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Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide. -
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A pilot project aimed to test out an approach for building a picture of older people’s experiences of health and social care services following a stay in hospital. -
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Our survey of care home managers and sheltered scheme managers reveals that some residents are not receiving a level of social care that meets their needs.
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In September and October we’re carrying out Enter and View visits into three care homes that are providing block contract beds for Lambeth Council. This will support Lambeth Council’s improvement plans for the care homes. -
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We planned a series of Enter and View visits to community-based mental health services including supported accommodation, employment and training and clinical treatment services, including Penrose Options. -
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We ran a series of Enter and Views into community services. Connelly House, run by Cyrenians, offers 24-hour supported accommodation for those with complex mental health needs.
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in October 2016 we invited all extra care residents in Lambeth to a tea and chat event at one of the extra care facilities. We wanted to find out how residents were feeling one year on from our review and what difference the grants may have begun.
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Over 2015, we carried out Enter & View visits to all 5 of Lambeth’s extra care schemes and held interviews with the on-site service providers to understand whether services are enabling people to have a good quality of life and improving independece. -
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We visited Dulwich Care Centre, a nursing home for 93 residents, providing nursing or personal care to older people, including people with physical disabilities and people living with dementia.
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We undertook a review of dementia services in the Clapham Park area of Lambeth during the second half of 2014, in order to gain an insight into the experiences of local residents with dementia and their carers (both paid and unpaid) -
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We carried out Enter and View visits at Helmi House, a Sanctuary Home Care for 46 tenants, currently providing care and support to 26 people of mixed ages including wheelchair users and two residents living with dementia. -
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We did an Enter and View visits at Lingham Court, an extra care housing facility for 30 tenants, providing care and support to older people including wheelchair users and five residents living with dementia.
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We did an Enter and view at Hillyard House, an extra care housing facility for 41 tenants providing care and support to a mixed clientele including older people, learning disabled adult and younger disabled people, and residents living with dementia. -
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A visit to this extra care housing facility was carried out to seek the views of residents (particularly those with dementia) about the services and also how they accessed health and care services from the community. -
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We visited Collingwood Court Nursing Home, unit for people with mental health problems and a palliative care unit. Almost all the residents had dementia or dementia like symptoms.
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Our Extra Care Review used Enter and View to visit five of the borough's extra care housing schemes to find out whether residents have a good quality of life. -
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Local hospitals have joined together with care homes in Lambeth to introduce the ‘red bag’ scheme. The red bag helps to provide a prompt, safe and efficient transfer of clinical care, when a resident moves between a care home and clinical settings. -
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What are the most important research questions that occupational therapists, people who access occupational therapy services and their carers want answered? -
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In September and October 2019 we carried out enter and view visits at three local care homes run by Excelcare, following a quality and safety review by Lambeth Council which indicated improvement was needed. -
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We held a webinar on what its been like for local residents in Lambeth care homes, and the people looking after residents during this time. We hear from some care home managers, NHS teams supporting the homes, and the comissioning team. -
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Has covid-19 made you think about what care and treatment you would or wouldn’t want if you became very unwell? Lambeth residents can get free help to record your future wishes now in an advance care plan. -
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Would you be happy to share your experience about raising concerns about care? Healthwatch and the CQC want to hear from people over 55, carers and people with learning disabilities about their experience of healthcare services during COVID-19. -
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Here we provide guidance on the various complaints pathways if you are dissatisfied with social care services -
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Our report from mental health service The Tree House -
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Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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Over the past year, we have been working with Lambeth Council on a project looking into how home care can be improved. The aim was to use design approaches to find ways for home care to be more joined up with other services and to empower people. -
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King’s College Hospital, CliniQ’s Tuesday service is at the Caldecot Centre, 15-22 Caldecot Road, London, SE5 9RS. It is open every Tuesday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. -
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Guy’s and St Thomas’s have launched a sunflower lanyard for their patients and staff. The sunflower lanyards are for people who have a disability that you might not be able to see, and for people who might need extra help. -
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The trust was rated ‘requires improvement’ for being safe, effective, responsive and well-led. It was rated ‘good’ for being caring, following the inspection in January and February 2019. Their previous overall rating was also ‘requires improvement'. -
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Here you can find all past issues of the LLDA newsletter. The newsletter has useful information for Lambeth people with Learning disabilities. It also introduces new services and talks about issues that local people with learning disabilities share. -
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In February 2018, three teams visited Kings College Hospital to assess effectiveness and accessibility of signage for people with learning disabilities within the grounds and hospital. -
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Healthier and safer streets in and around Brixton. Join the conversation to develop ideas for your neighbourhood. Currently engaging with people on Railton, Loughborough and Ferndale Neighbourhoods. -
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Central London Works (CLW) is a voluntary employment support programme designed to help residents of London boroughs including Lambeth, with a health condition (or who are long-term unemployed) manage their health conditions and look for employment. -
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The new Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Sexual Health Partnership aims to increase awareness of sexual health promotion services available to people from BAME backgrounds in the boroughs. -
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The Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) is running a series of events aimed at achieving anti-racism and equity in South London and Maudsley mental health services. -
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Healthwatch Lambeth engaged with children and young people aiming to hear their views on the Lambeth Council’s SEND and Inclusion Strategy. -
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In October 2020, we held an online event with South London and Maudsley Trust (SLaM) and Black Thrive for local people to explore the inequalities linked to vascular dementia experienced by Lambeth’s Black communities. -
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We held a webinar on 23rd February with representatives of Public Health Lambeth to discuss action on food poverty in Lambeth. -
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Help is available for Lambeth residents who need to complete an application for the EU Settlement Scheme. -
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The London Met University are carrying out research into the affect of covid19 on health and wellbeing in the LGBQI+ community and are looking to hear from Lambeth residents about their experiences during the pandemic. -
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Healthwatch' new research explores vaccine confidence amongst people from African, Bangladeshi, Caribbean, and Pakistani backgrounds. We want to understand these barriers to ensure key lessons are taken forward for future public health campaigns. -
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This Health and Wellbeing Fair is for patients who have South Asian heritage i.e. Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Sri Lankan heritage/backgrounds. -
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‘Share for Better Care’, a new campaign launched by Healthwatch, aims to help address health inequalities across England.