King's College London End of LIfe study

Please see the message below from GIRES regarding King's College London End of LIfe study:-

The research team at King’s College London is seeking people who... identify as LGB and/or T and are approaching the later stages of a life-limiting illness (such as cancer, neurological conditions, heart, lung or liver disease). The research team would like to find out more about their experiences, to identify how care could be improved.


Some details of the research are on view at: http://www.gmfa.org.uk/Blog/lgbt-volunteers-needed-for-new-end-of-life-study

Kind regards, Bernard

Bernard Reed OBE, MA, MBA
Trustee
Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)

METRO - New Medway LGBTQ youth group!

 

We are inviting young people to our first planning meeting for the group on Tuesday 23^rd September from 6 to 8pm in Rochester. There will then be fortnightly meetings afterwards, October 7^th, October 21^st…

The youth group is for young people aged 16 to 25 years who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or who are questioning their sexuality or gender identity (LGBTQ).

 Young people can email me at dan@metrocentreonline.org  for the full address. They can come along and get involved straight away on Tuesday 23^rd!

Please can you spread the word with young people you work with.

 

 
Do drop me a message with any questions. Thank you for your support!

Many thanks,

Dan

Dan Baker
Head of Integrated Youth Services

Tel:  020 8305 5000

Fax: 020 8305 5001

To find the address for all three Metro sites click hereFollow us on twitter/facebook or go to our or partner websites  

 

Focus Group for NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group - Equality Delivery.

We have been asked to organise a focus group meeting to represent the community to review the Equality Delivery Document for NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (Medway CCG) that purchases NHS services within Medway.

This is an important document for LGBTQI communities that use Medway NHS Services as the Medway CCG ...purchases the services we use. This is an opportunity to advise on any gaps within the service and make sure that our needs are reflected in the Equality Document.

The Focus Group Meeting will take place on Tuesday 23rd September at a venue in Rochester High Street from 6:30pm to 8pm.

If you are interested in attending the focus group meeting Please contact me via the following email and I shall send you further details. hilary@mgsd-centre.org

Kind Regards
Hilary Cooke
Medway Gender & Sexual Diversity Group

Picnic Under The Rainbow

Picnic under the Rainbow is an event organised by Medway & Kent LGBT Community Action Group as a fun family day out for the LGBT community of Medway and Kent. The event will take place at The Vines in Rochester on Sunday August 10th 2014.

The organisers hope the day will be as successful as the first event which took place at the same location last September. They are arranging a mix of attractions to include fun and entertainment for all who attend. We shall post further information as it becomes available.

King's College London seek LGBT and heterosexual volunteers for online study on Well-Being

We are looking for participants of all sexualities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual) and gender identities, aged 16+ years for an online study on mental well-being.  Your participation will increase our knowledge about how stress impacts mental health in sexual and gender minorities.  You will be asked to complete questionnaires about your gender, sexual feelings, childhood behaviour, experiences of discrimination and prejudice, how you think, how you feel, and your thoughts about your identity.  Completing the survey should last no longer than 30 minutes. The study is approved by King’s College London Psychiatry, Nursing and Midwifery Research Ethics Subcommittee (reference PNM/13/14-110). I’d be most grateful if you could complete the survey as well as send it on to others:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3VLZTXD

If any of you are on twitter, then its:

“KCL researchers seek LGBT and heterosexual volunteers for online study on Well-Being. Please share! http://tinyurl.com/p36atds”

For more details please contact Liam Timmins (liam.timmins@kcl.ac.uk).

Many thanks for your help in our research,

_______________________________
Dr Qazi Rahman,
Senior Lecturer,

Department of Psychology,
Institute of Psychiatry,
King's College London,
5th floor Bermondsey Wing,
Guy's Hospital Campus,
London,
SE1 9RT.

Care Quality Commission inspection of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Message from GIRES - You may have an interest in this announcement.

The Imperial College Healthcare Trust, which is to be inspected, is responsible for gender reassignment surgery at the Charing Cross Hospital.

It is not responsible for ...the nearby Gender Identity Clinic, which is the responsibility of the separate West London Mental Health NHS Trust.


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 Care Quality Commission inspection of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be inspecting this NHS Trust from the 2nd of September 2014, which includes Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea, St. Mary’s and Western Eye Hospitals.

The inspection team is very interested to hear from anyone who has used services in the last 12 months about their experiences. The inspection team is also keen to hear evidence from local voluntary & community sector groups about the quality and safety of care that their members and service users have experienced. Please tell CQC about your experiences by Monday 28th July 2014.

You can send reports, peoples stories of care or other evidence your group holds about people’s care to enquiries@cqc.org.uk , by post to CQC, Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4PA, or you can ring CQC on 03000 616161. Please put the name of the service you are sending information about in the title to help CQC pass it to the right inspection team.

You can send evidence of high-quality care as well as any concerns you have identified. CQC will use your information to help the inspection team plan the inspection and what to look for on the inspection. The inspection team will ask these five questions about the trust and its services:

• Is it safe?
• Is it effective?
• Is it caring?
• Is it responsive to people’s needs?
• Is it well-led?

You can read more about how CQC carry out their inspections on their website

Thank you very much for helping CQC to understand people’s experiences of care. An inspection report will be available after the inspection and published on their website.(http://www.cqc.org.uk/)

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You can pass your comments direct to the CQC at the above address or if you wish to add your thoughts to SEGI's MGSD Centre's response we can add them to our group response. email info@mgsd-centre.org with the subject title CQC SEGI

RAPID HIV Testing - MGSD Centre & METRO Centre Medway & Kent

Metro Centre’s partnership work in Kent and Medway has sprung into action with a weekly drop in service that provides Rapid HIV Testing 　at the Medway Gender & Sexual Diversity Centre in Rochester.

The service is available weekly on a Wednesday evening between 7pm and 9pm.

Tel 01634 408668
331 High Street
Rochester
Medway
Kent ME1 1DA