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Improving wheelchair services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
16/08/2017
We are helping to get wheelchair users and the people who support them involved in making wheelchair services work better for them. Last year, our...
New Chief Executive for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
11/08/2017
We are pleased to announce that Sandie Smith has been appointed as Chief Executive for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Sandie, currently...
Why everyone should have their say on what should be available on prescription
31/07/2017
NHS England is running an important consultation to look at stopping 18 medicines it says are 'low-value' being prescribed by GP practices. This is...
Adult & Older People's Mental Health Social Care Strategy
11/09/2014
Cambridgeshire County Council Mental Health Strategy update September 2014. Cambridgeshire County Council are looking at how they can provide better support to adults and older people who use mental health social care services. They want to provide support that is more personalised to individuals;...
Help the Council make its tough budget choices
27/08/2014
Cambridgeshire County Council needs you to help them make some hard decisions about their annual business plan and budget for 2015/2016. Next year the Council will have 7.1% less money to spend on local services from the Government; the local population is increasing and the price of daily living...
Urgent Care Services
19/08/2014
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) want to know about your experiences of Urgent Care Services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Urgent care is sometimes referred to as unplanned care (as opposed to a planned operation or appointment). Urgent care services are...
The Inspectors are coming to Hinchingbrooke Hospital
30/07/2014
In September the Care Quality Commission (the CQC) will be inspecting Hinchingbrooke Hospital. To help them get the most from their visit they want to know what it is like for local people using the hospital. We are holding a public meeting at 6.30pm on Thursday 4 th September at The Maple Centre,...
Have your say on a new healthy lifestyle service in Cambridgeshire
25/07/2014
Cambridgeshire County Council are developing new healthy lifestyle and weight management services. They want to make these services available in more areas and attract more people to use them. They need your help to understand what kind of services local people want. It doesn’t matter if you have...
Time Credits help build health & wellbeing in local communities
17/07/2014
At Healthwatch Cambridgeshire we are interested in the new Time Credit scheme in Wisbech, as a way of getting people involved in their local community and improving their health & wellbeing. Local people can become Time Credit members and earn one Time Credit for every hour of volunteering they...
New report wants same access to feedback on Maternity Services for all new parents & parents to be
16/07/2014
Letting mums, dads and parents to be have a say on local maternity services Healthwatch Cambridgeshire has found that local people don’t all have the same chance to feedback on their experience of maternity care, due to inequalities in funding local Maternity Service Liaison Committees (MSLCs). In...
Lifeworks - campaigning to be listened to
09/07/2014
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire are pleased that people who use Lifeworks mental health drop-in centre in Cambridge will be working with the local mental health trust to help design future Personality Disorder Support Services. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust were going to close...
Our First Year
30/06/2014
Welcome to our first Annual Report It has been a busy year for us! In our Annual Report we show you how we have approached our task of gathering people’s experiences of health and care services. We show you how we have fed your views back to the people who provide, buy and regulate these services...
Have your say on the DRAFT Suicide Prevention Strategy
19/06/2014
Suicide is a major public health issue which has a big impact on everyone. Suicide is not inevitable and many deaths can be prevented if local organisations work together. A joint suicide prevention strategy is being developed by Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council and...
Local Healthwatch feedback on Proposals to Improve Older People’s Healthcare & Adult Community Services
18/06/2014
Working together for a stronger patient voice. Healthwatch Cambridgeshire is working with other Local Healthwatch to make sure that people’s views are listened to when important decisions are made about the future of Older People’s Healthcare and Adult Community Services. Cambridgeshire &...
Adult Support Drop-in Events
10/06/2014
Cambridgeshire County Council are continuing to provide a series of drop-in events for anyone who is: living with a long-term illness or disability providing unpaid support to adult family members or friends who could not manage without this help struggling with an age-related condition Each drop-...
Have your say on proposed changes to local Personality Disorder Services
06/06/2014
Our local mental health Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), want to redesign how Personality Disorder Services are provided across the county. These changes mean that in some areas there will be new services and in others areas there will be less or different...
Then What? Healthwatch England Special Inquiry
13/05/2014
Healthwatch England has launched a special inquiry into what happens to people when they are discharged from health and social care settings. They have heard that things often go wrong when people are discharged from health and social care institutions. Healthwatch England believe that tens of...
We are helping the CQC gather your views on Community Health Services
28/04/2014
Tell us about your experience of using local community health care The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be inspecting Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust's (CCS NHST) local services from 27th May, to check on the quality of the care they are providing. This is part of a national programme...
Alternative guide to emergency & urgent care
08/04/2014
We love this new animation from the King's Fund which busts some myths about A&E services in crisis. If you would like to view the animation with closed captions, you can do so on the King's Fund Youtube channel . You can also download the Alternative guide to the urgent and emergency care...
Free and confidential advice about support for adults with long-term needs and carers
02/04/2014
Cambridgeshire County Council have arranged a series of drop-in events to provide free and confidential information and advice to adults living with a long-term illness or disability, older people struggling with an age-related condition, and anyone providing unpaid support to adult family members...
Have your say on plans for older people's health care and adult community services
12/03/2014
Thirteen week consultation launched on 17th March, with events all around the county. The Cambridgeshire & Peterbrough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wants to improve older people’s healthcare and adult community services. To do this they have been going through a process called the...
Better Care Fund
06/03/2014
Have your say how local money is being spent to provide joined up health & social care. The “Better Care Fund” is money to make health & social care services provide joined up care and help people stay out of hospital when they don’t need to be there. The government has asked local health...
Volunteer with us!
04/03/2014
We are looking for Outreach Volunteers to help us spread the word about Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and find out what people think of local health & social care services. Applications are open to people who live or work in Cambridgeshire. You will talk to people within your local community about...
Psychiatry Services in A&E at Addenbrookes Hospital
25/02/2014
The psychiatry team in A&E at Addenbrookes is changing the way they work, with a bigger team aiming to improve services for patients. They want to hear about your experiences of psychiatric support at A&E and your ideas on how to make things better. They are running a focus group to discuss...
Your story – three new projects
18/02/2014
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire wants to work with you to help improve local health & social care services. We need your help with three new projects. These are: coming home from hospital, your experience of going home after a stay in Addenbrookes. your experience of calling the NHS 111 non-...
Mental health social care support
14/02/2014
We want to talk with you about adult and older people's mental health social care services, to help Cambridgeshire County Council look at how it supports people. We are working with the SUN Network on this project; you can find out more about them by clicking here. Cambridgeshire County Council...
Arts on Prescription provides weekly workshops
10/02/2014
Arts on Prescription provides weekly workshops for adults experiencing mild to moderate depression and anxiety. Evidence shows them to be effective in reducing the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Previous sessions were the subject of evaluation research carried out in association with Anglia...
Give your views on a national helpline for women who self-harm
31/01/2014
Bristol Crisis Service for Women, a national charity that supports girls and women in emotional distress, is looking at setting up a national helpline for women who are affected by self injury and self harm. They need your help to decide how this service might work, especially if you might use such...
