News and reports

Did you know that more than 9 in 10 bowel cancer patients will survive the disease for more than 5 years if diagnosed at the earliest stage?*
Finding and treating cancer at an early stage is important – it saves lives.

Many women are positive about their maternity care, but improvements still needed.

Most residents felt care provided at Hugh Myddelton House Care Home was of good standard. Read our full Enter and View report, on January 25th 2019, to assess the quality of care provided.

Today, we have published our report ‘Using technology to ease the burden on primary care’. Our research found that on average, 63% of patients would use video calling and/or email to contact their GP to seek medical help.

Enfield CCG has recently appointed two new members to its Governing Body; a Secondary Care Specialist and a Lay Member for equalities and patient and public engagement appointed.

Bookings are open for Healthwatch Enfield's Annual Conference! An opportunity to exchange with key decision-makers across health and social care.

Two new car parks (car parks 2 and 3) are now open for patients and visitors at Chase Farm Hospital.

NHS England are urging patients to cancel their GP appointment if they are no longer able to attend, rather than just not turning up.

Today (7th January 2019), NHS England has published its Long Term Plan for the NHS. As medicine advances, health needs change and society develops, the NHS has to continually move forward so that in 10 years time we have a service fit for the future.

An additional meeting of the North Central London Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) will be held from 3pm – 4.30pm on Thursday, 3 January 2019.

This report outlines research from talking to over 1,000 patients in Enfield about their experiences of booking a GP appointment in Enfield.

Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.