1. What you've told us about the reablement service

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    We carried out phone interviews with 29 people to find out if they thought reablement had worked for them.

  2. Long waits for appointments for community health services can affect health, say local residents

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    Healthwatch asked Islington residents using services like podiatry, physiotherapy, and district nursing to share their views about waiting times.

  3. Local organisations publish joint report showing how their communities experience health services

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    Diverse Communities Health Voice gathers the views of black and minority ethnic communities that don't speak English as a first language.

  4. Local residents talk to us about hip and knee replacement surgery

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    We visited St Luke's Community Centre in south Islington to hear what people thought about plans to improve how hip and knee replacements are offered in the future.

  5. Moorfields Eye Hospital gets a big thumbs up from outpatients

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    Healthwatch volunteers visited Moorfields Eye Hospital three times last year to speak to outpatients.

  6. Talking to patients using health centres in Islington

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    Healthwatch volunteers from London Metropolitan University have carried out over 80 interviews with patients accessing community services like podiatry, physiotherapy, and blood testing.

  7. We asked outpatients at the Whittington whether they felt the hospital provided good information about their appointments.

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    We visited the Imaging Department, and the Fracture and Antenatal Clinics. Most people felt the hospital was doing a good job, but there was still some room for improvement.

  8. How we helped one elderly patient regain access to hospital transport services

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    Islington patient with long term health conditions makes good use of our information and signposting service.

  9. Feedback on maternity services at the Whittington Hospital

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    Whittington Health is planning how best to deliver services in the future. To help with this, they asked us to speak to local residents about a range of issues.

  10. People with learning disabilities give their views on emergency care

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    Whittington Health is planning how best to deliver services in the future. To help with this, they asked us to speak to local residents about a range of issues.

  11. What makes for a good text reminder?

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    Increasingly, health providers will text us a reminder ahead of our appointments to help us remember them. We like these reminders, but do we always get all the information we need?

  12. Local residents report difficulties booking patient transport services

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    Call waiting times are unacceptable, and some carers report being refused permission to accompany elderly relatives.

  13. Vulnerable service users are no longer routinely being offered patient transport for hospital appointments and community health services

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    Although eligibility rules have not changed, changes in how those rules are being applied mean that care home residents have been refused patient transport since DHL took over the contract in September.

  14. Have you left hospital during COVID-19? Tell us your experience

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    To respond to coronavirus, local hospitals serving Islington residents had to quickly change. Tell us how this has affected the care you or your loved one has received. 

  15. The NHS is open: Whittington Health talk to us about hospital appointments and visits

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    Whittington Health shared ways in which their services have changed to ensure patient and staff safety during this pandemic.

  16. Your questions about community physiotherapy answered

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    Speakers from Whittington Health Community Services and the Islington GP Federation answered questions about community-based physio services in Islington.

  17. Choose the right NHS service for you and your family

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    The Royal College of Nursing has announced that members will take strike action from Sunday 30 April to Monday 1 May 2023.