News and reports

This year we continued to chart the challenges for many people in accessing health and social care and we focussed on the importance of research in understanding the unmet needs of patients.

The Improving Cancer Journeys Learning Programme from UCLPartners and Macmillan would like to understand the challenges you have had, or are currently facing, and what support may be needed.

The government is planning changes to the fit note system that could mean people being sent to health and work advisers rather than going to their own GP, when they’re seeking time off work for ill health.

We are looking for Advisory Board Members who would be committed to help influence Haringey’s health and social care direction for the better.

Healthwatch Haringey took part in the national research on the benefits and challenges of pharmacy care.

North Central London Experts by Experience (E by E) Board is looking for new members

Working in partnership with Haringey Council, Mobilise will provide residents in Haringey who are caring for someone access to online support.

Over four years after the start of the first wave of COVID-19, around two million people in Britain still have Long COVID

Haringey Advice Partnership (HAP) has been supporting vulnerable residents with a variety of needs, from general information, advice and guidance to more complex cases.

As Haringey previously had one of the highest stillbirth rates in England, North Central London NHS asked Healthwatch Haringey to look into inequalities in health and care provision.

Although the former owner signalled its intention to sell its business last year, it did not wait for permission from the NHS, but went ahead and sold to HCRG in December 2023, notifying North Central London Integrated Care Board of the sale three months later.

This report summarises the community feedback from workshops carried out by Healthwatch Haringey on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust. The new Integrated Health Hub was due to open in Wood Green, Haringey in 2025. Unfortunately the Hub has now been cancelled.