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

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    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.

  2. Enfield NHS service opening times during Christmas and New Year 2019

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    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 Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

  3. NHS services over the August bank holiday weekend

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    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.

  4. Local NHS services opening times over the Easter Weekend

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    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.

  5. Video and Easy Read documents about how to make a complaint or leave a compliment

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    If you have a learning disability and/or autism and want to make a complaint about a health or social care service in Enfield, our new videos and easy read documents are now available.

  6. What your NHS dentist can do for you

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    This guide sets out the help and support you can expect to receive from your NHS dentist.

  7. Opportunity: Become a Local Committee Volunteer

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

  8. Assessing dental care in Enfield

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    Over the past few months, we've been engaging with local people in Enfield to find out how well dental health services are working in the borough. This work builds on previous work carried out in 2021 and 2022 that identified issue with local dental care services. Our latest report details the results of this work...

  9. Local Committee Meeting - January 2024

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

  10. Listening to Enfield: Community Priorities for 2024–2025

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    Learn about the findings from our priorities survey: GP access, mental health, dental care, and more. Your voice has shaped our focus for 2024–2025.

  11. NHS Dental Recovery Plan

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    This plan introduces a shift towards prevention and good oral health in young children and expands the dental workforce. Details of the plan include a 'new patient' payment scheme, funding, and the introduction of dental vans to provide mobile care in underrepresented areas.

  12. 10 top tips to get the most out of your dental appointment

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    Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment.

  13. How to get help from an NHS Volunteer Responder

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    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.

  14. An opportunity to ask questions and hear from local GPs in Enfield about how they are dealing with the Coronavirus crisis

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    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.

  15. Temporary changes to adult blood taking services at Chase Farm & Barnet Hospital

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    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.

  16. New Chief Executive appointed to Barnet Hospital

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    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.

  17. Have your say on changes to planned operations for bones, joints and muscles

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    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!

  18. The Care Quality Commission publishes annual maternity survey

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    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.

  19. Book your ticket to the Healthwatch Enfield Annual Conference

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

  20. Healthwatch England publishes report about NHS complaints

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    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.

  21. New bus service stopping at Chase Farm Hospital

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    Patients, visitors and staff can now look forward to a bus service which delivers and collects them from Chase Farm Hospital’s front door.

  22. Public urged to act fast to avoid festive flu

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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.

  23. Healthwatch Enfield hosting free cancer awareness sessions for local people

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    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. Temporary changes to leadership at Healthwatch Enfield

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    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. NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group agree to keep the Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm open until 10pm

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    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. Chase Farm Hospital redevelopment team wins award

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

  27. We are recruiting! Join us as a Community Outreach, Research and Events Co-ordinator

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    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. Changes to how you book non-emergency patient transport for hospital appointments

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    Booking arrangements for non-emergency patient transport has changed for patients using the following local hospitals: North Mid; Chase Farm, Barnet, Whittington Health, Moorfields Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

  29. Patients in North Central London to benefit from joined up health records

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    Patients across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington are set to benefit from having joined up health records across all local NHS services.

  30. Tell us your experiences of using Continuing Health Care or Personal Budgets

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

  31. Healthwatch Enfield asks Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group to keep the Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm open until 10pm

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    The Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group have recently proposed changing the closing time of the Chase Farm Hospital Urgent Care Centre, from 10pm to 9pm. 84% of the people we spoke to did not agree with the proposal.

  32. What changes do people want to make to local services in Enfield?

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    The Government is investing an extra £20bn a year in the NHS until 2023. The NHS has produced a Long Term Plan, setting out all the things it wants health services to do better for people across the country.

  33. Report reveals people in North Central London believe access to health services need to be improved

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    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.

  34. Chase Farm recognised as one of the most digitally advanced hospitals in the UK

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    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.

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

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

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

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    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.

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

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    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.

  38. Opportunity to get involved in grading local health services

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    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.

  39. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust rated Requires Improvement by CQC

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    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.

  40. Shaping future health and care for people with learning disabilities, autism and other disabilities in Enfield

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    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.

  41. Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust forms a strategic alliance with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

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

  42. New chair appointed to lead Royal Free Charity

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

  43. New shuttle bus to transport you around the Chase Farm Hospital site

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    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.

  44. Changes to where you can have your GP blood test in Enfield

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