News and reports

A few weeks ago we held an online event for you to ask questions about mental health and Coronavirus.

We want to hear how local care and nursing homes are doing now that ‘lockdown’ is easing.

During May and June, over 190 local people told us about how Coronavirus and ‘lockdown’ has impacted their health and wellbeing, including over 40 young adults.

From mid-May to mid-June, we engaged with local people to hear about how the Coronavirus outbreak was impacting their health and wellbeing. Enfield residents shared their experiences with us by completing our online survey.

During lockdown, we engaged with young adults (aged 15-25) in Enfield to understand how the Coronavirus outbreak has been impacting them. This report outlines the main findings from our research and our recommendations concerning next steps.

This event has been organised for you as local residents of Enfield to engage directly with senior leaders from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health trust and the Director of Education and Senior Educational Psychologist from Enfield Council.

In March 2020, Healthwatch Enfield organised a re-visit of Nairn House, to assess how our recommendations had been taken into consideration from our previous visit in 2018. This report outlines our findings and recommendations from our recent visit.

The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman have been working with the NHS and other public service organisations, members of the public and advocacy groups to develop a shared vision for NHS complaint handling. Read our article to find out more.

Find out about the different roles you will find at a GP surgery. What do the nurse, practice secretary, medical receptionist all do?

Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) involve local people from a practice who want to take a more active role in working with their GP surgery.

It is a good idea to find three local practices, and then choose between them. It is worth phoning up to check whether your address falls within an area covered by the practice.

If you’re fit & well, please consider donating blood and if you already do, then please continue, even during Coronavirus lockdown periods.