Diary date! This Thursday! Merton CCG AGM! The Merton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is one of the big decision-makers for healthcare services in South West London. Thanks to the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the CCGs are the groups that hold the pursestrings when it comes to the funding of our essential healthcare services. […]
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Handy tips for journalists reporting on NHS stories
Handy tips for journalists reporting on NHS stories The standard of reporting on stories in the mainstream British media about the NHS is frequently lazy, inaccurate, incomplete or just poor. We received a terrific response to our blog post on 1 September about the terrible reporting across multiple media outlets on personal health budgets. We […]
SAVE THE DATE! KOSHH pub quiz! Thursday 1 October!
SAVE THE DATE! KOSHH pub quiz! Thursday 1 October! KOSHH is holding a pub quiz to raise awareness about our campaign and funds to help us spread the word and fight to keep our local hospitals open. We always have a lot of fun at our pub quizzes and the quiz mistress is already busy […]
Healthwatch Sutton diary date, for those who can make it…
Healthwatch Sutton diary date, for those who can make it… Healthwatch Sutton is holding a semi-public meeting about the Epsom-St Helier Hospital Estates Review. We say “semi-public” because people who want to attend cannot simply turn up on the day. Instead, they must RSVP in advance. We are not sure how many people will be […]
Update on personal health budgets in South-West London/Surrey
Update on personal health budgets in South-West London/Surrey We received an excellent response to our blog post on personal health budgets, the poor media reporting of these budgets and what they may mean for health services in our area. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the blog post and share it. […]
Summer houses on the NHS? Cutting through the news reports with questions for our CCGs!
Summer houses on the NHS? Cutting through the news reports with questions for our CCGs! Sky News led its bulletin this morning with attention-grabbing headlines about summer houses, holidays and sat-navs being funded by the NHS. Sky News didn’t actually research the story themselves – that was done by Pulse magazine, which investigated how personal […]
Diary date! Free TTIP film screening
Diary date! Free TTIP film screening The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – or TTIP – will have far-reaching implications on the NHS. To find out more, come along to a free screening of The Trouble With TTIP, a one-hour documentary. Linda Kaucher from the Stop TTIP campaign will be on hand to answer your […]
CCGs (or why campaigning to save the local hospitals is so hard…)
CCGs (or why campaigning to save the local hospitals is so hard…) Campaigning to save your local health services often feels like being at the foot of a mountain. You start to climb, you feel like you’ve made some progress, and then someone at the top of the mountain drops a giant bucket of mud […]
KOSHH speaks out on CCG staff taking lavish trips
KOSHH speaks out on CCG staff taking lavish trips The Epsom Guardian today reported that staff from Surrey Downs CCG and North West Surrey CCG went on a luxury spa trip to Germany funded by a pharmaceutical company. Click here to read the story online. We were asked to comment and, in short, we smell […]
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust: Part II
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust: Part II We are still asking questions about the Epsom-St Helier Estates Review document via Twitter. This is not a simple review of bricks and mortar, it is a review with far-reaching implications for our local hospitals. Click here to download your copy of the Estates Review. It […]