Healthwatch Harrow Newsletter
Healthwatch Harrow has just issued its latest Newsletter Special which deals with a number of issues concerning Coronavirus. You can access it here.
Changes to NHS Services
We have been asked to share a communication from The North West London health and care partnership entitled Coronavirus pandemic: information for the public about changes to NHS services. 200220_nw_london_coronavirus_guidance_for_patientsDownload
Update on the Pinn Medical Centre Services
Today the Partners of the Pinn Medical Centre (PMC) agreed to a request from the Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to close the Walk in Centre (WiC) as a temporary measure. In its place the CCG has asked the PMC to set up a temporary GP Access service for non-Covid-19 patients. As of Saturday 28 March 2020 the Walk in Centre will be closed to patients who do not have an appointment. It should be noted that patients who are acutely ill and who cannot be redirected elsewhere will continue to be seen at the Pinn. The Pinn will continue to remain available to our registered patients for initial telephone consultations and booked face-to-face consultations as are necessary. Unregistered patients wishing to have an appointment should call 111 where they will be…
Recruiting New Trustees
The Pinn Medical Centre Patients’ Association is looking to recruit up to four new Trustees to serve on its Board. We are not looking just for skills and experience in any particular area; except that of being, perhaps with your family, a patient of the Pinn Medical Centre. But there are some skills and experience which we would make very good use of, as listed in our Recruitment Announcement. A Recruitment Pack, containing the Announcement and other relevant documents is available to download, as follows: The Trustee Recruitment AnnouncementInformation for ApplicantsJob Description and Person Specification of TrusteesRole of Patient Participation GroupsThe Board’s Role and PurposeThe Trustee Code of ConductPMCPA’s 3 -Year Strategic Plan Strategic Framework (2019-2022) This pack is also available in hard copy from Reception at the Pinn Medical…
Autumn Pinn Piper Published
The latest Pinn Piper is out now. This is declared an Emergency Edition and details the funding crisis facing the Walk-in Centre and an appeal for support. The Autumn edition, issue 43, is available here: [dg fancy=true attachment_pg=false new_window=true descriptions=true id=-1 media_category=latest-pinn-piper order=DESC orderby=date]