1. What should you expect when it comes to care for your teeth?

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    Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.

  2. What young people told us at Middlesex University Fresher’s Fair 2018

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    Students at university tend not to realise the importance of registering with a GP or getting routine dental checks.

  3. Accessing Dental Services: Engagement with Middlesex University students

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    We asked students at the Success Festival in Middlesex University, about their access to dental services since starting university and received responses from 43 students. The festival covered a wide range of health and well-being topics.

  4. What to expect from a good care service?

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    Whether you are visiting the GP, living in a care home or having an operation, everyone deserves access to safe, high-quality care.

  5. Dental Care in Barnet A Report on Family Attitudes and Experience

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    Healthwatch Barnet has commissioned Home Start Barnet to capture the views of young parents and families with young children, on their experience of how they access dental services. The parents of 96 young children completed 56 questionnaires, representing 56 families.

  6. Meet our volunteers

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    Find out more about our volunteers

  7. What can your NHS dentist do for you?

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    Pandemic or not, it's important to look after your teeth.

  8. Your dentist and you: your questions answered

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    Taking care of your teeth is vital to good health. If you have questions about finding a dentist, or related questions, this article is full of advice.

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

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

  10. 10 top tips to get the most out of your dental appointment

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    Everyone should be able to access good quality NHS dental services. Take a look at our top tips to help you get the most out of your next dental appointment.

  11. Enter and View: Athenaeum Residential Care Home (safeguarding)

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    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.

  12. Enter and View: Arkley Nursing Home (Safeguarding)

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    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.

  13. Enter and View: Acacia Lodge Care Home (Safeguarding)

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    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.

  14. Enter and View: Elmhurst Residential Home

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    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.

  15. Enter and View : Henry Nihill House

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    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

  16. Dementia in Barnet

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

  17. Barnet Care Homes and the impact of COVID-19

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

  18. Introducing Dementia Club UK

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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.

  19. Snapshot Insight Report: the Barriers to Advance Care Planning

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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.