Working together to make West Ealing a better place for residents, businesses and visitors.
Ealing Council and Crossrail are running two update meetings on plans for the new Crossrail station at West Ealing and surrounding area.
There is a choice of sessions which will be at the Drayton Court Hotel:
6.30-7.30pm or 8-9pm on Monday 1st December.
Everyone is welcome.
There’s an exhibition and public consultation on plans to develop and refurbish Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre on Saturday 29th November from 11am – 3pm. Full details on their website
Below is a brief summary of the proposals we will be discussing:
I thought this was worth publicising. The whole question of whether or not Ealing Hospital’s A&E dept remains is highly charged. My own experience of Ealing Hospital A&E earlier this year was excellent but it makes sense to try to encourage people to use a GP service for straightforward problems and take pressure off A&E.
Seven day GP access for Ealing patients
Ealing residents are now able to access GP services 7 days a week, thanks to a new service launched by NHS Ealing Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
People who feel unwell on Saturdays and Sundays should call NHS 111 for medical help and advice. If the trained 111 adviser thinks they need to see a GP, they will be directed to the nearest open practice.
The GP weekend opening service is an alternative to A&E for people with non-life threatening illnesses or injuries. GP practices are working as local groups to offer this service, with practices taking turns to open at weekends.
Dr Mohini Parmar, chair at Ealing CCG said: “We have introduced this service as part of our drive to encourage people to use the correct service for their need.
“We know that many patients attend A&E when their GP practice is closed, even if they don’t have a life-threatening illness.
“We want to encourage patients to be seen in primary care for non-life threatening illnesses, so hospital services can prioritise those who are seriously sick or injured.
“We hope that if people feel they need to see a GP over the weekend they will call 111 in the first instance and go to one of the local GP practices, rather than going to A&E with an illness or injury that can be treated by a GP or pharmacist.”
The new service is part of Ealing CCG’s out of hospital strategy, which aims to bring care closer to home and into a local, more familiar environment for the benefit of the patients.
Using this service will not affect your registration at your own GP practice. If you are not registered with a GP, you can still call 111 and they will help you access the right service for your needs.
Calls to 111 are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and are free from landline and mobile phones.
Almost your last chance this year to by our Abundance produce. We have a stall at the Hanwell Winter Fair selling apple juice, elderflower cordial, marmalade and more.
The fair is from 2-6pm by the Hanwell Clocktower this Sunday.
Zena Edwards returns to OPEN
Performance poet Zena Edwards returns to OPEN Ealing this coming Saturday (22nd November) to present another beguiling evening of words, movement and music.
Hailing from Tottenham in north London, Zena delves into her Afro-Caribbean heritage to find inspiration for her poems and stories. And she enhances them in performance with traditional African intruments, such as the kalimba and the kora, plus backing musicians.
It’s a powerful, dynamic and entrancing combination. Zena made a big impression on OPEN audiences a couple of years back with her monologue The Three Furies, which reached into Greek mythology to provide a focus for women’s anger in the 12st century. She also performed parts of that show at London’s Royal Festival Hall where she shared a stage with South African trumpeter Hugh Masakela.
She was recently Resident Poet at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, and shortlisted for the first Arts Foundation Award for Performance Poetry. .
Read what others have said:
“Effortlessly melds hip-hop grooves with a worldly Afro-centric wisdom” – Time Out.
“A poet of consummate skill, whose career as an artist is going from strength to strength” – The Guardian.
Here’s just one video example of her work:
This will be the second of a series of appearances by Zena at OPEN, which form part of the autumn season of Performance Saturdays.
Date: Saturday 22nd November 2014
Time: 7.30-10pm
Where: Green Man Lane cafe, Singapore Road, West Ealing W13 0EP
Admission: £10 / concessions £8 / Green Man Lane estate residents £5, includes free glass of wine. Caribbean/Mauritian food available on the night from Coco Labelle.
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www.openealing.com
‘Re-imagining Ealing’s Future’: Sunday 16th November 7.30pm
Ealing Transition invites you to a participatory Open Space event which will explore the future we would like to create together for ourselves in Ealing. The emphasis is on the practical and the possible, rather than on the things we can’t easily influence, like macro-economic policy.
We will start by showing a short (15 min) TED talk by Nic Marks, which proposes a future based on human happiness, wellbeing and sustainable resource use rather than on productivity or Gross National Product. We will then create an Open Space in which your ideas and contributions can be explored.
If you have ideas about doing something in your local community which could make a positive difference and strengthen our connection to each other, and believe in the power of ‘just doing stuff’ please come and contribute.
The event starts at 7.30pm and takes place in the Polygon, St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road Ealing W5 5RH. Entry is free however as usual we will ask for a small donation to help us cover costs. It should be a lively event!
Great community idea from Francesca Bussey:
‘The Northfields Jumble Trail now has 56 stalls! Amazing! You still have 5 days to register and get rid of all that jumble you’ve been meaning to clear out, or check out the stall’s descriptions and see what bargains you’re going to pick up. It’s on this Saturday 1st November 10am – 3pm, the weather forecast is 16 degrees and dry and I think it just might be great.’
Map of where the stalls are is here
Most of you would have heard by now that Ealing Hospital Maternity Unit is under threat of closure. To find out more over a cuppa whilst your little ones are fed and entertained come along to the Teddy Bears’ Party on Saturday 25th October from 2pm – 5pm at St James Church, West Ealing (behind Sainsbury’s)
We have a team of friendly staff and volunteers who will be happy to support you and meet your individual needs. This is a free service
delivered by Silver Star diabetes and is open to the community.
Are you at risk of diabetes?
Diabetes is a long-term condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high. In the UK, about 90% of all adults with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.
Why get tested?
Diabetes is a common life-long health condition. There are 3.2 million people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK and an estimated 630,000 people who have the condition, but don’t know it.
For More information on Diabetes visit: www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/What-is-diabetes/
Or Lido future Health Events www.lidocentre.org.uk/publichealth T: 020 8280 2222
At last something is happening on this site! In 2010 plans to build a new block of flats on the site of the old Henry Paul funneral directors on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Shirley Gardens were met with fierce local opposition and then rejected by the Council. The owners of this site are the housing association A2 Dominion and they have put in a new application which sounds as if they have listened to the local opposition. The new plans include:
The overall development is for 10 flats with a mixture of one and two bedroom properties with six car parking spaces at the front of the site – replicating the style of the rest of the houses in the row. It all sounds good but needs careful checking.
The planning application can be found on Ealing Council’s website