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The First Window Opens This Evening (& other news)

The first window

The first windowThe First Window Opens

This news round-up starts with the First Window opening this evening and then also covers:

How it Started

Inspired by other places around the country that turn their village into a giant advent calendar, St Mary’s are very grateful to those who volunteered to decorate a window representing a part of the nativity story.

The idea is that each window has a number in it representing their day and that the actual design is not revealed until the allocated day. The revealed designs are then lit each Continue reading “The First Window Opens This Evening (& other news)”

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Day 52 of Lockdown – the Bruce Forsyth edition

Bruce Forsyth - nice 2 metre, 2 metre niceDay 52 and Bruce Forsyth

On day 52 we have a timely intervention from the legend that was Bruce Forsyth.  Having grown up in feet & inches I (webmaster) despair at the number of people (of all ages), who really have no grasp of what 2 metres is.  I’ve gathered my pet gripes together, I wonder how many you share:

  • on a narrow pavement, it is NOT OK to walk side-by-side when somebody is coming the other way.
  • it is also NOT OK for runners & cyclists to whizz past at speed barely 1-metre away.
  • if you and your household come across another household it is OK to socially distance on the same side of the path; that is much better than straddling both sides forcing others to run the 1-metre gauntlet.

Anyway, down to today’s news items: Continue reading “Day 52 of Lockdown – the Bruce Forsyth edition”

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Something to say about NHS Care?

Care Quality Commission visiting Colchester

tell us about your care

Something to say about NHS Care?

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of all health and social care in England.  They have powers to register, monitor and inspect all health & care services and, in September, they are visiting Colchester to find out what you have to say about local services, in particular those provided by the Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust. Taking place on Monday 7th September between 6pm – 7:30pm, at Colchester Town Hall (in the Grand Jury & West Committee rooms), you are invited to meet with the CQC’s inspectors and share your experiences with them.  Of course, if you can’t wait until then, you are able to share your experiences anonymously at any time by contacting the CQC on:

The CQC’s inspection method when reviewing a hospital or other service is focussed around 5 key questions:

  1. Are they safe? Are you protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
  2. Are they effective?  Do they provide your care, treatment and support achieving good outcomes, helping you to maintain quality of life and based on the best available evidence?
  3. Are they caring? Do staff involve and treat you with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
  4. Are they responsive to people’s needs?  Are  services organised so that they meet your needs?
  5. Are they well-led? Does the leadership, management and governance of the organisation make sure it’s providing high-quality care that’s based around your individual needs, that it encourages learning and innovation, and that it promotes an open and fair culture?

 

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NHS Care Consultation

nhs-care-consultCare Closer to Home and Urgent Care consultations:

The North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, with its partners, has started a 10 week consultation aimed at finding ways to provide effective and safe care within the community – known as Care Closer to Home.  Have your say on plans to provide health and social care closer to peoples’ home. Please read the NE Essex CCG’s consultation document. Local people across north east Essex are being asked for their views on how health and social care services could be provided closer to their homes in the future.

The consultation is also suggesting a redesign in the way emergency and urgent care might be provided too, as part of its urgent care strategy.  Their aim with both of these service redesigns is to ensure patients are at the centre of their care which will allow individuals to be seen in the right place, at the right time by the right expert.

These proposals follow a series of engagement activities, known as the Big Care Debate, in which many people called for services to be based around the individual needs of the patient as close to their home as possible.

Please give your views via an online survey.

If you prefer to download, print and post your response, please click the survey document here to download.

For further background, please see the CCG’s strategies published earlier this year:

Please come to one of the public meetings being held to hear a presentation and give your views, to book your place, please email [email protected] or call them on 01206 286500:

Colchester Tuesday 13 January 4pm-6pm United Reformed Church, Lion Walk Colchester CO1 1LX
Colchester Tuesday 13 January 7pm-9pm United Reformed Church, Lion Walk, Colchester  CO1 1LX
Harwich Wednesday 14 January 4pm-6pm Long Meadows Community Centre, Long Meadows, Dovercourt CO14 4US
Harwich Wednesday 14 January 7pm-9pm Long Meadows Community Centre, Long Meadows, Dovercourt CO14 4US
Walton Friday 16 January 4pm to 6pm Columbine Centre, Princes Esplanade, Walton on the Naze CO14 8PZ
Clacton Friday 23 January 4pm-6pm Clacton Golf Club West Rd, Clacton CO15 1AJ
Clacton Friday 23 January 7pm-9pm Clacton Golf Club West Rd,ClactonCO151AJ
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