12 December 2018
The National Centre for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a 'quick guide' with advice for people with dementia, their families and their carers
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31 October 2018
Defend Enfield NHS are suggesting that people join the Patient Participation Group at their GP practice
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11 October 2018
Enfield Council and Healthwatch Enfield are calling a public meeting to give you an opportunity to share your views about the proposals to reduce the number of hospitals providing planned operations for bones and joints, such as hip and knee replacements
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07 October 2018
The board of North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has decided not to pursue the proposal that the trust become a full member of the Royal Free London group.
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01 August 2018
The NHS - on the Brink? was the title used by Professor Sue Richards for her talk to mark the opening of How Come We Didn't Know?, a photographic exhibiition tracing the increasing involvement of big corporations in the National Health Service. Sue Davies from Defend Enfield NHS outlines what Professor Richards had to say.
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28 July 2018
A decision about whether or not the North Middlesex University NHS Trust should become part of the Royal Free London Foundation NHS Trst will be taken in early October.
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13 June 2018
Healthwatch Enfield is hosting two events to give local people an opportunity to discuss and influence the future direction of the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. Participants will have a unique opportunity to talk directly to the Chief Executive and other senior leaders at the North Mid about their priorities and how they think the hospital should develop over the next five years.
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30 May 2018
A consultation on the criteria for deciding whether the NHS in London will carry out hip and knee operations runs until 4th June.
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16 May 2018
A meeting is being held on 7th June with the aim of increasing the number of people who are members of Patient Participation Groups at their GP surgery.
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10 April 2018
A local group set up to defend NHS services in Enfield is asking everyone concerned about thefuture of the Health Service to join their surgery’s Patient Participation Group.
Dr Martin Blanchard of Defend Enfield NHS explains:
“We are asking people concerned about the future of the NHS to join their local Patient Participation Group because it will help us discover in more detail what exactly is going on in Enfield and will provide more opportunities for us to probe and question.......
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14 March 2018
David Flint attended the Chase Farm Hospital update at the Dugdale Centre on Tuesday and has kindly shared with us his summary of what was said. We also have the PowerPoint slides used at the presentation.
The new hospital is within budget, it will open in August - as promised four years ago - and they've raised more money than expected from the sale of spare land. What about services and quality?
The hospital will provide planned ("elective") treatments in eight operating theatres.......
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05 February 2018
Details of a public meeting about redevelopment of Chase Farm hospital.
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24 January 2018
On Saturday 3rd February people concerned about the current state and future of the NHS will be marching from University College Hospital to Downing Street*. Each group and each individual will have different views about what they want for the health service, but there are two things that all of them, and I hope all of you, would like from the prime minister and chancellor:
urgent steps to resolve the current crisis; and
the opening up to public and parliamentary scrutiny of.......
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11 January 2018
Are you a patient or carer affected by cancer? Would you like to help shape cancer services and improve early diagnosis?
UCLH Cancer Collaborative has various opportunities for people who have had cancer treatment, or cared for someone who has had cancer treatment, to get involved.
The involvement opportunities are
Being a patient representative on a Pathway Board or Expert Reference Group – deadline 28th January
Joining the Patient Experience and User Involvement Steering Group.......
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13 December 2017
A message from Defend Enfield NHS: "The NHS is under immediate threat and everyone who appreciates its benefits and wants them to continue needs to consider helping pay for a court case against the Health Secretary."
Exaggerated alarmist language from a bunch of amateurs? Well, it's true that the local NHS defence group can boast only one retired consultant among its members, but the court case that they are urging us to support was taken out by four leading experts on the NHS - Dr.......
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26 October 2017
Chase Farm hospital has paid nearly £2.5 million in rates over the past five years and faces an increase of £60,000 this financial yearChase Farm, Barnet and the North Middlesex hospitals, in common with NHS hospitals throughout the country, are facing increased business rates, while many private hospitals, classified as charities, have their business rates reduced by 80 per cent.
This seemingly anomalous situation was revealed by Enfield Over 50s Forum in their most.......
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04 October 2017
The decision of Enfield NHS commissioners to go ahead with cutting access to a list of NHS operations and other procedures has been strongly criticised by Monty Meth, president of the Enfield Over 50s Forum, and by the watchdog body Healthwatch Enfield.
As expected, the governing body of Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) approved stricter criteria for a list of 11 procedures and treatments at its meeting on 20th September. Interviewed after the meeting by the Enfield Independent,.......
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27 September 2017
The start of the letter sent to the head of NHS England. The full text is at the end of this article.Leaders of five North London boroughs have requested a meeting with the head of the NHS in England to discuss their very serious concerns about evolving plans to transform the delivery of health services in their area. The council leaders complain that, despite the stated aim of working in collaboration with councils to improve services and health outcomes, they are in practice being.......
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