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National accreditation for cardiac service
06/02/2019
Grimsby hospital has been recognised as having one of the best cardiac rehabilitation services in the country. The cardiac rehabilitation team at...
A red bag: a simple change packing a difference
22/01/2019
A simple initiative is being rolled out across North East Lincolnshire to help people living in care homes receive quick and effective transfer and...
Official opening of new community clinic to improve patient care
15/01/2019
Patients requiring certain injections and infusions as part of their care for oncology, respiratory and dermatology are now being treated at a...
HEALTHWATCH NETWORK REVEALS TOP PRIORITIES FOR 2019
08/01/2019
GPs, dentists and other primary care services most common issue to be explored Needs of children and young people to feature strongly Mental health and social care appear in the top five for third year in a row To mark the start of 2019, Healthwatch England is today publishing our annual network...
Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints for 2017-18
20/12/2018
“It’s no longer just one-off mistakes; we’re seeing problems with systems, policies and the way procedures are being applied…” That’s the view of Michael King, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, as the service launches its annual review of adult social care complaints. Over the past year,...
CQC calls for a change in safety culture across the NHS to reduce avoidable harm
19/12/2018
England’s chief inspector of hospitals is calling for a change in culture within the NHS to reduce the number of patients who experience avoidable harm. In a national report published today (Wednesday 19 December) the Care Quality Commission (CQC) foundthat too many people are being injured or...
Vacancy
18/12/2018
Volunteer Coordinator Healthwatch North Lincolnshire is the consumer champion for local health and social care services. It takes the experiences that people have of local care and uses them to help shape local services, leading to the outcome of improved delivery and commissioning of health and...
Healthwatch England’s annual report to parliament
14/12/2018
PEOPLE’S REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES OF NHS AND SOCIAL CARE SET OUT IN NEW REPORT TO MPs Sumary Video 400,000 people - more than ever before - coming forward to share their views Their stories show hospitals, GPs and care services coping despite huge pressures But headline targets used in isolation...
Celebrating 13 months free of MRSA
11/12/2018
Nursing staff across Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole are celebrating reaching a magnificent 13 months without a single case of the superbug MRSA. This is the first time that Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has gone so long without a single case of a hospital onset MRSA blood...
Multi-million pound investment to improve urgent and emergency care and diagnostics
07/12/2018
Improvements to the urgent care, assessment and diagnostic services at Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby will be taking place over the next few years. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) has secured £29.26 million to make the...
NLaG to receive £940,000 as part of nationwide funding
06/12/2018
Patients are set to benefit from safer and more convenient prescriptions thanks to a £940,000 slice of national funding to help rollout state-of-the-art technology. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) is among one of 13 organisations to receive a share of £16million national...
New role helping patients on their journey through hospital
28/11/2018
A new role has been rolled out to help patients flow through hospital from admission to discharge as smoothly and speedily as possible. A total of 15 new apprentice patient care navigators are now walking the wards and corridors of Scunthorpe and Grimsby hospitals with one aim in sight – the safe...
CQC - People’s experiences of the care they receive from community-based mental health services have continued to deteriorate
26/11/2018
People’s experiences of the care they receive from community-based mental health services have continued to deteriorate, according to an annual survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) . The survey published today (Thursday 22 November) highlights concerns around access to care, care planning...
CRIG Fundraiser remembered with special plaque
26/11/2018
A fundraiser who spearheaded a local charity which raised thousands of pounds for heart patients has been remembered at Scunthorpe General Hospital. Mickie O’Toole, herself a heart patient for a number of years, was the brainchild and driving force behind CRIG – the Cardiac Rehabilitation Interest...
Bedford couple’s support withdrawal highlights special guardianship concerns
20/11/2018
Special guardians deserve the right advice and support from councils before taking on the role, says the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The findings come from an Ombudsman report in which Bedford Borough Council unfairly cut the financial support to a couple, after asking them to...
Crackdown on local NHS fraud
12/11/2018
Fraud against the NHS will not be tolerated. That is the message from Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust fraud team. The Trust has issued the warning as part of November’s Fraud Awareness Month (FAM) which coincides with International Fraud Awareness Week, which runs from November...
New provider for non-emergency patient transport in North Lincolnshire
26/10/2018
A new company will take over the contract for non-emergency patient transport in North Lincolnshire from March 6, 2019. North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded the contract to Savoy Ventures Limited. The Kent-based firm will take over from Thames Ambulance Service Limited –...
Youth Council have their say on how to improve local hospital services
22/10/2018
Members of the North Lincolnshire Youth Council met with staff from Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) to talk through their ideas for ways to improve patient experience. Suggestions put forward by the pupils, who are all aged between 11 and 20 years-old, included age...
This year’s State of Care shows that most people are still getting good care – when they can access it.
11/10/2018
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the quality of health and social care in England shows that overall, quality has been largely maintained, and in some cases improved, from last year. This is despite continuing challenges around demand and funding, coupled with significant...
CQC State of care report 2017/18
11/10/2018
This year's CQC State of Care report finds that most people receive a good quality of care, but that people’s experiences are often determined by how well different parts of local systems work together. Find out more: Summary report Full report Easy Read
Parents of children on the Autistic spectrum. We need your views
09/10/2018
Healthwatch North Lincolnshire are undertaking a review into the experiences of parents, caregivers and guardians of children with autism. The focus is on the Autism diagnostic pathway and the support available post diagnosis. The findings will highlight what is working well and give...
Putting the spotlight on perinatal mental health
01/10/2018
Did you know around one in five women will experience a mental health problem during or in the first year after giving birth? Having a baby is a big life changing event and women and men can experience a range of emotions and reactions. However, if they start to impact on their life it could mean...
New head of midwifery joins your local hospital trust NLaG
27/09/2018
A new head of midwifery has been appointed bringing with her 32 years of experience working with women, babies, children and their families. Toby Cooper is passionate about ensuring women have a seamless package of care from when they walk through the door to when they go home. Her focus is not...
Local charity helps make local hospital more dementia friendly
24/09/2018
The official charity for the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating another step in achieving an even more dementia friendly environment in the Trust’s hospitals. The Health Tree Foundation (HTF) has funded dementia friendly signage as part of a Trust wide appeal to...
Local NHS staff to test their emergency plans in live exercise
21/09/2018
Local NHS staff will be testing their emergency plans next weekend when they take part in a live scenario. A live decontamination exercise will take place at Scunthorpe General Hospital on Saturday 29 September . Exercise Glass will involve staff in the emergency centre who will be asked to respond...
North Lincolnshire & Goole CQC inspection Healthwatch Response.
17/09/2018
The following is a joint response from Healthwatch North East Lincolnshire, Healthwatch North Lincolnshire and Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire to the September 2018 publication of the CQC inspection of the North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital Trust. Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals...
Hospital trust remain in special measures
12/09/2018
The Care Quality Commission conducted an inspection of your local hospitals in May 2018 to make sure that the required improvments had been made. They rate services under five criteria: Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-led Services are rated under these four criteria: Inadequate Requires...
