Health & Wellbeing

A new website, Get Your Rights, is highlighting that children and young people have a right to high quality healthcare by the NHS. The website, produced by the Council for Disabled Children at the National Children’s Bureau and funded by the Department of Health, provides everything children and young people need to get the most out of the health service. It includes: an interactive guide to children’s rights under the NHS Constitution; videos from children, young people and.......

NHS England, in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association and Older People themselves, has published a Practical Guide to Healthy Ageing. The Guide helps people to stay physically and mentally well by providing “hints and tips” on how to keep fit and independent. While it is aimed at people of any age, it is particularly relevant for people aged around 70 years or older who are beginning to find that everyday tasks now take them.......

Healthwatch Enfield is surveying opinions about the provision of adult social care in the borough. Does a care worker come to you or your relative’s home? Do you think you may need a home care service in the future?  If you answered yes to either of those questions we really want to hear what you think of adult social care in the borough. Please follow this link to complete the survey........

At this week's meeting of Enfield Council's Health Scrutiny Standing Workstream a briefing on the provision of and access to GP surgeries in the borough was provided by David Sturgeon, Director of Primary Care Commissioning, NHS England. The structure of the briefing was as follows: National context - Funding in primary care (2015/16) to improve capacity and access GP Contracts and Workforce in Enfield Current clinical capacity and provisions of access across Enfield Patient views on.......

Healthwatch Enfield has published data about the results of "Friends and Family Test" questionnaires submitted by patients attending GP practices in the borough.  The data summarises responses for the nine months since the Test was introduced for GP practices. The Test asks patients to answer the following question:  ‘How likely are you to recommend our service to friends and family if they need similar care or treatment?’ Unfortunately, because of the low number of.......

Healthwatch Enfield Chair, Deborah Fowler, has written to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison MP, to convey Healthwatch Enfield’s concern over the potential impact on people in Enfield of both the overall planned cuts in funding for public health and also the intended distribution of those cuts. The letter reads as follows: Dear Ms Ellison MP, Concern Over Cuts to Public Health I am writing to express Healthwatch Enfield’s.......

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), will inspect the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust in the week of the 30th November, and  would like to hear your feedback about the trust. Please send your comments by 23rd October to mhinspections@cqc.org.uk  and put ‘Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust - Q3 Mental Health Inspections’ as the subject line. We will also be in contact with the CQC during the inspection, so feel free to send your.......

Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group, a body set up as part of the last government's changes to the NHS, is inviting patients and other members of the public to a meeting on 9th September to discuss clinical commissioning priorities for 2015/16. The information below is taken from the Enfield CCG website. Have your say on our Commissioning Intentions Every year your Clinical Commissioning Group drafts Commissioning Intentions which describe what health services we want to buy and the health.......

A study by Healthwatch Enfield has "found no evidence" that the closure of the A&E service at Chase Farm Hospital has had an adverse effect on Enfield residents being able to access emergency services.  The authors of the study report also conclude that the Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm has been coping well with unexpectedly high numbers of attendees.  However, they acknowledge that the A&E service at the North Middlesex Hospital has not been performing well, but, pointing.......

Do you care for someone with dementia? We want to hear about your experience. We are looking for people who care for friends or relatives with dementia to participate in a focus group Your feedback will help us to develop a new survey and improve our understanding of what life is really like to care for someone with dementia. It will also help us to better understand the impact of a hospital admission on people who have dementia and the importance of working in partnership with carers.......