News and reports

Since COVID-19 restrictions have eased, we have been able to resume our regular programme of Enter and View visits to local care homes. Carrying out Enter and View visits to care homes is an important part of our role in monitoring care service.

In 2021 we partnered with five Healthwatch organisations across NCL on a joint NCL Long COVID project.

An opportunity to directly shape and monitor our work...

On 16th and 20th March 2022 we visited Bridgewood House, a nursing and residential care home in Enfield. This report outlines our findings and recommendations from our visit.

Healthwatch Enfield partners with Enfield Council Neighbourhood Regeneration team to hold drop in sessions with residents.

Care Homes have been closed to visitors since March 2020. For the first time in almost two years, we’re starting up our programme of Enter and View visits to assess how residents are doing as a result of the pandemic.

This article will tell you about when you can ask for a test, how to arrange it, the process and more.

We are running a survey to find out how friends and relatives have found contacting loved ones in hospital.

The changes come after the Department of Health and Social Care announced the end of the shielding programme for people identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’

Have you had any issues contacting relatives who are in hospital?

We are working with five other Healthwatch branches to gather local insight into your experiences of Long COVID to support the development of services and systems.

Welcome to Healthwatch Enfield’s newsletter! I’m delighted to share some of our recent outreach and engagement work.