Hillingdon Community Health - The clinics and other services offered by Hillingdon Community Health

Kirk House
97-109 High Street
Yiewsley
Middlesex, UB7 7HJ
Tel: 01895 452000

Health Charities

Marie Curie Cancer Care is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and other illnesses. Over the financial year 2010/11, we reached a total of 31,799 patients

01 Dec - 28 Feb
YouthHealthTalk

Youthhealthtalk enables young people, their family and friends, and professionals such as doctors and teachers to understand young people's experiences of health, illness and life in general. The website feature real-life accounts of issues such as effect on work and education, social life and relationships, consulting health professionals and treatment.

03 Sep - 28 Feb
Macmillan Cancer Support

One in three of us will get cancer and it’s the toughest thing most of us will ever face. If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, or a loved one has, you’ll want a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. Macmillan provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care.

BBC Health

Time link to sudden cardiac death

How the time of day can increase the risk of dying from an irregular heartbeat has been identified by researchers.

NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'

Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.

Male extinction theory challenged

A new study comparing chromosomes in humans and rhesus monkeys suggests genetic decay of the male sex chromosome has all but ended.

Heart symptoms 'differ in women'

Fewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study in the US.

Nurses 'should sign Dignity Code'

Nurses and care workers should sign a Dignity Code guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with respect, say a group of politicians and charities.

Baby P duo made 'serious errors'

Two of Baby Peter's social workers committed a "serious error of judgement" during an incident which saw him "disappear" for 12 days, a tribunal hears.

US record kidney donor chain ends

The world's largest chain of organ transplants ends in the US after 30 patients received kidneys from living donors.

Diabetes patients miss key tests

More than 1.3 million diabetes patients could be missing out on vital and potentially life-saving health checks, the BBC learns.

Fatal fungal probe awarded £5.1m

Aberdeen researchers are awarded £5.1m to lead an investigation into fungal infections which cause death.

Government 'not trusted on NHS'

Over two-thirds of people do not trust the government's handling of the NHS, a poll commissioned for BBC Radio 5 live suggests.

Health Protection Agency

Update on measles outbreak declared on Merseyside

A measles outbreak has been declared on Merseyside. There are 13 confirmed and 16 suspected cases ranging in age from nine months to adults aged in their 20s. Six people, four children and two adults, required treatment in hospital. This compares to just one confirmed case on Merseyside in the first six weeks of 2011 and one in the corresponding period of 2010.

Measles outbreak declared on Merseyside

Update on Legionnaires’ Cluster Associated with a Hotel in Spain

10 February 2012, 1400hrs. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has this week been alerted by the Spanish public health authorities about a further case of Legionnaires’ Disease in a UK resident who stayed at the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca, as well as two French cases. This brings the total number of UK residents associated with this cluster to 12, with three deaths.

Development made in breakdown of a Meningitis B vaccine component

Scientists from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are a step closer to ensuring the stability of a component of a vaccine that may one day be used to protect against Meningitis B. The research is published today (Tuesday) in Vaccine.

Update on Legionnaires’ Cluster Associated with a Hotel in Spain

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is aware of nine cases of Legionnaires’ disease in English holiday makers associated with the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca since January 2012, in addition to four Spanish cases so far reported. Subsequently two of the English patients are reported to have died from their illness.

Outbreak of Salmonella Newport

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating an outbreak of a strain of Salmonella Newport infection among 30 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of December 2011. Cases of illness caused by the same strain have been confirmed in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.

Health Protection Agency confirms new incinerator study

A new study to further extend the evidence base as to whether emissions from modern well run Municipal Waste Incinerators affect human health has been approved by the Health Protection Agency.

HPA helps solve radon problems in West Oxfordshire homes

Hundreds of homes across West Oxfordshire have been found to have high levels of radioactive gas radon. Last summer, the Health Protection Agency invited about 9,000 householders across West Oxfordshire to apply for a free test for radon, a naturally occurring gas present in all homes.

HPA helps solve radon problems in Orkney homes

Hundreds of householders across Orkney are being advised to act to protect their health, after HPA tests detected high levels of radioactive gas radon.

Cornish radon hotspot targeted

Thousands of households in a part of Cornwall with historic radon problems are being offered a free test for levels of the radioactive gas radon.

Adult Services

Childrens Services

Other Services

PALS

Learning Disabilities

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Adult Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)

Community Cardiac Team

Community Matron Service

Community Dental

Community Rehabilitation

Continence

Contraceptive and Sexual Health Services (CASH)

Diabetes

DESMOND (Newly Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes)

District Nursing

EPIOC (Electronically Powered Indoor & Outdoor Chairs)

Heart Failure (See Community Cardiac Team)

HCIL (Hillingdon Centre for Independent Living)

MSK (Musculoskeletal) Physiotherapy

Northwood and Pinner Community Unit (Inpatient Unit)

Palliative Care

Podiatry

Rapid Response

Safeguarding Adults

Tissue Viability (Complex Wound Care)

TB Nursing

Wheelchair Service

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Community Paediatricians

Contraceptive and Sexual Health Services (CASH)

Health Visiting Service

Immunisation Task Force

Looked after Children

Paediatric Occupational Therapy

Community Children's Nursing Team

Paediatric Physiotherapy

Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy

Safeguarding Children

School Health Nursing

Breastfeeding Support

Chlamydia Screening

Community Engagement Programme Team(CEP)

Falls Clinic (see Community Rehabilitation)

MEND (MIND EDUCATION NUTRITION DO-IT)

PATIENT ADVICE AND LIAISON SERVICE - For easy read click here

Our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) is about making the Trust’s services as welcoming and responsive as we can, for as many people as possible.

PALS is here to

Give you information about local health services.
Advise and support those who use our services.
Listen to your concerns.
Help sort out problems quickly on your behalf.
Help you with making a formal complaint if you want to do this.
Ensure that those who manage services can learn from the issues you raise.

We will keep anonymous statistics about the kinds of questions and problems people have, so the Trust can learn from this.

How to contact PALS:

For Hillingdon PALS service please telephone 01895 488555, or email hil-pct.HCHPALS@nhs.net

Alternatively you can contact PALS via Trust Headquarters:
Phone: 020 3214 5773 (prefix this with 18001 if using Typetalk)
Fax: 020 3214 5892
Email: pals.cnwl@nhs.net

To help you access our services and give you support Hillingdon Community Health have put together some Easy Read information .

A-Z Easy Read of HCH Services and Telephone Numbers - click to see

Patient Passport - to help you when you come to clinic or when you are out and about - click to see

PALS LEAFLET - to help you get help - click to see

USEFUL LINKS

Easy Read - Equality Delivery System for the NHS

Top Tips for supporting and meeting the needs of people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

Further Information