Archive for January, 2009

We have received various opportunities from organisations within Wandsworth that would very much appreciate your input. Attached in this post you will find information from Wandsworth PCT – Audiology Open Day and Patients Panel.

• Children’s Audiology Open Day (PDF, 91kb)
  
• Get Involved with PCT Patients’ Panel (PDF, 39Kb)
  
  • Patient Panel Application Form (PDF, 42Kb)
    
  • Patient Panel FAQ for New Panel Members (PDF, 48Kb)
    

We have posted information about St George’s Healthcare Feedback and volunteer opportunities with the Pocklington Trust in other News posts.

If you are interested in participating please contact the organisationssoon via the details provided. The children’s Open Day is on 20th January and to get involved in the panel, you need to be contact Tom Magill at the PCT by 23rd January. (How to do that is in the Get Involved leaflet)

Should you experience any problems with these attachments and would like hard copy sent please get in touch.

Can I also take this opportunity to remind you of the Wandsworth LINk public meeting taking place on Monday 19th January 2009 @ 6.00pm at the Atheldene Resource Centre, which will welcome the new Executive Committee. A programme and information papers will be made available on the day.

Given the situation of 12 nominations for election to 12 places on the Executive, we sought the advice of our official scrutineers the Electoral Reform Society. They gave the following response:

“In the situation where the number of nominations received is the same as the number of vacancies, and assuming that all candidates who have submitted a nomination are valid in their ability to do so, then all candidates will be declared elected unopposed to their positions.”

Therefore the candidates will be declared elected unopposed at the meeting on January 19th as there will be no need to hold an election.

The work to improve and inform access to the public on Urgent Care in the sector is vital to ensuring that the A&E departments are able to deliver the best service to those in most need. Wandsworth, Sutton& Merton and Lambeth PCT’s and St George’s are working together on this programme.

Earlier this year, on May 28th 2008, some of you kindly attended and contributed to a Patient and Public Involvement workshop at St George’s Hospital to discuss aspects of the Urgent Care system such as:

• Urgent Care and local population issues
• Urgent Care – unblocking the system
• Urgent Care pathways and connections
• Urgent Care and the role of General Practice

We would greatly appreciate the opportunity to feedback our progress to you at a workshop at St George’s Hospital on Wednesday 21st January, from 10.00am – 12:40 pm

Dr Sian Job, a GP from Wandsworth will lead this workshop.

Using your comments, we have produced an Improvement Plan on how to improve the patient pathway and general experience of Urgent Care, from improving access within General Practice to developing publicity material informing everyone of Urgent Care services, through to enhancing the patient’s experience of A&E and the Walk-in-Centre.

We have also developed a range of publicity material designed to educate and inform the public on Urgent Care services that we would appreciate your comments on to make sure it will meet the needs of the diverse target groups

If you would like to attend please could you let us know by sending a confirmation email to: Wilfred.carneiro@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Wilfred Carneiro
Acting Equality and Human Rights Manager
Directorate of Operations and Performance
St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

The Pocklington Trust is currently looking for volunteers to help blind/partially sighted people living in Wandsworth with reading, walking to the park, shopping or just having tea and a chat. They are also recruiting volunteers for a telephone befriending service. Full training provided and travel expenses are reimbursed.

The Telephone Befriending Service

Do you feel isolated? Need someone to talk to? A new telephone Befriending Service is available for people with sight loss living in the Borough of Wandsworth. Through regular weekly phone calls the service offers social and basic emotional support and information about services available within the Borough for people with sight loss.

If you are interested in either of the above opportunities and want to find out more information you can contact the Trust on: 020 8675 4246 or email: athena.meselidou@pocklington-trust.org.uk

We have now received 12 nominations for the 12 places on the LINk Executive Committee. The election will be held at the LINk public meeting on 19th January. For all the details about the meeting see the News item entitled Wandsworth LINk Elections (posted 18th December 2008).

This is a complete and final list, in random order, of all nominations received by the deadline of noon on  Monday 5^th January 2009.

1. Jeremy Ambache
2. Vibert Luthers
3. Jenny Weinstein
4. Michael Grahn
5. Colleen Bowen
6. Mark Clarke
7. Roger Appleton
8. Irene Storer
9. Terry King
10. Barbara Willerton
11. Suzanna Kawalek
12. Fitzroy Beckford

You can see what each of the candidates wrote about themselves in the Meeting Minutes section of the website (under Resources) on the page 2009 Election News.

You can take part in the election if you have registered as a LINk member before noon on Monday 5th January in one of three ways:

The proxy appointment form can be downloaded here (as a PDF file): proxy appointment form.