Share your views on opportunities for improvement in NHS maternity, neonatal, children and young people’s services in north central London
Health and care organisations in north central London (NCL) are working together on Start Well: a long-term programme looking at children and young people, maternity and neonatal services.
The aim is to understand if we are delivering the best care to meet the needs of people living in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, and those from neighbouring boroughs and beyond who choose to use services in NCL.
Opportunities for improvement
A Start Well case for change report has been published which describes current services and highlights some opportunities for the future. It does not propose specific changes or solutions.
It specifically looks at:
- Children and young people’s planned (elective) services in hospitals
- Children and young people’s emergency services in hospitals
- Maternity services
- Neonatal care for babies who are unwell when they are born or are born early and need extra support.
The focus is on services at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (which includes Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, and Chase Farm Hospital), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Whittington Health NHS Trust.
It also touches on services provided by specialist providers, including Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH), Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and considers the links between local and specialist hospitals, particularly GOSH.
Share your views
We want to hear the views of patients, public, staff and partners on the opportunities for improvement included in the case for change – particularly people with current or recent experience of these services, or anyone who might need them in the future, and their families and carers.
You can read a leaflet, and full and summary versions of the case for change on the NCL ICS website. To give feedback you can:
- Fill in an online survey or request a printed version using the details below
- Write to FREEPOST NCL NHS (no need for a stamp or postcode)
- Invite the Start Well team to speak to your group (email startwell@nhs.net )
- Phone 020 3816 3776.
The opportunity to give feedback runs from 4 July to 9 September 2022.