1. Do you need help getting to hospital?

    Advice and Information -

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

  2. Learning disability care in Barnet

    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.

  3. Healthwatch Barnet Public Meeting

    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.

  4. Phlebotomy in Barnet

    Report -

    A report on Patients with Learning Disabilities and their experience of Blood Tests in Barnet

  5. Newsletter: Meet the team!

    News -

    In this newsletter, we introduce the new team under the provider Inclusion Barnet!

  6. Information about coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in community languages

    Advice and Information -

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

  7. Snapshot Insight Report: Deaf People’s GP Challenges

    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.

  8. Snapshot Insight Report: Deaf People’s Healthcare Challenges

    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.

  9. Barnado's new Boloh helpline for parents and carers

    Advice and Information -

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

  10. Your care, your way – Join Healthwatch’s new campaign

    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.

  11. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

    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.

  12. Hospital transport

    Report -

    In summer and autumn 2018, we were contacted by community organisations, individuals and some GP staff about the difficulties patients were experiencing in using hospital transport for their journeys to and from Royal Free Hospital sites.

  13. A report on patients' experiences in Edgware Hospital

    Report -

    We wanted to engage with a wide range of local people to find out about their experience of Health and Social Care services in Barnet.

  14. Barnet's Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for 2018 - 2021

    News -

    As part of their statutory responsibility, the Barnet Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) has released the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for 2018 - 2021.

  15. Patients' expereinces of transport to cancer appointments

    Report -

    Healthwatch talked to cancer patients to learn about their experience of travelling to their appointments in and from Barnet. The report sheds light on the patient experience of cancer transport services, which is not captured elsewhere.

  16. December 2017 newsletter

    News -

    Welcome to the Healthwatch Barnet Newsletter for December 2017.
    We have had an exceptionally busy few months and have lots to report. It is hard to believe that it is the end of 2017! In October we welcomed Leah Kenny as our new Policy and Research Officer. She has very quickly grasped the role and is a real asset to our team.

  17. September 2017 newsletter

    News -

    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.

  18. How you make a complaint about primary care services is changing on 1 July 2023

    Advice and Information -

    From 1 July 2023 the way members of the public make a complaint about primary care services to the commissioner is changing.