Archive for December, 2009

Over the Christmas and New Year period the Wandsworth immunisation team are running drop-in clinics for women aged 13 to 18 years old to catch up with their HPV jab. This vaccine will protect them against their future risk of cervical cancer.

Nurse Betty, lead immunisation nurse says “While you are out Christmas shopping or catching up with friends, why not pop into one of our drop-in clinics and protect yourself against cervical cancer for years to come.”

If you want to find out more call the Wandsworth immunisation helpline on 020 8254 8393 or email betty.attipoe@wpct.nhs.uk or wpct.imms@nhs.net
Clinic times and places:

St Christopher’s Clinic, Battersea
Wheeler Court
Plough Road
SW11 2AX

TUESDAYS 12noon to 4pm
WEDNESDAYS 9.30am to 12.30pm
Doddington Clinic, Battersea
311 Battersea Park Road
Battersea
SW11 4LU

MONDAYS 1.30 to 4.30pm
THURSDAYS 1.30 to 4.30pm
Tooting Bec Medical Centre
103 Macmillan Way
Tooting
SW17 6AT
(off Franciscan Road opposite Tooting Bec Common)

SATURDAYS 9am to 12pm

You’re running out of time to get your nominations in for the new LINk Executive member, the deadline is the 21st of December.

For more information please visit our Elections 2010 page.

Just a reminder that Wandsworth Care Alliance, the LINk Host, has moved offices to the following address:

Wandsworth LINK/ WCA Host

Trident Business Centre

89 Bickersteth Road

SW17 9SH

Tel: 020 8516 7767

Just a quick reminder to get your nominations in for the new LINk Executive member before the 21st December…..Merry Christmas

At it’s recent Board Meeting NHS Wandsworth selected St George’s Hospital Trust as its preferred organisation to take on the Wandsworth Community Services as it separates from the Primary Care Trust.

The PCT also received a detailed report of the events leading up to the voluntary liquidation of Secure Healthcare, the social enterprise providing healthcare services to inmates of Wandsworth Prison.  In discussing the report, it was recognised that it was difficult to balance the financial risk of accepting a tender from an untried organisation, against the improvement in services such an organisation might achieve.

To read the full report click below:

Notes from the Wandsworth PCT Board, 2nd December

The health of people living in Wandsworth has been recognised as good in an independent review of local public services published on 9th October.

Oneplace, known formally as the Comprehensive Area Assessment , brings together the work of the Audit Commission, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and Her Majesty’s Inspectorates of Constabulary, Probation and Prisons to assess how well local partners such as the NHS, council, police, fire and rescue services are working together to tackle local priorities in Wandsworth.

The assessment shows that Wandsworth is performing significantly better than the England average in some key areas, including reducing smoking in pregnancy and encouraging adults to eat healthily and be physically active. Wandsworth also compares well for new mothers breast feeding their babies, reducing adult obesity and rates of diabetes.

Amanda Philpott, Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Wandsworth said

“It is extremely important for us that we work in association with a range of organisations including the local council, social services, and community and voluntary groups when finding solutions for better healthcare in the borough. We are very pleased with the outcome of the CAA but remain focused on pushing standards in local healthcare by improving access, quality and choice of health care services, particularly for those people in Wandsworth’s most deprived communities.”

“We are delighted that Oneplace recognises the success we’ve achieved together with our local partners in the borough to promote good health in Wandsworth and in particular to address health inequalities.

“Oneplace is a welcome addition to existing healthcare assessments as it brings together information from different sectors to look at the joint goal of improving quality of life for our local people.

Do you agree with this report? What could NHS Wandsworth do to improve local residents health even more?

Wandsworth LINk has received a letter of thanks for the feedback we provided on the ”Your guide to local health services,” from NHS Wandsworth……

Dear LINk members

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who gave us such helpful feedback on last year’s “Your guide to local health services.” It is so useful to hear the views of patients and members of the public who received the guide and your comments have helped us understand how we can improve it this year.

We have received some very positive feedback about last year’s guide and some excellent suggestions on how we could make it better. We will be using several of the suggested changes in this year’s guide, including adding more cross referencing in, changing the listings so that some services are easier to find, adding in details of other nearby hospitals, and including symbols for all phone numbers and addresses etc. Unfortunately we cannot use all the suggestions we received as we are limited on the number of pages we can add, but all feedback has been taken into consideration.

Once again, many thanks to everyone who took the time to let us know what you thought. We look forward to hearing what you think of this year’s guide.

If you have any further questions or would like more information on the guide to local health services please contact the NHS Wandsworth communication team on 020 8812 7605 or email them at comms@wpct.nhs.uk

Best wishes

Ally Johnstone
Communications Coordinator
NHS Wandsworth

 

On Thursday 19 November 2009 NHS Wandsworth launched the newly funded Children’s Continuing Care service, which supports families and carers of children with long-term, complex and sometimes life limiting conditions. The launch, which was held at Tooting Leisure Centre, offered patients and healthcare professionals a chance to find out all about the service and meet the Continuing Care team.At the launch, Helen Duffay, Head of Nursing for Children with Disabilities, said:

“I have worked for the NHS in Wandsworth for many years and it is a privilege to manage and develop this new team for the children and their families. The team will develop and change as we receive feedback from parents using the service.

“I’d also like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to parents for their support, especially with regard to training new staff in their homes.”

The Children’s Continuing Care service provides a team of trained paediatric nurses and healthcare assistants to work with families and carers of children in their own homes. The service is available to support its patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

One parent, who now receives respite care for her son seven nights a week, said of the Children’s Continuing Care service:
“They have enabled us to be the parents we want to be. When I speak to other parents who have children with similar needs I realise Wandsworth is the envy of everyone because of the support and care offered here.”

The service, which is based at St John’s Therapy Centre in Battersea, supports children from birth right up until they can transfer to adult care. For more information about the service and how you can be referred contact Madge Chang on 020 8812 7612 or email her at madge.chang@wpct.nhs.uk

The Patients Forum for the London Ambulance Service will be holding its next meeting on Monday, December 7th, 2009 5.30-7.30pm in the Conference Room, LAS Headquarters, 220 Waterloo Road where they invite people to come and discuss the Service’s performance in the Trusts annual health check.

How did London’s Ambulance Service Perform?

1. Failed against the Patient Experience criteria and underachieved against NHS Staff Satisfaction indicators

2. LAS is the only Trust to achieve a rating of “Excellent” for Financial Management for 2008/09

3. “Fair” rating for Overall Quality for 2008/09, DOWN from “Good” in 2007/08

4. Achieved all the Clinical Performance indicators (CPIs)

For More information contact;

PatientsForumLAS@aol.com
0208 809 6551
VICE CHAIRS:
Sister Josephine Udie
sisterjossi@hotmail.com
Joseph Healey
j-j@freezone.co.uk
BSL signers will be available

Nearest Tube: Waterloo
British Rail: Waterloo
Buses:1,4,26,77,68,168,171,172,176,
188,507,243,341,381,507,521

LINk Elections- nominate now

On Monday 18th January 2010 between 6p.m. and 8.30 p.m. the LINk will be holding a meeting at which we will elect a new Executive Committee member to fill the vacant place on the Executive. All members of LINk are invited to take part in this election.

Under the current agreement the elected candidate will serve for the remainder of the vacant term i.e. until January 2012. (It should be noted that the term served by an elected member is currently under review)

All current members will receive a letter or email depending on their specified preference and pack in the post detailing how they can nominate and vote. Alternatively all relevant documents are available here:

• nomination for election form
• appointment of proxy form
• nomination and voting procedure

Nominations

Any member who has signed up as a LINk member by 12 noon on Monday 21st December 2009 can stand for election. This is also the deadline for receipt of nominations for election to the Executive Committee.

You do not need a proposer or seconder- you can nominate yourself and fill in the statement in support of the nomination and declaration of interest.

 
How you can vote….

• In Person on the night – Monday 18th January 2010

• By appointing another person to act as your proxy.

• By Post – This must be requested by 12 noon on Monday 4th January 2009, from the Host (Wandsworth Care Alliance). The vote must then be completed and returned to the Host office by 12 noon on Friday 15th January 2010.

 
What if I am not a member but would like to vote?

If you would like to register as a member and in turn take part in these elections then please click here.
If you would like any additional information or assistance completing the nomination form or with voting arrangements, please ring the Host at WCA on 02085 167 767 or email sarah@wandcareall.org.uk and someone will be pleased to assist you.