1. Report -

    This announced E&V visit was part of a planned set of visits reviewing safeguarding at a range of care and nursing homes within Barnet.
  2. Report -

    Our Enter and View team conducted this announced visit to Acacia Lodge Care Home as part of a planned set of visits reviewing safeguarding at a range of care and nursing homes within Barnet.
  3. Report -

    Our Enter and View team conducted this announced visit to Acacia Lodge Care Home as part of a planned set of visits reviewing safeguarding at a range of care and nursing homes within Barnet.
  4. Report -

    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.
  5. Report -

    This is an announced E&V visit undertaken by Healthwatch Barnet’s E&V Representatives. The team observed a weekday lunch at Henry Nihil House. This mealtime
    visit follows a previous more in depth Healthwatch Barnet E&V visit carried out in June 2015
  6. Report -

    This report gives an overall view on dementia services in Barnet.
  7. Blog -

    Find out more about our volunteers
  8. Report -

    A new report into the impact on Barnet care homes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  9. Blog -

    Former Mayor of Barnet, Lisa Rutter introduces Dementia Club UK, the charity she founded in 2015 to help those living with Alzheimer’s disease and their carers.
  10. Report -

    For our new Snapshot Insight report we spoke to Barnet people about what they understand Advance Care Planning to mean, in order to help local GPs overcome the barriers stopping people accessing the many benefits of ACP.
  11. Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.
  12. Report -

    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.
  13. Report -

    Healthwatch Barnet held our Annual Meeting at the Subud Centre in East Barnet on 13 October 2016, where we presented the Healthwatch Annual Report and summarised some of the work that the Healthwatch team of staff and volunteers have been undertaking in the last year.
    Thank you to all of those who attended and participated in this thought-provoking afternoon. We hope you enjoyed it.
  14. Report -

    A report on Patients with Learning Disabilities and their experience of Blood Tests in Barnet
  15. News -

    In this newsletter, we introduce the new team under the provider Inclusion Barnet!
  16. Advice and Information -

    The NHS have produced some videos about the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in a range of community languages.
  17. Report -

    We conducted a focus group with deaf residents in Barnet to gather in-depth qualitative data on their experiences with GP surgeries. Read our report and recommendations.
  18. Report -

    Following publication of our report into the challenges deaf people face accessing their GP, Healthwatch Barnet ran follow-up focus groups on the experiences of deaf residents on access to more general health services.
  19. Advice and Information -

    Barnardo’s has launched a special helpline called Boloh, for parents and carers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
  20. News -

    Clear, understandable information is important to help you make the right health and care decisions. Join the Healthwatch campaign and have your say on what needs to change.
  21. Advice and Information -

    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.