News and reports

People with severe mental illness (SMI) are dying much earlier than people who don't have a mental illness, mostly from highly preventable causes. This research aims to find out which physical health services need improving for these patients.

Survey launched to gather young people’s views and feedback on sexual health services in Haringey.

Healthwatch Haringey staff and volunteers will be at a range of local community meetings and events offering free blood pressure checks.

Start Well Case For Change report identifies opportunities for improvement in maternity, neonatal, children and young people’s services following extensive consultation.

Doctors of the World ran two training sessions for Haringey GP Practices in advance of Healthwatch Haringey mystery shopping. The mystery shopping will check whether Haringey GP Practices insist new patients produce ID or proof of address.

Following our investigation into local people’s experiences of Long COVID, treatment has been improved so that more support is available and more quickly.

A new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), hosted by Whittington Health NHS Trust, has opened in Wood Green’s The Mall shopping centre.

Haringey Advice partnership, HAP, is set to relaunch its services at the beginning of October with our partners Vibrance and Citizens Advice.

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is looking for nurses, therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other staff.

A new investigation from BBC News and the British Dental Association has found nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. Read response from Healthwatch England.

The NHS will be rolling out the newly developed, bivalent COVID-19 vaccine from September.

In December 2021 Haringey Council agreed that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) would be introduced. The Adult Social Care Joint Partnership Board have challenged the lack of exemptions relating to this for those most vulnerable.