News and reports

Welcome to our Healthwatch Barnet newsletter for July. We would like to start by thanking our fantastic volunteers who have contributed over 1,700 hours of their time and expertise in helping developing health and social care services. Read on to find out more about their activity and our Healthwatch Barnet projects. Through Volunteers’ Week in June, we held an information session and lunch for our great bunch of Volunteers, and would like to offer a big thank you to all our volunteers who contribute so much to our organisation!

This announced E&V visit was part of a planned strategy to look at the quality of care provided at a range of care & nursing homes within Barnet. Elmhurst Residential Home is a privately run home for up to 30 older people living with dementia.

This was an un-announced E&V visit as part of a planned strategy to look at a range of care and nursing homes within Barnet to obtain a better idea of the quality of care provided.

This was an announced E&V visit as part of a planned set of visits to look at a range of care provision within Barnet to obtain a better idea of the quality of care provided. Speedwell House is a Sheltered Housing Plus unit, which provides for tenants who have been designated by Barnet Social Services as needing day and night care.

This report summarises two announced Enter and View visits undertaken by Healthwatch Barnet to look at the services provided to the public at Finchley Memorial Hospital’s Walk-in-Centre, particularly focusing on patient experience at this site.