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    England’s top doctors have urged people to protect themselves and their families from flu over the coming week amid warnings that new cases may peak over the busy Christmas period.
  2. News -

    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.
  3. News -

    This week, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has updated the report showing a detailed picture of the care services and how well they work together in every local authority in England.
  4. News -

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

    NHSX are offering iPads to help care homes provide care to residents during the Coronavirus outbreak
  6. News -

    Our latest report, looks at the impact of Coronavirus on local care and nursing homes in Enfield.
  7. News -

    Everyone needs to plan for later life at some point. Whether it is help to stay in your own home; care or nursing homes; supporting a loved one, or managing life limiting condition.
  8. News -

    The Department of Health and Social Care are seeking your views on a proposal to make Coronavirus vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes.
  9. News -

    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.
  10. News -

    An opportunity to directly shape and monitor our work...
  11. News -

    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.
  12. News -

    The Care Quality Commission has rated 98-100 Pembroke Avenue 'Good’ overall.
  13. News -

    The Care Quality Commission has rated Filey Care and Support LTD ‘Requires Improvement’ overall.
  14. News -

    Our Local Committee Meetings are instrumental in shaping the work we deliver at Healthwatch Enfield.
  15. News -

    The ‘NHS Volunteer Responders’ scheme has been set up to support the NHS and the care sector during the Coronavirus outbreak. This article aims to help you understand how to refer yourself or someone else to get help from the NHS volunteers.
  16. News -

    Join our first online event, June 11th 2020 to hear from local GPs in Enfield! An opportunity to ask questions and hear from local GPs about how they are dealing with the Coronavirus crisis.
  17. News -

    Temporary changes have been made to the Royal Free London’s adult blood taking services (including Chase Farm Hospital and Barnet Hospital). This is part of the trust’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, to protect patients, staff and the public.
  18. News -

    The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) has announced the appointment of Deborah Sanders as the new chief executive for Barnet Hospital. Deborah had been acting as interim chief executive at Barnet Hospital since October 2019.
  19. News -

    The North London Partners in Health and Care are proposing a new way to organise planned orthopaedic surgery. Have you say on the new proposals!
  20. News -

    The majority of women who gave birth in February last year had confidence and trust in staff, felt they were ‘always’ listened to by midwives and received appropriate advice at the start of labour, according to a national survey by the CQC.
  21. News -

    Bookings are now open for the Healthwatch Enfield Annual Conference 2020.
  22. News -

    Healthwatch England’s new report, Shifting the mindset (2020), investigates how hospitals report on complaints and whether current efforts are sufficient to build public trust.
  23. News -

    We are working with Enfield Council to host FREE cancer awareness sessions for local people in Enfield. The sessions are ideal for community groups, care homes, social groups, staff and more!
  24. News -

    On 4th November 2019, our Chief Executive, Patricia Mecinska, will join North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust for six months as the Head of Patient Experience and Involvement. We wish her the best.
  25. News -

    Despite considering the proposal to close the Centre at 9:00pm, in September 2019, NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group agreed to keep the Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm open until 10pm.
  26. News -

    Chase Farm Hospital’s redevelopment team became the proud winners of a prestigious industry award last week.
  27. News -

    Would you like to work for a dynamic organisation which seeks to empower local communities to secure improvements to health and social care services affecting over 300,000 residents of Enfield?
  28. News -

    We’ve just launched a new survey to collect evidence of local residents experiences of Continuing Health Care (CHC) or Personal Budgets (PBs).
  29. News -

    You can access urgent (but non emergency) healthcare services this bank holiday weekend, if you or someone you know is unwell. In an event of a life threatening emergency, always call 999.
  30. News -

    More needs to be done to improve access to NHS services in North Central London – according to hundreds of people who took part in a regional survey.
  31. News -

    A global body has officially recognised Chase Farm Hospital (CFH), which was opened by HRH Duke of York last month, as one of the most digitally advanced hospitals in the UK.
  32. News -

    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.
  33. News -

    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.
  34. News -

    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.
  35. News -

    The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which owns Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital’s, has been rated Requires Improvement by a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report published today. They were previously rated Good at their last inspection in 2017.
  36. News -

    The NHS is developing services for the next 10 years with one area of focus being care for people with learning disabilities, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other disabilities.
  37. News -

    Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) are forming a strategic alliance.
  38. News -

    The Royal Free Charity has appointed Judy Dewinter as its new Chair of Trustees.
  39. News -

    During the upcoming holiday period you can access urgent (but non emergency) healthcare services via the Enfield GP extended access hubs and at local pharmacies, even on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.
  40. News -

    There is a new shuttle bus to take you around the Chase Farm Hospital site. The bus, which has been funded by the Chase Farm Charity, runs every 15 minutes between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
  41. News -

    From 1st April 2019, there will be changes to where you can have a blood test which has been requested by your GP.
  42. News -

    The Care Quality Commission has rated Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Good overall.