1. What to expect from a good care service?

    Advice and Information -

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

  2. Homecare in Barnet: A report on service user experiences

    Report -

    Healthwatch Barnet sought the views of people using homecare services and their relatives/carers, including those who use council services, and those who pay for their care privately. Over 40 responses were received.

  3. Our Q&A with Barnet’s Mental Health Trust: a report

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    In a recent public event, we invited Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, who provide Barnet’s NHS mental health services, to answer your questions in an online Q&A.

  4. What to do if your child has a respiratory illness

    Advice and Information -

    The NHS is seeing an increase in respiratory illness in children, as COVID restrictions ease and people mix more. Here's what to look for and where to get help if it's needed.

  5. 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.

  6. What should you expect from home care services?

    Advice and Information -

    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

  10. Enter and View: Elmhurst Residential Home

    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.

  11. Enter and View : Henry Nihill House

    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

  12. Dementia in Barnet

    Report -

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

  13. Meet our volunteers

    Blog -

    Find out more about our volunteers

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

    Report -

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

  15. 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.

  16. 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.