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Building a Healthier Future: Healthwatch Celebrates Transformative Hospital Developments in Cambridgeshire!
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is excited about the government’s latest announcement on hospital development, which includes significant projects for the region. Hinchingbrooke Hospital and the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital have been…
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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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Partnership Boards success over cost-of-living and ability to pay for care
Rising energy and food bills have been the main focus of the cost-of-living crisis. However, people’s ability to pay their assessed contributions to councils towards their care and support costs has also been affected by the current situation.
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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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Share for Better Care Week
This week we are supporting the Share for Better Care campaign. Take three minutes to share your experience of health and social care!
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Interviewed in CQC Report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found improvements are needed following an inspection of the mental health crisis services and health-based…
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BBC Look East
This week Jess Slater, CEO of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, was interviewed by BBC Look East as part of an on-going focus on the…
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Latest reports and publication

Accessing Healthcare Online Report
We are pleased to present the findings of our Digital Enablers Survey, conducted on behalf of the NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, which captured valuable feedback from the community on the future of digital access to health and care services.
A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to share their experiences and ideas. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping how digital tools can better support people across our area. The responses from this survey will help inform the procurement specification, which will guide the next steps in developing a new digital front door.
We appreciate all your contributions.
A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to share their experiences and ideas. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping how digital tools can better support people across our area. The responses from this survey will help inform the procurement specification, which will guide the next steps in developing a new digital front door.
We appreciate all your contributions.
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Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice Enter and View Report
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have published a report into the services provided at the Sue Ryder Hospice, Thorpe Hall, Peterborough.
The visit took place on the 25th November 2024.
The purpose of these visits was to talk to patients and gain a greater understanding of their experiences of the services that the clinics provide, identify what is working well and what improvements could be made.
The visit took place on the 25th November 2024.
The purpose of these visits was to talk to patients and gain a greater understanding of their experiences of the services that the clinics provide, identify what is working well and what improvements could be made.
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