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The Silver Line is the only national confidential and free helpline, open 24 hours a day, providing information, friendship and advice for older people. -
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Healthwatch Barnet sought the views of home care agency managers and home carers to paint a more comprehensive picture of the experiences and challenges around delivering home care services locally. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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! -
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Welcome to our Healthwatch Barnet newsletter for September.
We have had a very busy Summer at Healthwatch but are looking forward to lots of new exciting work over the Autumn. You can also view the Annual Report. -
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News and information in the Healthwatch Barnet Winter Newsletter -
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'I am an individual and I want personalised care'
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Our centrepiece for Dying Matters Awareness week, was a special online community event. -
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Do you have experience with children? You could help Home-Start Barnet make a real difference to the lives of local families says Communications and Engagement Manager, Victoria Anderson-Adair. -
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Caroline Walker of Barnet Libraries introduces their Reading Well collections. -
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In association with Barnet Integrated Learning Disability Service and Barnet Mencap, Healthwatch Barnet arranged a special My Health Matters event. Catch up with what was discussed here. -
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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. -
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Barnardo’s has launched a special helpline called Boloh, for parents and carers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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). -
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Our complaints process outlines how to make a complaint about us and our approach to making sure complaints are resolved. -
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The purpose of this document is to provide good practice guidance on Enter and View visits/activities. -
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In this newsletter, we invite you to share your experience of health and social care in Barnet to influence our future priorities. We also introduce some services that may be of interest. -
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This annual report highlights the work delivered during the year ending March 2020. By being a bridge between commissioners, service providers and the public, Healthwatch Barnet have been able to make meaningful changes to services in the borough. -
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In this newsletter, we introduce the new team under the provider Inclusion Barnet! -
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Can you spare some time for a 30 minute chat about your Health and Wellbeing priorities and experiences? -
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Welcome to the November edition of our Healthwatch Barnet newsletter. -
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All your Spring news and views in the Healthwatch Barnet March Newsletter -
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It's Volunteers’ Week, a time to say thanks for the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. Healthwatch Barnet volunteer Stewart explains what volunteering means to him. -
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Read our annual report to find out more about our work between April 2020 and March 2021. In an unprecedented year, we have continued to champion people’s voices and support the local COVID 19 response. -
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Discover the Barnet Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and its vision for improving the health and wellbeing of all those who live, study and work in Barnet. -
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The Healthwatch Barnet September newsletter is out now! -
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Recent research has shown over 2 million adults in England may have had Long COVID. Are you one of them? Please help us gather insight to improve local services. -
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Millions of people have had their treatment delayed by the pandemic – are you one of them? We want to know if you’re getting the advice, information and support you need while you wait. -
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Healthwatch Barnet is working with a group of local GPs to improve the care they and their teams provide. We are looking for people willing to take part in a survey exploring their understanding of advance care planning. -
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Read the minutes from the Healthwatch Barnet Advisory Board Meeting held on 8 October 2021. -
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During October and November, Healthwatch Barnet visited five of Barnet’s public libraries in a series of events to chat to local residents, our first face-to-face events in over a year. -
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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.