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PPG Meeting

Haringey Patient Participation Groups Conference Report 2021

Healthwatch Haringey hosted an online PPG Conference on Saturday 19 June 2021 from 11am to 2pm, comprising opening and closing sessions, a keynote speaker, and three workshops.

23 September 2021

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Healthwatch Haringey Annual Report 2020/21

If ever there was a need for the voices of patients, service users and the public to be heard it was in 2020/21, and in this report you will read about the ways in which we worked in this testing period.

Online Phone GP Appointment

Haringey GP Access report looks into face-to-face, phone and video appointments

Providing GP services over the phone and online through the internet has had a big impact on patients’ ability to contact their surgeries and their relationships with GPs.

GP on Phone

GP Surgery Mystery Shopping - December 2020 – January 2021

Earlier this year some of our volunteers carried out a ‘mystery shopping’ exercise, phoning all 38 Haringey GP practices to find out how long it took to reach a staff member.

North Middlesex University Hospital - High Intensity A&E Users Study

North Middlesex University Hospital were keen to explore a social prescribing intervention approach to work with individuals who are very frequent visitors to A&E departments to successfully modify their behaviour. Our brief study explores this.

14 January 2021

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Amaze report calls for improvements to SEND parent and carer engagement

The report was commissioned by Haringey Council and Contact. It looked at how well parents and carers were involved in shaping services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Living Through Lockdown

Living Through Lockdown

Lessons from Haringey’s most vulnerable service users. This report is a summary of issues and concerns experienced by adult social care service users and carers during the lockdown in Haringey. Suggestions for service improvements are also presented.

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Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on Turkish/Kurdish communities in Haringey

COVID-19 has impacted many people’s health, income, job security and social interactions. This report explores the impact on Turkish and Kurdish communities, looking at the social and economic barriers, and health inequalities during lockdown.

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Haringey care homes in the time of COVID-19

We surveyed Haringey care home managers and asked how care homes are coping with Covid-19. Do they feel supported and can they access the basics they need to provide a good quality of care?

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Healthwatch Haringey Annual Report 2019/20

Healthwatch Haringey continued to make sure the patient voice was load and clear this year through all the changes we faced, including the abolition of Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group and the challenge of Covid-19.

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Review of Haringey day centres for people with learning disabilities

Haringey Council is planning to open a new day centre for people with learning disabilities. We were commissioned to find out how day centres can best support people with learning disabilities and their carers to have a good life.

3 February 2020

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Healthwatch Haringey Annual Report 2018-2019

This has been yet another eventful year for Healthwatch Haringey – but an exciting one as we continued to speak up for people who use health and social care services of all kinds. Read our 2018-2019 Annual Report.