News and reports

Healthwatch Enfield partners with Enfield Council Neighbourhood Regeneration team to hold drop in sessions with residents.

Care Homes have been closed to visitors since March 2020. For the first time in almost two years, we’re starting up our programme of Enter and View visits to assess how residents are doing as a result of the pandemic.

This article will tell you about when you can ask for a test, how to arrange it, the process and more.

We are running a survey to find out how friends and relatives have found contacting loved ones in hospital.

The changes come after the Department of Health and Social Care announced the end of the shielding programme for people identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’

Have you had any issues contacting relatives who are in hospital?

We are working with five other Healthwatch branches to gather local insight into your experiences of Long COVID to support the development of services and systems.

Welcome to Healthwatch Enfield’s newsletter! I’m delighted to share some of our recent outreach and engagement work.

We have recently heard from 390 local people about their experiences of accessing Primary Care* and local GPs throughout the pandemic and have published a report to share our findings.

To help us select our priorities for the next 12 months we'd like to find out what health and social care issues are important to you. Please complete the survey below and have your say!

We have formed a partnership to carry out some outreach work to help local Bulgarians to discover and access the health and care they need.

On Monday 19th July, the UK Government lifted most COVID-19 restrictions in England. This has been called ‘Freedom Day’ by some people. So, what has changed, and how will this affect hospitals, GP practices, and other health services in Enfield?