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We need to have 7-day community services so that people can be helped to live well at home, to stay out of hospital and to get out of hospital faster.Report -
Reviewing and assessing the meaningful activities planned for the residents and obtain feedback from the residents.Report -
The aim of this Enter and View visit was to find out about type of care provided by the home.Advice and Information -
Practical help you can use to make a complaint about a care home.Advice and Information -
Information to help you make a complaint about children's social care services.News -
The NHS is developing their Long Term Plan for the next 10 years. We want to hear your views so we can inform how services are delivered in the future.News -
This interim report focuses on people who are cared for in segregation on a learning disability ward or a mental health ward for children and young people.News -
Haringey Council has committed to a £30million investment to build a new 70-bed nursing home at Osborne Grove.News -
During April and May 2019 Healthwatch Haringey spoke to 113 local residents about their experiences of health and care services and what they thought about the potential future developments detailed in the NHS Long Term Plan.News -
Over the last year North London Hospice has matched 91 people with Compassionate Neighbours, a scheme that links volunteers with those facing a potentially life-limiting or chronic illnesses.Advice and Information -
Find out what to do if you have COVID-19 symptoms, where to go for support and how you can help stop the spread.Advice and Information -
Take a look at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) quick guide to discussing and planning support following a dementia diagnosisReport -
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?News -
Care home residents are set to be reunited with friends and family as visits begin again following the publication of new government guidance on 22 July.Report -
Lessons from Haringey’s most vulnerable service users. This report is a summary of issues and concerns experienced by Haringey adult social care service users and carers during the lockdown. Suggestions for service improvements are also presented.News -
What does the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice?News -
The Living Through Lockdown Report (August 2020) was a summary of issues and concerns experienced by Adult Social Care service users and carers during the 2020 lockdown in Haringey. The Council has responded to its recommendations.Advice and Information -
Do you or a loved one need help with social care? Read the article below and find out answers to key questions about who can access adult social care and how to pay for it.Advice and Information -
Take a look at our advice article on the organisations and groups that can support you if you’re grieving.
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The NHS will be rolling out the newly developed, bivalent COVID-19 vaccine from September.News -
Are you an individual, carer, parent or representative with lived experience of receiving or supporting someone to manage their Personal Health Budget (PHB), Social Care Direct Payment or Integrated Budget?News -
Haringey Council’s current Safeguarding Adults Strategy came to an end in 2022 and the Council is now consulting on a new plan for the next 5 years.Report -
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.Advice and Information -
Working in partnership with Haringey Council, Mobilise will provide residents in Haringey who are caring for someone access to online support.Advice and Information -
People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.Response -
In the summer of 2014 we prioritised research into the specifics of GP access in Tottenham Hale.Report -
This report deals with access to GP services in the Tottenham Hale area of Haringey and in doing so also includes comparative information relating to GP access in the four area collaboratives and in Haringey as a whole.Report -
In January 2015 Healthwatch Haringey produced a report on GP surgeries in Haringey which highlighted areas of strength and areas for improvement.Report -
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.News -
Well done to West Green Surgery in Tottenham who received an outstanding rating from the CQC following their recent inspection visit in March 2019.News -
Over a three month period we worked with staff at Fernlea GP Surgery to improve digital communications with patients and the display areas of their waiting rooms.Advice and Information -
Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.News -
Camden, Islington and Haringey Councils, together with Camden, Islington and Haringey’s Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) want to improve public awareness of cancers and how to detect cancer symptoms early.Advice and Information -
NHS staff are working flat out to cope with an unprecedented health emergency, and they need you to help them by following advice and using NHS services in the right way.Advice and Information -
Changes to 'opt-out' during the COVID-19 pandemic mean that even if you previously opted out of sharing your health and care record, it will now be visible to NHS services providing you with care.Advice and Information -
If you are worried about any unusual symptoms you may be experiencing that could be cancer, please contact your GP.Report -
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.Advice and Information -
COVID-19 poses a unique challenge for health and social care professionals when talking to someone with hearing loss. Here are some important tips to help you communicate effectively.Advice and Information -
Working with National Voices, Traverse, and PPL, Healthwatch England put together some tips on how to get the most out of the virtual health and care appointments both for patients and health and care professionals.Blog -
Social Prescribing Link Workers are located across Haringey in GP surgeries and community projects. Public Voice (which manages and runs Healthwatch Haringey) manages 11.News -
Over 50s Health Needs Assessment asks how well Haringey people can access health services.News -
Residents and voluntary sector staff shared their views on local health and care services at the virtual public meeting led by North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCLCCG) on 19th November.News -
Help us to understand more about why local people may or may not take up flu or coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.Advice and Information -
To respond to digital exclusion in Haringey we are working with North Central London Clincal Commissioning Group (NCL CCG) to support Haringey patients to access digital health and care services online.Advice and Information -
Take a look about what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccination programme including how you will know when it's your turn, where to go, and why it's important.Advice and Information -
With information from Professor Sir Terence Stephenson, Chair of the Health Research Authority (the NHS research ethics regulator), we explain how things moved so quickly and why the vaccine is safe.News -
The NHS have produced some videos about the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in a range of community languages.Advice and Information -
NHS England invites people who are 60 to 63 years old to have their vaccine
