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

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    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.

  14. Healthwatch Enfield becomes part of the Enfield Dementia Action Alliance

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    This week, Healthwatch Enfield has become part of the Enfield Dementia Action Alliance.

  15. What would you do to improve local NHS services?

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    The NHS is developing services for the next 10 years but, in our opinion, they will only work if they are built on what local residents want so please take a few minutes to complete our online survey so together we can shape future NHS services.

  16. 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.

  17. Tell us your experiences of Enfield care and nursing homes during the Coronavirus Outbreak

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

  18. New support for carers when making difficult decisions for people with dementia and Coronavirus

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    Researchers at University College London (UCL) have produced a decision-making guide for dementia carers so they can ensure their loved one gets the care, support and dignity they deserve if they catch Coronavirus.

  19. Catch up Q&A video - updates from local NHS leaders about health services in Enfield

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    Residents ask questions about changes to hospital and GP services in Enfield during the pandemic.

  20. Join our online Q&A event about Later Life Planning - information and free services in Enfield

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    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.

  21. Share your views about making Coronavirus vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes

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    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.

  22. Eliza House - Enter and View Report

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    On 8th November 2022 we visited Eliza House, a nursing and residential care home in Enfield. This report outlines our findings and recommendations from our visit.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. Tell the NHS about your current experience of Coronavirus

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    If you think you have had Coronavirus or know somebody that has, you can help the NHS in their fight against the virus by sharing your experiences of the symptoms you had.

  26. 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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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!

  29. 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.

  30. 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.

  31. Book your blood test online at the Royal Free Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and Barnet Hospital

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    If you are visiting the Royal Free Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital or Barnet Hospital for a blood test you can book your blood test online.

  32. 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.

  33. Help choose a name for the new mental health unit at St Ann’s Hospital

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    Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust is asking for help from local people to name its new mental health unit at St Ann’s Hospital.

  34. Let’s Talk Enfield Town – share your views!

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    Enfield Town will be undergoing an exciting transformation that will see a range of improvements delivered in the coming years.

  35. 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.

  36. 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).

  37. 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.

  38. New road leading to Chase Farm Hospital main entrance

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    A new road which leads to the main entrance of Chase Farm Hospital will open on Friday 9 August.

  39. Relocation of Moorfield Road Health Centre in Enfield

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    On 2nd September 2019, Moorfield Road Health Centre in Enfield (currently located on Moorfield Road, Enfield EN3 5PS), will reloate to a new premises at Riley House Surgery in Enfield (413 Hertford Road, Enfield EN3 5PR).

  40. 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.

  41. 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.