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Your health and social care champion
Our Annual Report 2022-23 highlights the work of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough during the last twelve months and the vital role you play in helping us make an impact.
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Healthwatch volunteers investigate health inequalities across Cambridgeshire in latest report
Research conducted by a group of our Healthwatch volunteers, known as Health Champions, has helped us deliver a report into health inequalities affecting people locally.
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Volunteers lead project to help improve A&E care
Healthwatch volunteers investigated the ideas and experiences of people in their local communities as part of a project to help the NHS plan future urgent and emergency care services.
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Insights from our new care home report welcomed
Our new Life in a care home report, published today, has been welcomed by local councils and our local NHS as "important" and providing "valuable insights".
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Support to help people waiting for hospital care
More than eighty-five thousand people are now waiting for hospital care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Although this may be just the tip of the iceberg and some are ‘missing’ from this count as they’ve not come forward for treatment.
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How new Health and Care Experience profiles can help improve care
Our Healthwatch was involved in an innovative pilot project to help health and care systems across the country understand how well they are supporting people in their communities who may face more barriers to care.
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East Barnwell Health Centre prepares for management change in October 2024
We understand that patients have significant concerns about the recent developments at East Barnwell Health Centre. Rest assured, the practice will…
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Kadie's Journey: A Tale of Care and Advocacy During Carers' Week
To mark the start of Carers' Week, we've released a video featuring Graham, our Partnership Development Manager, in conversation with Kadie…
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Posthumous national award for Elspeth Jones
The life of Elspeth Jones has been celebrated posthumously at the 2024 Dimensions Learning Disability and Autism Leaders List Awards.
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Latest reports and publication
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Sensory Impairment Partnership Board Minutes April 2023 to March 2024
Read more about the issues discussed by the Sensory Impairment Partnership Board this year.
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Physical Disability Partnership Board Minutes April 2023 to March 2024
Read the minutes from Physical Disability Partnership Board over the last year.
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