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What should you expect when it comes to care for your teeth?

Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.

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Lime Trees Residential Care home, Enfield is to remain closed as Care Quality Commission wins case at Tribunal

The Royal Courts of Justice, The First-Tier Tribunal has upheld the Care Quality Commission’s bid to close Enfield based, Lime Trees Residential Care Home Limited. The care home failed in its bid to stop the CQC from cancelling its registration.

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Your local Healthwatch team are excited to share with you the highlights from our 2018-19 report

Our 2018-2019 Annual Report celebrates Healthwatch Enfield’s achievements and impact over the past year.

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Changes to how you book an appointment at the Enfield evening and weekend GP service

From this week, there have been changes to how you can book an evening and/or weekend GP appointment in Enfield.

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Have your say on the proposed changes to the opening hours of the Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm Hospital

The Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm Hospital is currently open 8am – 10pm every day but local decision-makers and providers are looking at the possibility of changing this. It is proposed that the Centre closes one hour earlier, at 9pm every day.

Enter and View - Azaela Court Care and Nursing Home

Most residents felt care provided at Azaela Court Care and Nursing Home was of good standard but a few raised some concerns. Read our full Enter and View report after our visit on July 24th 2019, to assess the quality of care provided.

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Care Quality Commission’s latest annual survey of people who stayed as an inpatient in hospital published

Findings from the Care Quality Commissions (CQC’s) latest annual survey of people who stayed as an inpatient in hospital has been published today (Thursday 20 June).

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Have you recently stayed on a ward at the North Mid Hospital or visited someone who has? Tell us about your experiences!

Every day the North Mid Hospital cares for about 450 patients on its wards so it is likely you may have been one of them. Or maybe you had a relative or a friend staying in the hospital in the last few weeks. If so, we want to hear your views!

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We want to hear about how you share your views and opinions

Have you given feedback about a product or service you have used before? Have you written an online review on websites such as Amazon, TripAdvisor or Facebook? We want to hear about your experiences of sharing your views and opinions.

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Tell us your experiences of NHS Continuing Healthcare and/or Personal Health budgets

Healthwatch Enfield is working alongside Enfield Disability Action (EDA) to listen to local people’s experiences of being assessed for, receiving and using NHS Continuing Healthcare and Personal Health Budgets to meet the care needs of an individual.

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Seven pieces of information that you should expect to receive after being diagnosed with dementia

Take a look at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) quick guide to discussing and planning support following a dementia diagnosis.

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Opportunity to get involved in grading local health services

BEHMHT and NMUHT are running a workshop to give local people who live or use health services in Enfield the opportunity to look at how each Trust is performing and give their point of view on this.