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My Community E-Purse project (MyCeP), went live in Harrow for all new service users in September 2014, provides an online personal budget and support planning tool that enables the users to receive a personal budget and purchase services from hundreds of providers, all in one place using a PayPal electronic e-purse. Like other councils, HarrowContinue reading “‘My Community E-Purse’ take-up is set to improve!”

Following the report ‘Shaky confidence in Harrow CCG transparency’, the under secretary of state for care quality Ben Gummer MP has noted concerns about a potential conflict of interest when awarding primary care services contracts by the CCGs. Given the following information (mostly through the FoI process), a reassurance by the chair of the HarrowContinue reading “Potential conflict of interest at the Harrow CCG?”

Ambiguous traffic signs about restricted right turn at the junction of Gayton Road and Station Road, Harrow set in confusion. Any vehicle, other than those permitted, seen contravening the regulation is recorded and subsequently served with a penalty charge notice (PCN) at a £65 charge which rises to £130 if not paid within 14 days.Continue reading “£65 trap!”

We understand that on Monday an incident took place at the Civic Centre where there was significant criminal damage to the building. The entrance door and several windows at the front of the building were smashed and a parked police car was set alight. A 40 year old male has been arrested and is inContinue reading “Civic Centre recovering well after door & windows smash!”

The achievement gap between the disadvantaged children and others in Harrow schools fluctuates but has remained a matter of serious concern. Following is an emerging pattern (source): A typical 17% gap in achieving the National Curriculum level 4 (average for 11 years old) in 2014 in a high achieving primary school and somewhat lower gapContinue reading “Narrowing the education gap, a biting challenge for Harrow”

At the Conservatives London Assembly hustings, Brent Councillor Joel Davidson defeated Harrow Councillor Ameet Jogia by 17 votes, despite Cllr Jogia was heavily promoted by the Harrow East MP Bob Blackman and his associates, primarily to block Brent candidates. The newly selected candidate for the Brent and Harrow GLA constituency is from a Conservative splitContinue reading “Harrow Tories defeated at GLA hustings again”

London Mayoral candidates in place, now a buzz about the candidates for London Assembly elections next year. The Brent and Harrow constituency has never been short of dramatic events. In 2008, Navin Shah (Lab), a Harrow councillor at the time, beat the sitting GLA member Bob Blackman (Con), despite the Brent conservatives were not fullyContinue reading “GLA hopefuls”

While the corporate director community post was advertised internally and externally and an external candidate has been appointed, the corporate director people post has been advertised only internally with a predictable outcome. As expected, an internal candidate has applied for the £135,000 fixed term corporate director people post – most probably the interim corporate directorContinue reading “Council not testing the market for senior management appointments”

“Mental illness affects more of us than cancer. It affects more of us than heart disease or stroke. It affects more of us than diabetes” says the Case for Change report that provides the context for the mental health transformation programme in North West London. The study that has not carried out the Equality ImpactContinue reading “Case for Change?”

“The biggest cause of death in all deprivation bands is circulatory disease and this also shows the biggest inequality gap. The second highest inequality gap is in respiratory disease. The third largest inequality gap is in all cancers” informs the Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG).. The prevalence of hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease and diabetesContinue reading “Health inequality gap”