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The Care Quality Commission: Consultation 3, Independent healthcare

Tell us your views on our proposals – we want to hear from anyone with an interest.

Today, we publish our plans to evolve regulation of independent healthcare services in England.

The proposals in this consultation document represent the evolution of our approach, rather than introducing new methods. It builds on our knowledge of independent healthcare services and our specialist expertise. It will enable a more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach, in line with our strategy.

CQC has been given the power to award ratings to some of these services for the first time. This is important for people who use services, as it will provide more transparency about the quality and safety of services provided by the independent healthcare sector.

Independent healthcare services include:

  • Community health services
  • Diagnostic imaging, dialysis services, and refractive eye surgery, termination of pregnancy services (laser eye surgery)
  • Hospices
  • Acute hospitals
  • Ambulances
  • Doctors and clinics
  • Mental health care
  • Substance misuse services
  • Online/digital services

We believe that we should take a consistent approach and regulate all services as far as possible in the same way, irrespective of the type of organisation they are or how they are funded.

We would like your views on our proposals to:

  • Rate independent healthcare services using our new powers.
  • Evolve our approach to regulating independent healthcare over time to be more focused, targeted and intelligence driven in line with our strategy.

Click here for further information and how to respond

If you have any questions about this consultation, please email us at nextphase@cqc.org.uk

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Have your say on Children’s and Young People Mental Health Services

The government is asking interested parties for their views on a green paper setting out measures to improve mental health support for children and young people.

The green paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention, and is especially linked to schools and colleges.

Your input is needed before midday on 2 March 2018.

Click Here to find out more

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Carers Network – Professionals Survey

Carers Network offers a variety of support services to carers across Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and the City of London. In order to support local professionals working with carers in these areas, we would like to ask you to complete the following short survey so that we can understand what information would be the most helpful to you and how we can improve and develop in the future.

Please click here to complete the survey

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Accountable Care Partnership Survey

Accountable Care Partnership (ACP) also known as Accountable Care Organisation (ACO) is going to be an important way for health and wellbeing providers to work together to commission and deliver services locally.

Sobus is surveying the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to find out the level of knowledge and understanding of ACP / ACO. This survey will inform the work that Sobus will be doing in the new year with the VCS to enable the VCS to better engage and deliver funded services in partnership with H&F ACP / ACO.

Please take 2 minutes to complete our survey here

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What you think of childcare in H&F?

Welcome to our biggest ever consultation on childcare in Hammersmith & Fulham. We want to hear from everyone using childcare for under 12s in H&F. As well as having your say, you’ll be entered into a draw to win a £500 John Lewis voucher. What’s more the five runners-up will each win a £100 voucher. People tell us they love our 16 children’s centres and the many fantastic projects run by schools, charities and private organisations but we know more can be done.

What do you think? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? Do you get what you need when you need it? Are services and activities close enough? This is your chance to tell us. Join our Big Childcare Conversation. It will only take a few moments and then you’ll be in the running to win that £500 John Lewis voucher. The childcare consultation is for parents and guardians of children aged 11 and under and people will be entered into a draw to win a £500 John Lewis voucher.

Deadline: 18th December

Click here to take the survey

 

 

 

 

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H&F Civic Honours – Your chance to say thank you!

There’s a lot to be proud of in Hammersmith & Fulham and it’s all thanks to our fantastic community. That’s why we’ve launched the H&F Civic Honours: for contribution to civic life – giving you the chance to celebrate those who make you love to live in H&F.

To nominate someone, just fill out this short form.

“I’ve lived in the borough for most of my life, and our committed, compassionate community makes me proud to call Hammersmith & Fulham home,” said Cllr Sue Fennimore, Deputy Leader of H&F Council.

“These awards are our chance to say thank you to those people who make a difference – so get in touch and tell us who you are proud of.”

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2017 Volunteering Survey

Sobus, H&F Volunteer Centre and LBHF have developed a survey to better understand the volunteering needs and challenges of local organisations and how support services can be developed and improved in the future to meet these needs.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey here

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Diabetes Services

HFCCG, CLCCG and WLCCG commission Paddington Development Trust to provide the Diabetes User Group. They provide many of the speakers. Purpose of the group is to ensure commissioning decisions are patient-centred and informed by patient and carer voice. Paddington Development Trust subcontracts Nafsika from the BME Health Forum to administrate the group. Patients, carers, partners & parents welcome. Call Nafsika on 07958479217 for info. Click here for our flyer.

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Community Pharmacy Questionnaire

If you live, work or study in Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea or Hammersmith & Fulham, Public Health would like to hear from you about your local pharmacies. This is intended to help NHS England ensure that everyone living in your borough has the right access to pharmacy services.

It should not take you more that five or ten minutes to complete the survey. remember that there are no right or wrong answers. To take the survey please click here.

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Justice For Grenfell

Healthwatch are collecting the questions and concerns of those affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower.

As Healthwatch we have statutory power to hold the NHS and the Local Council to account. By law organisations who plan, run, and regulate health and social care services have to listen to our comments and respond within 20 working days. You can read the statement that we submitted to the local Council and NHS (West London Clinical Commissioning Group) here: Healthwatch CWL Grenfell Statement July 2017

It is the deadline for week one responses 

For more details and ways to get involved please click here

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