The Purple Star Newsletter: June 2019

Updates on ’s Purple Star Strategy

The Purple Star Strategy is a trade mark, which is accredited by Hertfordshire Community Learning Disability Service to Health services who demonstrate the delivery of high quality, reasonably adjusted service to adults with learning disabilities.

The Purple Star Accredited Services:  Rothschild House Surgery-  Manor Street Surgery- Surgery-  The New Surgery- Tring  Bennetts End Surgery-  Hemel (formerly St Albans) Special Dentistry- Hemel Hempstead  Specsavers- Hemel Hempstead

East Herts & :  Dolphin House Surgery- Ware  Amwell Street Surgery-  Hailey View Surgery- Hoddesdon  Hoddesdon Special Dentistry  Diabetic Eye Screening-  Stockwell Lodge Med. centre-  Wallace House Surgery – Hertford

North Herts & :  Chells Surgery- Stevenage  Specialist Dentistry- Letchworth  Garden House Hospice: Inpatient Unit-  Garden House Hospice: Family Support- Hitchin  Garden House Hospice: Day Services- Hitchin

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 Lister Hospital Day Surgery- Stevenage  Lister Hospital Ophthalmology- Stevenage  Leg Ulcer Specialists (HCT) – Stevenage  Shephall Surgery – Stevenage  Garden House Hospice – Hospice at Home- Letchworth

Hertsmere:  Manor View Practice-  Schopwick Surgery – /Bushey

St. Albans:  Midway Surgery- St Albans  Health Centre- St Albans  The Lodge Surgery- St Albans  Highfield Surgery- St Albans  SACH, Pre-Operative- St Albans  SACH, Day Surgery- St Albans  AAA Screening- St Albans  Harvey Group Practice- St Albans  Rennie Grove Hospice- St Albans

Watford:  New Road Surgery- -  Sheepcott Medical Centre-- Bridgewater (Park End) Surgery –Watford  Watford Special Care Dentistry-Watford  Watford General Hospital, Vascular lab- Watford  Watford General Hospital, Pre-Op-Watford  Suthergrey House Medical Centre – Watford

Welwyn/Hatfield:  Wrafton House Surgery- Hatfield  The Pear Tree Group (Pear tree+ Hollybush+Moors Walk)- Garden City

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 Hall Grove Surgery- Pharmacy- Asda  Podiatry- Hatfield  Lister and QE2 Ophthalmology Clinic – Welwyn Garden City  Isabel Hospice- Welwyn Garden City  Springhouse Medical Centre – Welwyn Garden City  New QE2 Ambulatory Care unit- Welwyn Garden City

The Services we are working with to become Purple Star Accredited:

Dacorum

 Hospice of St Francis, Berkhamsted

East Herts & Broxbourne:

 Warden Lodge Surgery, Cheshunt  The Maples Health Centre, Broxbourne  Church Street Medical Centre, Bishop’s Stortford

Hertsmere:

 Attenborough Surgery, Bushey  Carpenters Park Surgery, Bushey  Grove Medical Centre, Borehamwood

North Herts & Stevenage:

 Garden city Surgery, Letchworth  Portmill Surgery, Hitchin  Lister Hospital and QEII Endoscopy  Lister Hospital Emergency Dept

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St. Albans:

 Hatfield Road Surgery, St Albans  Delamare Ward, SACH  Beckett Ward, SACH  Delamare Ward, SACH

Watford:

 Park End Surgery (Bridgewater Surgeries), Watford

Welwyn/Hatfield:

 Lister House Surgery, Hatfield

Countywide:  Podiatry

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Updates On The Purple Star Process

We have one year funding for Purple Star Strategy

The Purple Star is currently oversubscribed and we are at full capacity. These are the Services on our Waiting List, who we hope to begin work with soon:

GP Practices:  St. Nicholas Health Centre- Stevenage  Red House Surgery-  Whitwell surgery- Hitchin  Anandale Medical centre-  Callowlands Surgery – (Now merged with Manor View)- Watford

Watford General Hospital Wards  WGH, Cleves Ward- Watford  WGH, Ward- Watford  WGH, Ridge Ward-Watford  WGH, Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Dept-Watford  WGH, Ophthalmology- Watford

Lister Hospital Wards- Stevenage  ACC  AMU Green  AMUA  SSU  Emergency Dept.  Pre-op Assessment

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We need your help

If you have a learning disability or have supported someone with a learning disability in any of these services then we would like to hear your views, good or bad, about the service you received.

Please contact the team using the information below:

[email protected]

01438 844681

Purple Star Strategy, Health Liaison Team, Ground Floor, Farnham House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2FQ