Latest coronavirus advice from Healthwatch Enfield
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Latest advice on coronavirus from Enfield Healthwatch
Enfield Council and Enfield Voluntary Action have brought together a group of local organisations to offer help to Enfield residents who are impacted by the Coronavirus crisis and are in need of extra support. Please help spread the word by passing this information on to your friends and family, especially…
Coronavirus: update from Enfield Healthwatch
Changes to visiting inpatients at local hospitals due to Coronavirus As a precuationary measure, local hospitals such as The North Middlesex University Hospital and The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (including Chase Farm and Barnet Hospitals) have made temporary changes to their visiting times and restrictions. North Middlesex University…
Healthwatch Enfield find that 2 in 3 patients say they would use video-calling or email to contact their GP
Healthwatch Enfield has published a report on the use of technology within Primary Case. Titled Using technology to ease the burden on primary care it outlines their findings from talking to over 1000 patients about their experiences of using patient online, plus their thoughts about using apps, video-calling and email…
Defend Enfield NHS Questionaire
In 2016, concerned Enfield residents came together to focus on issues concerning the structure and organisation of the NHS. The group, Defend Enfield NHS (DENHS) has met monthly ever since and campaigns on Enfield, north London and national issues. PPGs are patient groups intended as a partnership between patients and the GP…
Should there be fewer hospitals providing hip and knee replacements? Get involved!
Enfield Council and Healthwatch Enfield are calling a public meeting to give you an opportunity to share your views about the proposals to reduce the number of hospitals providing planned operations for bones and joints, such as hip and knee replacements. The meeting will see the Leader of Enfield Council,…
North Mid decides not to become part of the Royal Free
At its meeting on 4th October 2018, the Board of North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust considered the case for proceeding to full membership of the Royal Free London (RFL) group. The Board unanimously decided not to pursue this option, but reconfirmed the Trust’s commitment to continuing as a clinical…
Wear it Pink Day—19 October
Local resident Mary Huckle is organising a second Wear it Pink fundraising event together with local businesses around Bush Hill Park station. Incredibly it’s been almost a year since the previous “Wear It Pink” day last October when just over £1000 in donations was raised in a matter of days. …
Have your say about ideas to reduce the number of hospitals providing bones and joints operations for adults
Why things may be changing? Currently, you can have a planned operation for your bones and joints, such as hip and knee replacements, in one of 10 hospitals across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. Information from all hospital suggests that where you have your surgery, may: affect whether you…
Changes to some elective surgery: have your say
Criteria for varicose vein procedures, cataract surgery and a specific knee procedure (knee arthroscopy) on the NHS are being looked at—have your say. In June and July, Healthwatch Enfield announced that four treatment areas were being reviewed under a clinically-led programme called London Choosing Wisely. The programme aimsto develop pan-London…