LINk News

Ensuring health and social care services meet local need – The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

The local NHS and Council are responsible for developing a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment which assesses the health and social care needs of the population. On the 19th April 2012, the Islington JSNA team hosted a meeting with Voluntary Action Islington to discuss how we can ensure locally that the information collected by local voluntary organisations can feed in to this process, for a copy of the presentation, please click here. For more information, contact your LINk.

 

LINks to become Local Healthwatch organisations

One of the changes put forward in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is that Local Involvement Networks (LINks) will become Local Healthwatch organisations. To find out more see the Healthwatch section of this site.

Strategy for healthcare services in North Central London

North Central London has developed a strategy for primary health care services (doctors, dentists, community-based health care) across Barnet, Enfield, Camden, Haringey and Islington. Their aim is to raise primary care standards and reduce the variation in standards across this area. To read a copy of their strategy, which has been developed with local service providers and health service users, please click here.

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Mental Health Services at Camden and Islington Foundation Trust

Members may have heard that the Trust is undertaking a staff consultation about possible changes to service delivery. LINk wrote to the Trust to find out more about what was being planned and how patients will be involved. Please click here for a copy of the letter LINk received. LINk will keep you informed as more information becomes available.

Members of Islington LINk met with a representative of the Trust in November 2011 to talk about proposed service changes. For a note of that meeting, please click here.

New blood testing

Finsbury Health CentreFrom Monday 17th October, there is a new blood testing service at the Finsbury Health Centre. This will be a walk-in service, you can get the forms you need from your GP. Opening times are below:

Monday 8.30-12.00, Tuesday 8.30-5.30, Wednesday 8.30-12.00, Thursday 8.30-5.30, Friday 8.30-12.00

 

Clinical Commissioning Group – Newsletter

Islington’s Clinical Commissioning Group (the GP-led group that will commission some health services in Islington from 2013) is producing a regular newsletter to keep you up-to-date with decisions they are making. The first copy is available now. Please click here to download a copy.

If you wish receive the newsletter by email, please provide your email address to: engagement@nclondon.nhs.uk.  They will only use your email for the newsletter, and not for any other purposes.

LINk Newsletter

For the latest news from the LINk, click here for a copy of the April – June newsletter. The  newsletter is also available in hard copy, contact us to order yours or look out for a copy at your local GP practice, library or Children’s Centre.