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Category Archives: Croydon CCG
Croydon surgeries where half GP consultations are by phone
Don’t get old. Don’t get ill. That was the warning about life under a Conservative government 40 years ago, and it holds true today, as ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, discovered when checking out waiting times just to get an appointment … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon CCG, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, London Ambulance Service
Tagged Andrew Fisher, BMA, British Medical Association, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon NHS, Croydon NHS Trust, Croydon North, Croydon South, GP surgeries, NHS, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Tory
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Public feedback sought on community pharmacy provision
Croydon Council has begun a consultation on the borough’s community pharmacies “to ensure they offer services that meet your health needs”. Community pharmacies are often the first point of contact to collect medication and for health and wellbeing advice and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon CCG, Croydon Council, Health, Healthwatch Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS CCG, Pharmacies
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Two ombudsmen issue ruling against council and health bodies
A young woman with serious mental health issues was ‘cast adrift by the organisations who should have helped her, over many years’, says a damning set of findings. ‘The situation is not unique,’ according to senior official Two separate ombudsman … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Croydon Council, Health
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, LGSCO, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman, Michael King, NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS South West London Integrated Care Board, Ombudsman, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, PHSO, Rob Behrens, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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Christmas presence: local NHS delivered 250,000 covid jabs
NHS staff and volunteers across the South West London Clinical Commissioning Group area worked long hours through the festive period, including on Christmas Day, administering nearly 250,000 jabs to help protect the public from covid-19 – the biggest vaccination programme … Continue reading
Woman who conned her way into NHS job jailed for 12 months
A woman who lied and cheated her way to a top public service job in Croydon has been jailed for 12 months and has agreed to pay back the money she was paid. Please don’t get too excited – this … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Chanelle Poku, Croydon Crown Court, Croydon NHS CCG, Metropolitan Police
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NHS officials start vaccination drive ahead of end of lockdown
There is growing concern, with coronavirus cases continuing to rise, that “the NHS could be overwhelmed again”, according to one worried-sounding NHS Trust chief speaking to the BBC this evening. And that’s before Monday’s planned relaxation of pretty much all … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon University Hospital, Dr Agnelo Fernandes
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Covid pop-up centres to open for ‘final lap’ of vaccinations
Croydon’s NHS is encouraging everyone in the borough to come forward for their life-saving covid vaccinations and join more than 320,000 residents who have already had the jab. The concerted drive for mass vaccination will see walk-in clinics established to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health, Rachel Flowers
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr Agnelo Fernandes, Rachel Flowers
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US takeover of GP surgeries could lead to cuts, says expert
A coalition of doctors and NHS campaigners are considering a legal challenge to the takeover by an American health insurance giant of 37 GP practices across London, including seven in Croydon. US insurer Centene, through Operose Health, its UK subsidiary, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Centene, Croydon NHS CCG, New Addington, NHS, Operose, Purley, Thornton Heath
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Seven GP practices in Croydon taken over by US health giant
An American health insurance giant which has been described by the Daily Mail as “a profit greedy” company is about to take over seven GP surgeries in Croydon. Centene, through Operose Health, its UK subsidiary, has been taking over GP … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon CCG, Health, New Addington, Purley, Purley Hospital
Tagged Addiscombe, Centene, Croydon NHS CCG, Fieldway, New Addington, Purley, Purley Hospital, West Thornton
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NHS in New Year plea to public: ‘999 is for emergencies only’
The NHS – facing the biggest challenge in the organisation’s history – is urging Londoners to follow government guidance on staying safe over New Year’s bank holiday weekend and remember that 999 and A&E are for emergencies only. Because of … Continue reading
NHS boss gets covid numbers wrong: ‘a transcription error’
STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, reports on a crass piece of misinformation over coronavirus provided by the most senior NHS executive in Croydon Matthew Kershaw, the chief executive of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, last week provided the council’s scrutiny committee with … Continue reading
Top midwife Rowland appointed as local NHS’ chief nurse
The NHS in South West London, including Croydon, has announced the appointment of Dr Gloria Rowland as Chief Nurse. Previously Director of Midwifery at Barts Health NHS Trust, the country’s largest maternity service, Dr Rowland has been recognised by for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Dr Gloria Rowland, NHS Croydon CCG, SW London NHS CCG
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‘Don’t delay in seeking medical help,’ urges Croydon GP
Despite the national coronavirus lockdown coming into force on Thursday, south-west London’s top GP is urging people not to delay seeking NHS help if you are feeling unwell with symptoms other than covid-19. “While everyone is being told to stay … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Dr Andrew Murray, Health
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon NHS CCG, Dr Andrew Murray
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Life expectancy in Fieldway 14 years less than in Sanderstead
The divergence in the quality of life among some Croydon residents is so great that a woman from Fieldway in New Addington can expect to live 14 years less than her counterpart with a home in the same borough and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Fieldway, Health, Healthwatch Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon NHS CCG, Croydon NHS Trust, Fieldway, New Addington North, Sanderstead
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NHS offering drive-in flu jab clinics at Ikea and Selhurst Park
The NHS is opening drive-through flu vaccination clinics at Ikea off the Purley Way and Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium, offering more people than ever a free vaccine. “This year it is particularly important for those most at risk to … Continue reading
Nurses are working extra hours to provide screening tests
Croydon’s NHS is providing more extended hours at GP practices and specialist clinics, incuding weekend appointments, to encourage more women to undertake cervical screening. Cervical screening is not a test for cancer, but it can help to prevent cervical cancer … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health, Purley Hospital
Tagged cervical screening, Croydon NHS CCG
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Highly rated resources director is latest to quit the council
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the how the latest departure from Fisher’s Folly will hit the borough’s health provision as well as Jo Negrini’s leadership ‘team’ Sarah Warman, Croydon Council’s director of commissioning and procurement, has announced … Continue reading
GPs open on VE Day holiday in bid to keep people healthy
The majority of local GP surgeries will be open for appointments this Friday, the VE Day Bank Holiday, May 8, as the NHS encourages the public to ensure that they don’t delay in seeking medical help. The NHS has recorded … Continue reading
Covid-19 a ‘ticking time bomb’ in borough’s 140 care homes
Croydon is among the London boroughs worst hit by coronavirus according to the latest government figures this weekend. And yet the pandemic death toll in this part of south London could be far worse once the fatalities are counted up … Continue reading
Violet Lane doctor Krishan Arora has died from coronavirus
A long-serving and much-admired Croydon GP has died from coronavirus. Dr Krishan Arora was 57 and had worked at the Violet Lane Medical Practice in Waddon for 27 years. Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group confirmed that Dr Arora “tested positive for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health, Waddon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr Krishan Arora, NHS Croydon CCG, Violet Lane Medical Practice, Waddon
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‘We’re scared. But we’re here for you. Help us – stay indoors’
After 14-hour night shifts for the past two weeks, often covering for colleagues who are ill or self-isolating, one senior healthcare practitioner from Croydon working at a large London hospital – though not Mayday – offers their perspective on dealing … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Croydon NHS Trust, Health
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, NHS
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Only 19% of eligible Croydon residents took Health Checks
Use it or lose it. And it appears that Croydon residents are about to lose their access to the NHS Health Check, after fewer than 1-in-5 of eligible people participated in the scheme. That’s according to a report from Medicspot, … Continue reading
Patient survey shows Mayday needs ‘to improve drastically’
A Care Quality Commission survey of Mayday Hospital in-patients has forced the hospital management to admit, “the findings show our overall experience of care needs to improve”. The CQC survey identified Croydon’s largest NHS hospital as “much worse than expected” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon NHS CCG, Croydon NHS Trust, Elaine Clancy, Mayday Hospital
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GPs fail to show registration good practice in their practices
Only three of Croydon’s 56 GP doctors’ surgeries consistently provide correct information on patient registration and a helpful way with good attitude, according to an insight report published today by Healthwatch Croydon. And at two surgeries in the borough, phone … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health, Healthwatch Croydon
Tagged Croydon NHS CCG, Healthwatch Croydon
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