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Healthwatch Haringey research finds people from migrant communities and those affected by homelessness face multiple barriers to access to a GP in Haringey.

This was another challenging year for health and care services, and people wondered whether services would return to “business as usual” or whether they had changed for the long-term.

Long COVID has had a huge impact on people’s physical and mental health . We heard from Haringey people about the challenges of living with Long COVID, and the difficulties of getting a diagnosis and accessing appropriate health services and support.

North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCL CCG) and Haringey Council are planning an Integrated Health and Wellbeing Hub in Wood Green, bringing a range of health services together in one central place in Haringey.

Major report co-ordinated by five Healthwatch in North Central London (NCL) reveals a devastating impact on people's mental, social and financial wellbeing as well as long-term effects on their physical health.

Between November 2021 and January 2022, Healthwatch Haringey completed a stocktake of all 40 GP practices in Haringey, reviewing their phone lines/systems and websites.

We looked at how young people’s mental health and wellbeing was impacted by COVID-19 and lockdowns. We found increased levels of stress, anxiety and mental ill health.

From August 2020 to August 2021 Healthwatch Haringey ran a support programme for Patient Participation Groups. This report will be useful to anyone working in patient engagement or joining, starting up or running a PPG.

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.

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.

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.

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.