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Supporting Patient Participation Groups

Following our GP website audit in April 2020, we spoke to PPG leads in Greenwich in order to:map the range of ways PPGs operate; understand where they are working well, & why, and describe the challenges faced by PPGs in...

25 September 2020

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COVID-19 Recovery. What local residents are telling us

As lockdown has relaxed over the summer, we talked to local voluntary groups to hear how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the way Greenwich residents are accessing and experiencing health and care services.

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Residential and Nursing Care Homes: Summary Report of Enter and View visits

In January and February 2020, we carried out a series of visits to Residential Care Homes in Greenwich to ascertain the quality of life, experience and views of residents.

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Black Lives Matter digital listening event summary

In light of the known impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic(BAME) communties, and our solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, in July we held a digital listening event.

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DNACPR orders at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to ensure that DNACPR policies at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and supporting information relating to treatment escalation plans, must be recorded consistently.

21 January 2021

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COVID-19 Vaccination Get Injected Not Infected

Want to know more about the COVID-19 vaccine? Ask your questions to local NHS health and care experts in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

15 January 2021

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New National Restrictions from 6 January 2021

Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly across the country. Find out what you can and cannot do.

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What We're Hearing: COVID-19 Insight Report December 2020

16 December 2020

Healthwatch England has asked all local Healthwatch to seek the views...

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GP websites: A report on COVID-19 data sharing privacy notice

15 December 2020

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 specific data sharing...

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Director, South East London Healthwatch Quarterly Report

23 October 2020

From the 1 April 2020, the six (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth,...

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Supporting Patient Participation Groups

25 September 2020

Following our GP website audit in April 2020, we spoke to PPG leads...