From Brent Advocacy Concerns (for background see LINK)
Yesterday a 74 year old disabled lady visited our office for her third appointment. Her main issue is that she lives in a council flat with no heating and is on the third floor in a block with no lifts. She has to stay in bed all the time to keep warm. We have had to pass her case onto Brent Start, as we do not know how much longer we can remain in our office. Normally we would do the work ourselves but we could not be certain that we could complete her case before we had to leave our office.
Brent Clinical Commissioning Group informed us exactly one month ago today, that they need our office for clinical use but they have not given us any further information and they do not reply to our emails.
This time last year (23rd Nov. 2016) the CCG and the council gave us assurances at 'The Well Being Scrutiny meeting' that they would support us to remain in Brent but they have not been in touch and the councillors do not reply to our emails either.
The Dementia luncheon club adjacent to our office are still waiting to hear back from the CCG about their future.
Yesterday a 74 year old disabled lady visited our office for her third appointment. Her main issue is that she lives in a council flat with no heating and is on the third floor in a block with no lifts. She has to stay in bed all the time to keep warm. We have had to pass her case onto Brent Start, as we do not know how much longer we can remain in our office. Normally we would do the work ourselves but we could not be certain that we could complete her case before we had to leave our office.
Brent Clinical Commissioning Group informed us exactly one month ago today, that they need our office for clinical use but they have not given us any further information and they do not reply to our emails.
This time last year (23rd Nov. 2016) the CCG and the council gave us assurances at 'The Well Being Scrutiny meeting' that they would support us to remain in Brent but they have not been in touch and the councillors do not reply to our emails either.
The Dementia luncheon club adjacent to our office are still waiting to hear back from the CCG about their future.
Burnley Medical Practice have published on their website that they
will start their new contract to deliver GP services from April, 2018.
But before they move in, they have reported that the construction of 8
new clinics will begin in January 2018 on
the space currently used by the luncheon club. A further 4/5 clinics
will be based in the area which includes our office.
Burnley also report that they have held several meetings with the
CCG and which have included the architects, the planners and others
involved in the design of the practice relocation.
But to date, we have not been invited to any meetings concerning
our future, nor have we been told anything about Burnley's relocation
plans. Like you Martin, I can search and find out relevant information
that affects us but it would be nice if the CCG
would actually reply to us to officially tell us what is going on.
If we make it to next June (2018) we will have been providing
services across Brent for 30 years, so we feel up for a fight, as there
are still many disabled people needing our help and if we go who will
take our place.
