Updates - - BHR
Havering Learning disability weight management
The programme is a 12 week face to face programme for individuals with mild to moderate learning disabilities with a BMI between 25 and 40, family members will be encouraged to attend the programme alongside the individual to support them.
Elective Access policy for BHRUT
The Access policy sets out the ways in which the Trust ensures that patients who are referred to BHRUT have fair and equitable access to services and that services themselves have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities in line with national performance standards for both elective care and cancer.
Active Stars - Healthy lifestyle programme for children
Active Stars is a free, fun and family-focused healthy lifestyle course for 4 - 11 year olds and their families. The aim of this course is to create long-term healthy habits for all the family.
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.
From 1 Feb BHRUT no longer be providing a phlebotomy service for patients referred in on suspected cancer.
As of the beginning of this week patients could have a blood test within one day across BHR and so we ask GPs to ensure they use community phlebotomy.