COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES IN WEST HARINGEY
A presentation from Rachel Lissauer, Assistant Director of Local Commissioning, NHS Haringey. (2.30 –2.55PM)
Minutes:
Frances Rourke, Head of Community Services at NHS Haringey, gave a presentation on how funding is used for the provision of primary care services, in the community as well as at hospitals.
Duncan Stroud, Associate Director of Communications, spoke about work that takes place in partnership with GPs to plan local services.
Discussion
Following these presentations residents were invited to ask questions
Question 1: Funding for Health Visitors to Young Families
It was clarified that there would be no cut in funding for health visitors travelling out to families with small children, following the clustering of services at children’s centres. Services received through health visitors would not be affected by the changes.
Question 2: Sure Start Funding
It was clarified that funding previously allocated to the Sure Start programme had been merged into budgets for the new children’s centres.