One of our nurses started a successful petition to help the homeless by getting rid of street spikes and she mustered up nationwide support as well as backing from the Mayor, Boris Johnson.
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust will be welcoming a CQC trust-wide inspection on 27 May 2014. This is an opportunity to showcase the things we do well and to be honest about what we need to do better. They will be focusing on the delivery of patient care, and asking whether our services are safe, caring, effective, well-led and responsive to people's needs.
C&I mental health input into the '18-24 Gangs and Serious Youth Violence Transitions Service' is highlighted in a newly published report by the Centre for Mental Health (see link, pages 10 and 11).
More than 400 people attended Camden's Discover Recovery event on 14 March, which was opened by the mayor of Camden, Jonathan Simpson and supported by Mitch Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's dad.
Peter Kane, C&I's senior service manager for Substance Misuse Services, received London's oldest award the Freedom of the City of London at a private ceremony in recognition of his work with drug and alcohol users over the last 30 years. Congratulations, Peter!
C&I's partnership with Tile House is included as an example of partnership with healthcare providers and 'one of the best' ideas for change in Housing Associations in an article by NewStart magazine. The article is about how housing providers are responding to the need to 'reinvent everything' with innovative schemes that join the dots between housing and healthcare and help tenants get online and
NHS declared the world’s best healthcare system
The NHS has been declared the world's best healthcare system in a report that has been produced by the Commonwealth Fund.