News and reports

Our strategy - approved earlier this month - sets out what we think is most important for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough to do over the next five years.

The coronavirus crisis has put huge pressure on our local hospitals.

To make sure they can look after people with acute needs, hospitals are changing the way patients no longer needing a bed are discharged.

The local NHS is postponing all non-essential appointments from 20 March to help it deal with the pressures caused by COVID-19 coronavirus.

We are closing down all face to face activities for the next 12 weeks, whilst we work to support the local NHS and care organisations manage the coronavirus crisis in our area.

At this meeting the Directors will be asked to approve our five-year strategy. This sets out our five priorities and the difference we want to make by 2025, together with local people and organisations.

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge have taken part in a review of new Accident & Emergency targets.

The NHS Constitution is a useful document to know – setting out what patients, the public and the staff working for it can expect from the NHS.

The number of people using urgent and emergency care services is increasing. And people are often arriving at A&E when they don't need to be there.

Big savings can be made for the NHS if people buy over the counter medicines rather than ask for them on prescription.

A unique approach to tackling funding issues in our local NHS has been highlighted in our newly-published Community Values Panel reports.

Terms of Reference for the Physical Disability Partnership Board.

Two new directors have joined our Healthwatch Board. Nadia Emmony and Paul Jobling were endorsed at our Board meeting in Cambridge yesterday.