Updates - Patient guidance
Havering practice telephone number update
Please note: Kings Park Surgery, Romford has changed its telephone number to: 01708 202621.
New service launched for patients and GPs to improve care
BHRUT has launched a brand-new service which allows patients and GPs to contact a dedicated helpline if they are having difficulty accessing their care or appointment.
BHR - Right care, right place, first time: Guide for NHS and social care staff service guide
This guide is to help NHS and social care staff navigate the many urgent care services that are currently in use across Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. Other service information is included that we hope you will find useful.
Community equipment access guide
Please make the below leaflet available to patients who need to access this equipment.
BHR - Phlebotomy - lack of information on bottle
We are writing to remind you that the laboratory at BHRUT will be rejecting samples that are inadequately labelled, the Laboratory have reported that they are still receiving a sizeable number of samples that do not have the NHS number on the sample as well as other important information.
Assessment, monitoring and management of symptomatic COVID-19 patients in the community
This guidance has been developed to support frontline clinicians with the assessment, monitoring and treatment of patients who present to general practice with symptomatic COVID-19.
General practice access routes campaign resources
Resources and guidance to help practices communicate with patients about the best ways of getting in touch with them when they need help are now live.
NELFT Mental Health Direct new number
Please note that as of Monday 29 November 2021, NELFT Mental Health Direct number will be changing from 0300 555 1000 to 0800 995 1000.
Barking, Havering & Redbridge GP practices - New Incentive Scheme for SMI Physical Health January 2022
Please see the specification and application form for a new LIS to be introduced from the beginning of January 2022.
Further six month extension to the temporary variation to age criteria for IVF in north east London infertility policies
I has been agreed to extend this variation for a further six months until 31 March 2022
Unwell child resources
We have been seeing an increase in children coming to hospital and parents asking for advice on how to care for their unwell children. With this in mind we have created a "When your child is unwell" page on the NEL Health & Care partnership website.
Letter from PHE on Shigella increase in MSM in London
PHE has been investigating an increase in and ongoing transmission of Shigella flexneri in men who have sex with men (MSM).