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What should you expect from home care services?
The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?
29 August 2017
Advice and Information
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Mealtime observational visits at Royal Free Hospital
In February/April 2017 Enter and View volunteers visited 7 wards at the Hampstead site of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust to investigate the food and mealtime support that was offered to patients.
14 August 2017
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The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services
A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.
31 July 2017
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Enter and View: Heathgrove Lodge (second visit)
This is the first of an 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. Heathgrove Lodge is a purpose built care home that provides nursing care for up to 33 residents.
18 July 2017
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Learning disability care in Barnet
In aiming to address increasing concerns about the quality of care, service users in Barnet are experiencing; through this project, Healthwatch Barnet revealed a number of areas, which could reasonably be improved.
17 July 2017
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A report on patients' experiences at Barnet Hospital
Healthwatch Barnet asked patients a small number of direct questions and encouraged general comments and feedback about their experiences at Barnet Hospital.
16 July 2017
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Enter and View: Arkley Nursing Home
This was an announced E&V 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.
10 July 2017
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Newsletter
July 2017 newsletter
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!
9 July 2017
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The Argenti Telecare Service in Barnet - Healthcare Technology
On Wednesday 14th June 2017 we celebrated volunteer's week with a celebratory lunch to thank all the hard work our volunteers have contributed throughout the year. We also had a guest speaker from Argenti Telecare Service who provide healthcare technology.
27 June 2017
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Enter and View: Elmhurst Residential Home
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.
21 May 2017
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Enter and View: Appletree Court
This was an announced E&V follow-up visit to one carried out on 10th November 2015 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.
15 May 2017
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Enter and View: Lady Sarah Cohen House (second visit)
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.
16 April 2017
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