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

    Blog -

    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. 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.

  8. Improving Healthwatch Barnet's communication with young people

    Report -

    This is a Middlesex University & Healthwatch Barnet Collaborative report as a result of four MSc students working with HW to understand their role and help them better communicate and engage with young people aged 18 - 30 years.

  9. Experiences of podiatry services in Barnet

    Report -

    After being made aware of issues for service users not being able to continue accessing NHS podiatry services, Healthwatch Barnet decided to look at the alternatives that are available locally to understand the options open to Barnet residents.

  10. The 15 Steps Challenge

    Report -

    Read about the experience of one of our volunteers who was invited to participate in a "15 Steps" visit to the Children's Orthoptics Clinic at Vale Drive Primary Care Centre, Barnet. This paediatric eye service includes screening, diagnosis and treatment for children within the Borough.

  11. A report on patient experience at the fracture clinic at Barnet Hospital

    Report -

    Healthwatch Barnet visited the Fracture Clinic at Barnet Hospital in November 2016. This followed receipt of a number of comments from patients over a period of time that clinics were overcrowded, with some patients forced to stand and that the waiting time at clinics was excessive. However, this report highlights a positive outcome as a result of the Virtual Fracture Clinic

  12. Newsletter: Healthwatch Barnet has a new provider!

    News -

    Welcome to our first newsletter under the new provider Inclusion Barnet. This issue will give some more information about the handover of provider to Inclusion Barnet as well as how we plan to operate during the coronavirus crisis.

  13. Newsletter: Meet the team!

    News -

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

  14. Barnet residents have their say on remote GP appointments

    Report -

    Throughout the pandemic, GPs had to adjust their services to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Healthwatch Barnet has gathered insight from residents to find out what they make of the new arrangements and remote appointments.

  15. The Integrated Care System - The Future Delivery of Healthcare Services in Barnet

    Blog -

    A report on our special online event on the development of the Integrated Care System in Barnet.

  16. Edgware Community Hospital Walk-in Centre reopens

    News -

    The NHS walk-in centre at Edgware Community Hospital will re-open on Friday 25 February 2022, increasing access for local residents to urgent healthcare appointments and helping relieve pressure on local A&E departments.

  17. Update: the North Central London Integrated Care System and Barnet Borough Partnership

    Blog -

    Barnet's new Integrated Care System (ICS) came into force at the beginning of July. Healthwatch Barnet was pleased to host an event for the general public on the ICS with directors of NCL ICB (North Central London Integrated Care Board).

  18. Temporary change in opening hours for Edgware Community Hospital and Finchley Memorial Hospital walk-in centres

    Advice and Information -

    To improve equity of access to unscheduled care services across the London Borough of Barnet, we are changing the opening hours of our two walk-in centres at Edgware Community Hospital and Finchley Memorial Hospital.

  19. A new approach to support people living with long-term conditions in North Central London

    Advice and Information -

    GP surgeries across north central London (NCL) have begun supporting people living with certain long-term conditions in a different way, using personalised care and treatment to help them manage their conditions effectively and prevent health issues escalating wherever possible.

  20. A new approach to support people living with long-term conditions in North Central London

    Blog -

    GP surgeries across north central London (NCL) have begun supporting people living with certain long-term conditions in a different way, using personalised care and treatment to help them manage their conditions effectively and prevent health issues escalating wherever possible.