May 2015 newsletter

Hello from Diabetes UK Richmond and Twickenham Group

If you didn’t respond to the request below issued in the AGM notification newsletter in January this year and you do wish to keep in touch via the newsletter, please complete and return the cut-off strip at the end. We hope to hear from you.

We have decided to take the drastic step of saying that if you still wish to receive the newsletters please let us know by 28 February 2015 by telephoning Trisha Shirt on 020 8941 5162 or emailing via library@dukrt.org.uk. Otherwise we will assume you no longer wish to hear from us and will remove your name from our delivery list.

You are invited to an OPEN MEETING

When:        Tuesday 12 May 2015 at 7.30 pm

Where:       St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ

On:            The latest dietary advice for people with diabetes.

       

With:          Kathy Hilton, dietician at Kingston Hospital

As well as the usual Q & A session and light refreshments we are planning a few changes to the format of the evening. Come along and let us know if you approve. A donation of £1 towards running costs is suggested. 

All are welcome.

At the 14 April meeting Mary McLaren and Keisha Forteau of Healthwatch Richmond gave an interesting talk on the work the organisation does to promote patients’ interests in Richmond. For more details see the attached sheet. Should anyone wish to contact them or have concerns about any care/health issues please contact them on 020 8099 5335 or visit their website at

http://www.healthwatchrichmond.co.uk/

Please note a correction to Helen Church’s talk at the AGM. The two full-time Diabetes Specialist Nurses and part-time Diabetes Support Nurse at Teddington Memorial Hospital do a lot of home visits and visit nursing homes across the borough.

DATES FOR YOUR 2015 DIARY

Saturday 9 May Join us at Richmond May Fair, on the Green, mid-morning onwards. Feel free to drop in on us and play Splat The Rat.

Saturday 16 May 9.30am onwards, Kew Rotary’s Ramble leaves the Coach and Horses, Kew Green for its annual six-mile walk to Richmond Bridge and back. You are welcome to join Elizabeth Raven-Hill and Trisha Shirt or to sponsor them as they raise funds for our group. Entry forms and more details are available from Trisha on 020 8941 5162 or find out more by going to

www.kewrotary.org.uk/ramble and e-mail ramble@kewrotary.org

To sponsor Elizabeth, contact her by phone - 01932 783253 mobile 07702 375397 or email p_raven_hill@hotmail.com giving your name, full address including postcode and the amount sponsored.

To sponsor Trisha send your details to librarian@dukrt.org or 020 8941 5162.

Monday 25 May HANDS Charities Fair We will be on Twickenham Green at this local fair between 10am - 3pm. Please come along to enjoy the fair and stop to say hello to us – maybe even help run our stand for an hour or so.

Sat 13 June Hampton Carnival The Fair starts at 12.30pm; come and visit us and all the other stands at Nursery Green, off The Avenue TW12 3RA.

Sat 13 Sun 14 June Diabetes UK and Tesco’s Big Collection

If you can spare three hours to collect at Sunbury or Twickenham Extra stores over this weekend register your interest at

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Volunteer/The-Big-Collection/

Sat 11 July St Margarets Fair We’ll be on the Moormead from noon….

2015 Dates for Tuesday night meetings at 7.30 pm at St. Mary’s, Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 1NJ

Further meetings will be held on 16 June, 14 July, 15 September &13 October; speakers and topics will be announced in due course.

BRIC-A-BRAC WANTED 

If you have any unwanted bric-a-brac that we can sell at the summer fairs above, please contact Jane Williams via phone 07985 282306 or email jwilliams117@googlemail.com.  She will collect.

NEWS FROM DIABETES UK

We look forward to hearing from you and to seeing you soon.

Alastair Mackinlay, Chair                                  May 2015

Chair@DUKRT.org.uk   020 8941 1785

 

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14 April 2015 Talk by Mary McLaren and Keisha Forteau of Healthwatch Richmond

  • Established in 2013 via the Health and Social Care Act 2012 there is a Healthwatch team in each London borough. They took over from LinK, to engage with the local community about health and social services
  • They speak to groups like ours, to find out what is good and bad about local services and what needs improving; they feed their views into the commissioning of services; they signpost people to the relevant social care service; they are responsible for listening to children and young people and are trained to recognise safeguarding issues.
  • They have the power to Enter and View social care services and report on it to the services manager. For example, if you are concerned about the care someone may be receiving in a residential home, contact Healthwatch who can report on their findings and make recommendations. Reports may be shared amongst the Care Quality Commission, LBRUT, Richmond Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS England and Healthwatch England.
  • Send your contact details (email or postal address) via http://www.healthwatchrichmond.co.uk/ and 020 8099 5335 to go on their mailing list.
  • Recent projects include
    • Visiting West Middlesex Hospital to assess compassionate care. Concerns included meals and discharge communication.
    • Visiting a number of GP practices looking at the appointments booking system
    • Identifying a loophole whereby they cannot view services in supported living projects. This is being followed up nationally
  • Completed reports are available to view on their web pages
  • They have no recorded concerns about the standard of diabetes services in the borough
  • Alastair Mackinley had previously suggested a borough-wide meeting of people with diabetes to talk about GP services. Oliver McKinley, Commissioner for diabetes services is keen to meet with our group, the CCG and Healthwatch – watch this space….
  • Where safeguarding issues are identified the public can be directed to the Safeguarding Team in the Civic Centre, for prompt action.