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Category Archives: Croydon CCG
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
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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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Sutton GPs denied vital information about secret killer PTHP
The postcode lottery in the health service is putting lives at risk here in south London, with an estimated 400 people in Sutton affected every year Everyone knows about bowel cancer and cervical cancer. They are common enough to be … Continue reading
Sanderstead Clinic facing closure in latest NHS cut-backs
Our health correspondent ALAN FINLAY reports on the threat of closure of an NHS facility, right under the nose of the local Conservative MP There’s another round of cuts in services, closures and re-organisations coming to the NHS in Croydon … Continue reading
Croydon NHS say they’re ‘saving’ £20m by denying treatments
Our health correspondent, ALAN FINLAY, on the latest cuts by stealth being implements in the NHS in Croydon, and across the country Croydon NHS is saving £20million a year through what they call “demand management”. To most reasonable people, it … Continue reading
Mayday Hospital is already operating at 100% capacity
Our health correspondent, ALAN FINLAY, on the latest emerging crisis at the borough’s largest hospital, where there can be four-hour waits for emergency beds Mayday Hospital is already been operating at more than 100 per cent capacity for bed use, … Continue reading
GPs told not to prescribe for colic, diarrhoea or threadworms
A senior Town Hall figure says that he is “appalled” that Croydon’s NHS has asked the borough’s doctors to stop giving prescriptions for minor ailments. The move follows guidance from NHS England on those health conditions that should now be … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon NHS, Croydon NHS CCG, Dr Agnelo Fernandes
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Mayday drops blue badge charges after Inside Croydon report
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on a rapid U-turn in the hospital car park Just days after Inside Croydon highlighted how the management at Mayday Hospital had slapped parking charges on holders of blue badges, they have now slammed on … Continue reading
GPs need to do more to help health of homeless, says report
Croydon’s family doctors need to do more to help the homeless, according to report published this week by Healthwatch Croydon. The study, Experiences of Homeless People Using Health Services, recorded the experiences of homeless people who were referred by the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon CCG, Evolve, Health, Healthwatch Croydon
Tagged Croydon Healthwatch, NHS Croydon CCG
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81% BME carers given inadequate advice by GPs, report finds
Croydon’s family doctors need to recognise the roles of black and Asian carers and support them more by referring them to relevant services, according to research published today by Healthwatch Croydon. Among its findings, the Healthwatch report found that fewer … Continue reading
Charity volunteers reach out to shoppers about risk of diabetes
Volunteers from the Croydon branch of Diabetes UK and from the borough’s Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Forum, supported by funds from NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group, have been telling people about the real risks of contracting diabetes and steps … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Diabetes, Surrey Street Market
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Mental health workshop, St John’s Upper Norwood, Oct 17
Posted in Age UK Croydon, Charity, Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, NHS Croydon CCG
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Swann song for NHS chief who has departed unannounced
Paula Swann has been replaced as the chief executive of the Croydon NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, the CCG. No official announcement has been made from the CCG’s offices in Fisher’s Folly, the council headquarters, although a member of staff this … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon CCG, Croydon Council, Health
Tagged Croydon, Croydon NHS CCG, Dr Tony Brzezicki, Paula Swann
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‘We need to create a climate of kindness and understanding’
The council, together with the Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), are supporting Dementia Awareness Week, which begins today, by asking residents and their employees to sign-up to the Dementia Friends initiative at http://www.dementiafriends.org.uk. The week’s activities are organised by the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon CCG, Health, Rachel Flowers
Tagged Alzheimer's Society, Croydon NHS CCG, NHS Croydon CCG
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Under-threat St Helier only London hospital to hit A&E target
St Helier was the only NHS hospital trust in the capital with an accident and emergency department which actually met its waiting time targets, according to the most recent data available. St Helier, of course, is under constant threat of … Continue reading
Croydon’s cuts to IVF treatment are not fair and are not NICE
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Three-quarters of those who responded to a recent consultation on local health services said that fertility treatment should be offered on the NHS. Then the NHS bean-counters, who had failed to review the service for eight years, announced … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Croydon Council, Health, Kirstie Smith, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon NHS, Croydon NHS CCG, Tory
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Council hands Hunt final decision over cuts to IVF treatment
The Council’s health and social care scrutiny committee has thrown a curve ball to the Tory government over cuts in NHS provision by referring the decision to end the provision of IVF fertility treatment in Croydon to Jeremy Hunt, the … Continue reading
