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16 April 2012
EX-BLUE PETER PRESENTER PETER DUNCAN RUNS LONDON MARATHON FOR CHARITY
29 March 2012
In April 2013 the responsibility for commissioning NHS Complaints Advocacy transfers to local authority commissioners. To support our commissioning colleagues we are pleased to be able to share the existing ICAS contract specification.
27 January 2012
You are invited to enter the POhWER running phenomenon. We have 5 guaranteed entry places* up for grabs for the Silverstone half marathon on the 11th March 2012.
12 December 2011
12 December 2011
The Government wants to make it the duty of providers of National Health Service care to be open and honest with patients, their families and carers, this is called a ‘duty of candour’.
07 December 2011
This video tells the stories of a few of the people we have helped so far
14 October 2011
12 August 2011
A Government Minister has praised the work being done by POhWER.
Paul Burstow MP, who is Minister for Care Services has written to POhWER chief executive Valerie Harrison saying that the Government views the advocacy service that POhWER provides as very valuable.
27 April 2011
Easy ways to support POhWER – find out more!....
12 April 2011
Help Save Our Environment and Raise Money by Recycling!
30 March 2011
Using sign language to overcome frustration and improve care needs
15 March 2011
Recently Stevenage MP Stephen McPartland dropped in to update us on the feedback over 700 of you gave last autumn to the consultation on the NHS White Paper, Equity and Excellence – Liberating the NHS.
23 February 2011
In the last week we’ve gained the Quality Performance Mark (QPM) – and we’re delighted!
The QPM is the only national quality assessment which applies specifically to all forms of one to one advocacy.
23 February 2011
Since the launch of the Health Ombudsman’s report ‘Care and Compassion?’ on February 15, we have seen a 12% increase in the number of calls from people concerned about their NHS care. Calls from people like Judith Smart, 65, who believes she is alive today thanks to POhWER’s Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS).
07 December 2010
You can now contact POhWER using Skype©! Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet.
POhWER also has a new text service.
Simply text pohwer to 81025 with your name and number, and we will get back to you.
12 October 2010
POhWER has submitted our
response to the Governments consultation on its white paper on plans to change the NHS called "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS."
06 August 2010
On the 1 of July the North East London Advocacy (NELA) project merged with POhWER. We will now be providing advocacy services for people with a mental health diagnosis, learning disability or dual diagnosis in Goodmayes Hospital, Waltham Forest and Hackney.
02 June 2010
The Equality Act, which contains a series of measures for tackling inequalities, received Royal Assent in April 2010 and will come into force in stages. It focuses on the delivery of equality in the provision of goods, facilities and services as well as in the workplace and aims to make Britain a fairer society.
15 April 2010
Valerie Harrison, Chief Executive, POhWER, discusses the importance of managing complaints processes within the NHS.
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