25 August 2016

For immediate release

Join us at our Annual General Meeting

Videos showing four successful services that provide care for a wide number of people will be broadcast during CNWL's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 7 September 2016.

The first will feature the Brent Memory Service, which provides assessment and diagnosis of dementia and provides ongoing support and information to people with memory problems and their carers.

The second concentrates on the Hillingdon Podiatry Service, which provides assessment, treatment and advice for people with skin, nail or mechanical foot problems and people with diabetes.

A third looks at the Addiction, Recovery, Community, Hillingdon Service (ARCH), which is a recovery orientated service in partnership between CNWL, Hillingdon Borough Council, Blenheim CDP, Westminster Drug Project (WDP) and service user peer led charity Build on Belief (BOB).

Since its launch in August ARCH has supported numerous service users to enter treatment with a variety of support needs, such as alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and crack, khat and heroin or over the counter opiates.

The fourth will look at the Health Psychology Service provided within the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

CNWL runs both mental health and community health services across London. During the year it treated more than 247,500 patients across all age groups in London.

The AGM will be held at 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2FB.

All staff and members of the public are invited to attend to hear about all CNWL's services, both community and mental health.

There will be plenty of time to put questions to the Board of Directors and Governors about our performance and plans.

Chief executive Claire Murdoch said: "AGMs are when we - the Directors - account for all we do; how we spent £450 million and the outcomes for the 300,000 people we have seen. This is also an occasion when the staff have their work acknowledged by the local community; budgets often dominate the headlines, but we need to remember that the staff are the most called upon, and most valuable, of all the resource of our NHS."

Registration opens at 4.30pm (teas and coffee available), the meeting opens at 5pm and will conclude around 7pm and will be followed by light refreshments.

Visit our Eventbrite page to RSVP.

Our Annual Report is on our website.
 
Editors' notes 
 
Attached photo is of CNWL Chief Executive Claire Murdoch 

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