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Many people who provide unpaid care are unaware of their rights. Find out more about the help and support you are entitled to. -
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Do you or a loved one need help with social care? Read the article below and find out answers to key questions about who can access adult social care and how to pay for it. -
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The online ethnic carer forum provides an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds who care for someone with a mental illness to learn more about how mental health works with race and ethnicity. -
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What is befriending? And how to get support? -
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Are you a relative? A community expert from a relevant charity? Or a carer to someone that uses Medequip equipment? If so, then this role could be for you. -
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Bromley Well provides support to people in Bromley borough who are caring for others. -
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We would like to warmly invite you and your service users to our next monthly engagement forum. -
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The Penge vaccine and health event will offer the vaccine and a wide range of other health checks to eligible residents, especially those who may not access healthcare services such as the homeless, refugees or those living in temporary accommodation. -
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Share your experience about your local cancer health and care services by completing a survey so that we can help to improve these services. -
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On 12th July 2022, Healthwatch Bromley visited Antokol Care Home, a residential care home established in 1951 to care for elderly Polish refugees. Originally located in Beckenham, it was relocated to Chislehurst. Antokol provides housing and care for up to 36 residents, including 21 individuals with dementia and six with additional long-term conditions.
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An E&V visit was carried out on 28th October 2022 by three E&V Authorise Representatives (AR). The visit was announced and planned in partnership with the home. In preparation for the visit, we shared with the registered manager a poster announcing our visit to display in communal areas and copies of questionnaires explaining the purpose of E&V visits.
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Bromley Dementia Support Hub is a charitable service that is commissioned by London Borough of Bromley (LBB) and delivered by Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich (BLG) Mind and Age UK. -
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On 4th August 2022, Healthwatch Bromley visited Fallowfield, a nursing home located in a residential area of Chislehurst. The home is a three-acre Victorian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped gardens, situated next to Fairlight residential home.
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There is an open call for evidence from the government to help them develop their ‘pathway for adult social care’.
This pathway will be published autumn 2023 and will set out the skills, knowledge and behaviours that people working in adult social care need to deliver high-quality, personalised, compassionate care and support.
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Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face & recognise the contribution they make to families & communities throughout the UK.
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Our annual report includes how we have engaged and supported people over the year. We successfully gathered 2,487 resident's experiences of health and social care services in the London Borough of Bromley and produced 13 reports. -
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The NRS base for Bromley is in Sidcup, please see their website, and they are now the provider for all SEL boroughs except Lewisham
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Healthwatch Bromley is delighted to be able to share the St Christopher’s Quality Account for 2022-23 and hope you will enjoying reading about the work of St Christopher’s over the last year. -
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An E&V visit was carried out on 12th June 2023. The visit was announced and planned in partnership with the home. In preparation for the visit, we shared with the registered manager a poster announcing our visit to display in communal areas, and copies of questionnaires explaining the purpose of E&V visits. -
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The E&V visit was carried out on Thursday 28th September 2023 and four E&V ARs were present. It was announced and planned in partnership with the home. In preparation, we shared with the manager a poster announcing the E&V, to display in communal areas, and questionnaires explaining the purpose of the visit in further detail. -
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In December 2013, we initiated a small scale research programme to engage with parents who attended Bromley’s Children and Family Centres (CFCs) and learn more about their experiences of using local health and social care services. 374 people responded to our surveys across the six CFCs. -
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This year Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board (BSAB) has teamed up with the South East London Safeguarding Boards to offer you a wider range of learning sessions during National Safeguarding Awareness week.
BSAB Safeguarding Awareness Week is being held from 15 to 19 November 2021. -
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There are a number of opportunities for people to get involved in some patient/public groups of Kings’ College. -
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Bromley Healthcare is recruiting individuals to participate in the Bromley Healthcare CIC Patient Reference Group (PRG). -
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A list of community organisations that work with Roma in London. -
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Each year the flu kills on average 11,000 people and hospitalises thousands more. This year it’s more important than ever for people at risk to get their free flu vaccine. -
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Healthwatch Bromley is recruiting volunteers. Make this an opportunity to build your community. -
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A statutory function of Healthwatch Bromley is to provide information and signposting to residents on health and social care services. Based on our intelligence we identified diabetes as one area of focus for our work. -
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The Cancer Information and Support Survey was a local project run by Healthwatch Bromley. The project aimed to identify and understand trends in the support needs of people, and their loved ones, living with or beyond different types of cancer. -
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Primary care is made up of the GP, practice nurse, high street pharmacist, along with other clinicians working in your GP surgery to support you when you first feel poorly or are concerned about your physical or mental health. Watch this video to get information on how services are working and the best way to get the care you need. -
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We are supporting @HealthwatchE’s campaign calling on new mums and birthing parents to share their experience of mental health support. Please help us spread the word and share our survey with your audiences. -
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You are invited to a meeting on 21 December, 12.30pm-1.30pm. Plans for the new centre will be shared and questions answered from local stakeholders and residents. -
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Healthwatch Bromley’s offices are closed from 5pm on Friday 16th December. We reopen at 9am on Tuesday 3rd January.
Healthwatch Bromley is independent and acts as a patient champion in health and social care services. Advice and Information can be found on our website. -
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Find your nearest Warm Centre in Bromley Borough
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The Cancer Information and Support Services Report received a response from King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley). -
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Further industrial action by ambulance service staff around the country is set to take place on Wednesday 11 January 2023. -
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Join the Community Roadshow at The Glades Shopping Centre on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January with information on vaccination.
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Healthwatch Bromley gives you the chance to say what you think about how local health and social care services are run. Your experiences are important and can help to inform commissioners and service providers. Please take five minutes to share your story with us.
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Take part in Children’s Mental Health Week. Help make a difference to the lives of children and young people across the UK. -
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Updated 12th June 2023.
On 20th July 2022 we conducted an in-person visit at Hollybank, a children’s respite centre in Bromley. -
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The BSCP has now published its Annual Report covering 2021-22.
This detailed report covers partnership activity to safeguard children and young people in Bromley and to promote their welfare, and the impact that activity had.
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Healthwatch England new data shows a worrying increase in the number of people avoiding vital care. -
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In March 2023, Bromley Healthcare launched a new specialist nurse-led service to support children and young people with bladder and bowel conditions in Bromley.
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Healthwatch Hounslow developed a survey with five other local Healthwatch organisations run by Your Voice in Health and Social Care (YVHSC). The survey covered 3 main elements 999, 111 and working with partners with questions very closely aligning to the issues outlined by LAS in the project brief provided to Healthwatch. -
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Bank Holidays can affect the opening hours of local pharmacies. The following guide provides the opening hours for pharmacies in London which have been asked to open on Friday 7th April, Sunday 9th April and Monday 10th April 2023.
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COVID-19 is still with us and making thousands of people ill every week. Protection against COVID - 19 (either from catching the virus or from a previous vaccination) fades over time. This spring, the NHS is offering a further vaccination to those at highest risk of severe illness from the virus. -
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It’s the start of #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth!
Throughout April, we’ll be raising awareness so that you #KnowTheHigh5 symptoms of #BowelCancer.
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On 16th November 2022 Healthwatch Bromley visited Foxbridge House, a purpose-built care and nursing home in Orpington, Kent. Foxbridge House is provided and run by Care UK. In its prospectus, the home offers high standards of nursing, residential, respite and specialist dementia care for up to 84 residents.