Everybody has the right to be involved in the decisions that affect their daily lives.
We are supporting local people to get involved in Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council's Adult Social Care Partnership Boards.
Join one of the Boards and use your experience to help improve services for everyone.
The two councils pay us to organise and develop five Partnership Boards in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Each Board’s role is to support and improve care for people who use health and adult social care services.
They do this by including some of the people who use these services in their design, delivery and evaluation.
Social care includes providing social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need or at risk, or adults in need due to illness, disability, old age or poverty.
Each Partnership Board is made up of:
- Service user representatives - called Independent Members
- Voluntary sector service providers
- Statutory services such as health and social care
The aim is for half of the members on each board and its Chair to be health and/or adult social care service users.
Raising issues with adult social care
The Chairs attend the Adult Social Care Forum organised by Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, jointly chaired by the Heads of Adult Social Care Commissioning for both councils. This gives the Boards and other partner organisations a direct communication link with the adult social care senior management for both councils.
Supporting people
Healthwatch organises the Board meetings and provides support and training to the Independent Members to help them in their roles.
