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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. -
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Students at university tend not to realise the importance of registering with a GP or getting routine dental checks. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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.
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Find out more about our volunteers -
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Pandemic or not, it's important to look after your teeth. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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.