by Yvonne Boateng | Jul 21, 2023 | News
In 2022, NCL Integrated Care Board began a programme of work to find a supplier to continue to deliver the local NHS 111 and Integrated Urgent Care service for the residents of our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington. We want to improve...
by Yvonne Boateng | Jul 21, 2023 | News
COVID-19 treatment services transferred to integrated care boards (ICB) on 27 June 2023, which means that ICBs now have statutory responsibility for providing access to community-based COVID treatments, such as antivirals and neutralising monoclonal antibodies...
by Yvonne Boateng | Jul 19, 2023 | News
Many older people living with frailty are taken to hospital by ambulance but do not need hospital care. The Silver Triage initiative in North Central London aims to ensure more older people living with frailty receive urgent care in their home setting if this is safe...
by Yvonne Boateng | Jul 14, 2023 | News
Measles is presently spreading in some parts of London, and there are concerns that declining MMR vaccination levels may see wider transmission of this potentially extremely serious illness. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) modelling, released today, suggests that...
by Yvonne Boateng | Jun 29, 2023 | News
A new podcast finds out how health and care staff and residents in North Central London care homes are seeing the benefits of advances in digital technology. Clinicians can now monitor patients’ health remotely using a portal to access patient observations which are...