News and reports

Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) you have the right to make a request for a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, and organisations must provide a copy of the information free of charge, however a ‘reasonable fee’ can be charged if a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

This was an announced E&V visit as part of a planned set of visits investigating the mealtime experiences of residents at a range of care and nursing homes within Barnet. The Home provides nursing with care for 39 residents with different needs.

The GP Patient Survey has been conducted by Ipsos MORI, on behalf of NHS England, since 2007. A questionnaire is sent annually between January and March to patients registered with GP practices across England and results are reported in July/ August.

In June, Healthwatch attended the SOS – Stamp out Stigma! Conference, organised by the Hendon School Mental Health Wellbeing Team. With over 300 attendees, it was a big success in thinking about how mental health stigma can be tackled in schools.

In March 2018, at a Student Success Festival, HW spoke with students at Middlesex University to find out what their health priorities were. We found out that the top priority for students were mental health services followed by access to GP services.

This is a Middlesex University & Healthwatch Barnet Collaborative report as a result of four MSc students working with HW to understand their role and help them better communicate and engage with young people aged 18 - 30 years.

Welcome to the Healthwatch Barnet Summer Newsletter.
We are very pleased to announce that we were successful in retaining the Healthwatch Barnet contract and have been continuing our work across the Borough to hear your feedback about local services. The contract is initially for 1 year so will be reviewed again in early 2019. But we are delighted to be continuing!

CommUNITY Barnet is committed to the protection of the rights and freedoms of all individuals including staff, trustees, volunteer, service users, and community members in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This policy will apply to CommUNITY Barnet and all its subsidiary organisations including Healthwatch Barnet, Healthwatch Brent, Healthwatch Newham, Volunteer Centre, and Wellbeing Hub; which will be collectively referred to in this document as CommUNITY Barnet.

Welcome to our summer 2018 newsletter.
We are very pleased to announce that we were successful in retaining the Healthwatch Barnet contract and have been continuing our work across the Borough to hear your feedback about local services. The contract is initially for 1 year so will be reviewed again in early 2019. But we are delighted to be continuing!

We were alerted to difficulties in accessing/registering with GP services in Barnet, especially for people without a permanent address. We decided to research the registration process, by contacting the 57 GPs in Barnet through mystery shopping.

This project set out to explore awareness and use of different medical services available in Barnet, amongst residents attending a GP surgery. Millway Medical Practice was approached as a key
location to carry out this project.