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New "Red bag" scheme for hospital transfer
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.
7 May 2018
Advice and Information
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Sign up to GP online services
GP online services allow you to access a range of services via your computer or mobile. Here's how you can use it and how to sign up.
6 May 2018
Advice and Information
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The Going Home Project
Hospital discharge has been identified as a national problem. The Going Home project follows a patient's journey from hospital to home to see how well services work together to ensure a good recovery.
5 April 2018
Report
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Enter & View: Right for Everyone
The Right for Everyone project was a partnership initiative to investigate how well community health services work for people with learning disabilities. We looked at dental services, GP practices, pharmacy, foot clinics and opticians.
3 March 2018
Report
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Assessing King's College Hosptial signage
In 2018 we visited our local hospital, King’s College Hospital with members of the LLDA to assess it for disability friendly signage. Members worked together to come up with recommendations on how the signage could better meet their needs.
7 February 2018
Report
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‘Going Home’ Pilot Project Learning and Next Steps
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.
10 January 2018
Report
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Evaluation of the Caring with Carers Course adapted for community setting
We evaluated the adaptation of an existing hospital-based initiative designed by the Guy's and St Thomas' Trust, to help carers of elderly family members with dementia prepare for their return home after a stay in hospital.
10 October 2017
Report
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What should you expect from home care services?
The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?
29 August 2017
Advice and Information
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The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services
A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.
31 July 2017
Advice and Information
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Care Assessment Survey: with Sheltered Scheme and Care Home Managers
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.
20 March 2017
Report
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Enter & View: Mental Health Community Services
We carried out an Enter and View to take a closer look at community-based mental health services. The project was based on a recognition of the large numbers of people who rely on primary care and community services as an important means of support.
15 March 2017
Report
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Seeking mental health support from a GP: Summary report
Our work in Vassall Ward in 2015 revealed that most people would choose to visit their GP first if they needed help for a mental health concern. That's why we decided to look at people's experience of tlaking to their GP about mental health.
13 March 2017
Report