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Have you recently used health services at Bromley Urgent Treatment Centres?

Have you given birth in the past 2 years in Bromley? If you were induced, we’d like your views! Kings and PRUH Maternity Voices Partnership are working alongside the King’s College Hospital maternity department to review and improve the induction of labour pathway.

Not all COVID tests are the same so it’s important to get the right one.

It’s essential to keep ourselves warm during winter to protect our bodies from viruses and infections.

King’s College Hospital is asking women, families and partners about what is important to them about maternity services across their sites

The Accessible Information Standard is mandatory for all organisations that provide National Health Service (NHS) or adult social care.

COVID-19 has changed how patients access their GP. The pandemic has supercharged the use of remote consultations in primary care. These will never replace face-to-face appointments which should be available to patients where appropriate. However, remote consultations can be a convenient way for people to access medical advice and treatment.

We conducted a virtual Enter & View visit (online and telephone) of Coloma Court, a nursing and residential care home in West Wickham, Bromley. We found that there were mixed reviews regarding the home amongst the staff, relatives and resident's feedback.

A patient experience report with 601 reviews collected this quarter about the health and social care services in the London Borough of Bromley, covering the period from July – September 2021. We found that 415 (69%) local residents reviewed positively, 35 (6%) were neutral and 151 (25%) were negative.

Bromley Council is working in partnership with Healthy Dialogues in writing a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) which looks at the health needs of the people who live in your area. Part of this PNA will consider finding more out about your experiences and views around your local pharmacy, and how you may be currently using them.

Local Healthwatch have been nominated for a prestigious national award for creating a new job role, ensuring patient feedback is shared with our Integrated Care System while allowing each Healthwatch to continue working on local priorities.

Join us as we along with local health experts are holding a session, ‘Keeping Well Together this Winter’