Hackney LINk Annual Report 2010
We are delighted to introduce the Hackney Local Involvement Network’s annual report for 2009/10.
Please click here to view the report.
St Leonard’s Redevelopment
NHS City and Hackney would like to update you on their plans to transform St Leonard's hospital site into a Primary Care Resource Centre where local people can access a range of services.
Some health services based at St Leonard’s Hospital are moving off-site, to allow for construction of the South West Hackney Primary Care Resource Centre.
Update on Community Health Services Moves
NHS City and Hackney recently advised of a series of health service moves, in connection with the redevelopment of St Leonard’s Hospital. There is one significant change to this schedule, which patients should be aware of:
The Ivy Centre – Community Sexual Health services was to move to 100
Shepherdess Walk, N1 7JN in late May 2010. Due to delays with building works, this date has now been moved back to summer. An exact move date will be announced in due course.
Locomotor (physiotherapy and the Pain Service) has successfully moved to its new home at 52B Well Street, E9 7PX. It now sees patients at this site, Homerton Hospital and John Scott Health Centre.
Headquarters staff for Community Health Services are continuing their move to Defoe Block, Hackney Community College, Hoxton Street, N1. This move will be completed in July. NHS City and Hackney’s Commissioning and Corporate Services staff will move to Clifton House, 75 – 77 Worship Street, EC2A 2EJ in staggered moves during June and July.
The Foot Health Department and Community Dentistry will stay at St Leonard’s Hospital for the remainder of 2010, before moving to the new South East Hackney Primary Care Resource Centre on Kenworthy Road, E9 5TD in spring 2011.
Results of the Health4NEL consultation
The Health for north east London consultation – Delivering high-quality hospital services for the people of north east London – was held from 30 November 2009 to 22 March 2010.
Thousands of people took the opportunity to be involved in the consultation:
• Over 57,000 consultation documents given out;
• 7,200 visitors to 25 health fairs in north east London and Essex;
• 1,200 people took part in consultation with traditionally under-represented groups;
• Over 3,200 individuals and organisations responded to the consultation.
Independent assessors (Ipsos MORI) have reviewed and analysed all the consultation responses and will present their findings, along with the papers below, at a meeting in public of the joint committees of primary care trusts on 13 July 2010.
Date: Tuesday 13 July 2010
Time: 5pm – 9pm
Venue: Legend Suite A, West Ham United Football Club, London, E13 9AZ
Nearest tube: Upton Park
For further information, please click here.
Hackney LINk leaflet has gone multilingual
Hackney LINk leaflet has been translated into 10 different languages to cater for our diverse Hackney community.
Please click below to download the leaflet in your chosen language.
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Bengali Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Cantonese Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Gujarati Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Kurdish Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Lingala (Congolese) Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Polish Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Somali Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Turkish Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Urdu Version
Hackney LINk Leaflet - Vietnamese Version
To view a signed version of the Hackney LINk leaflet suitable for deaf users, please click here.
Hackney MP takes up concern over future of emergency services
Hackney MP Meg Hillier has written to Mike O’Brien, Minister of State for Health Services, seeking a response to the concern of Hackney LINk about the long term future of accident and emergency care and maternity care at the Homerton, following her meeting (along with Diane Abbott MP) with the Minister last Autumn.
The LINk has raised the concern in a report on the proposed changes to hospital services in north east London.
The NHS in north east London is proposing to reduce the number of hospitals providing accident and emergency, critical care and maternity delivery services in the sector from six to five by removing these services from King George Hospital in Redbridge.
But in its ‘pre-consultation business case’ it indicates that clinicians have a preference for having just four accident and emergency departments in north east London in the longer term – implying that another hospital could eventually lose its accident and emergency and maternity services.
The business case also contains a ‘non-financial options appraisal’ which appears to indicate that, if these services were to be removed from another hospital in addition to King George, Homerton would be the most likely candidate.
Ida Scoullos, Chair of Hackney LINk, said: “No one is saying there is an immediate threat to accident and emergency or maternity services at the Homerton. But this business case gives Hackney residents good reason to be concerned about the longer term. That’s why we are pressing for reassurance that the NHS will not bring forward further proposals which could lead to the closure of these services.”
The LINk is also concerned about the current proposals to concentrate children’s surgery into fewer units. It fears that the Homerton might be prevented from continuing to provide urgent surgery for children in the age range 12-15 where the relevant professionals and the families agree.
Ms Hillier said: “I welcome the close scrutiny that Hackney LINk undertakes on behalf of all users of health services in Hackney. I continue to champion the Homerton as a local hospital and welcome the report.”
Note:
The picture above shows Meg Hillier MP with LINk representatives Ida Scoullos and Michael Vidal and a copy of the Hackney LINk report. Ida Scoullos is Chair of Hackney LINk and Michael Vidal chaired the Hackney LINk Acute Services Working Group.
To view the report, please click here
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Next Steering Group Meeting:
Date:
Monday 16th August 2010Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Venue: Hackney LINk
Unit A (1st Floor) Ment House,
1B Mentmore Terrace
Hackney
London E8 3DQ
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- Download the Hackney LINk leaflet.
- Hackney LINk Annual Report 2010 here.
Hackney LINk Newsletter
- April - June 2010 Issue here.
- January - March 2010 Issue here.
- Issue 2 - September 2009 here.
- Issue 1 - August here.
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