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…
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…
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,…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
In August, Healthwatch Enfield embarked on a new project, working in partnership with a group of Enfield GP practices to improve patient’s experiences of booking GP appointments. Over the next few weeks, we will be visiting GP practices across the borough to talk to patients about their experience of booking…
On 24th July 2018, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust took ownership of the new Chase Farm Hospital from its building constructors marking a landmark moment in the redevelopment of the new hospital with the final preparations now taking place ahead of the first patients being treated at the…
North Mid, or North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, is currently exploring whether the hospital based in Sterling Way, Edmonton should become part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. This would mean that, like Chase Farm and Barnet Hospitals, decisions about North Mid would be made by the…
