of NEW patient representatives, and those…