1. Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

    Advice and Information -

    People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

  2. Where can I go to get help for my health out of hours?

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    Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

  3. Support available when you have a terminal illness - planning end of life care

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    Palliative care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. We have pulled together some guidance to help you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and make decisions about your future care.

  4. Do you need help travelling to NHS services?

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    Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

  5. Healthwatch wants equal access to shaping maternity services for all new and potential parents

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    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).

  6. First Steps to Health report published

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    Over 1,000 people told us what their First Steps to Health would be in an innovative survey to find out about local people's attitudes to using primary care services.

  7. Healthwatch signs up to Time to Change mental health campaign

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    We are supporting mental health in the workplace. At our annual general meeting (AGM) n Sawtry last week, we gave our backing to the Time to Change campaign to end mental health stigma and discrimination.

  8. Keeping mental health on the agenda

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    Mental health came under the spotlight at our annual general meeting (AGM) last week when an expert panel was invited to discuss service provision and support.

  9. Better care needed for local Gypsies, Romany and Travellers

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    Gypsies, Romany and Travellers make up the largest minority ethnic communities in Cambridgeshire yet are more likely to have poor health than other local people.

  10. Thriving - improving young people's mental health

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    Children and young people want mental health support that is meaningful and relevant to them says a new report published by Healthwatch Cambridgeshire.

  11. Healthwatch published new report about young people's mental health

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    Our My Own Mind report looks at Ely College students' attitudes to stress and anxiety.

  12. Helping Addenbrooke's improve outpatients' care

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    We are helping Addenbrooke's improve people’s experiences of outpatients. This was an area of concern for the Care Quality Commission when they visited last year.

  13. Our first year

    Report -

    In our first Annual Report we show you how we've helped make a difference to local services based on what you've told us.

  14. Annual Report 2014 - 15

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    Welcome to our second annual report. It has been a busy year where we have worked hard to raise our profile, talk to more people about their experiences of care and build positive relationships with a diverse range of partner organisations.

  15. Making care better with you - what we did in 2015-16

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    This annual report tells the stories of how we have helped local people shape services and the difference our Healthwatch has made.

  16. Our annual report - it starts with you

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    Last year, we talked with more than 3,800 Cambridgeshire people from communities across the county to find out what is important to them. Their stories of care have helped us influence and improve local health and care services.

  17. New Healthwatch report on Hinchingbrooke Emergency Department

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    Staff are friendly but the Emergency Department (ED) can be very busy and patients aren’t always getting the privacy they need, says new Healthwatch report published today.

  18. Healthwatch Cambridgeshire launch

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire welcomed more than 140 people to its launch event in the St Ives Corn Exchange on Wednesday 10 July 2013.

  19. Visits to care homes in Cambridgeshire

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    The reports from 13 care homes we visited using our legal power to enter and view.

  20. Healthwatch report finds caring staff at Addenbrooke’s A&E

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    ‘Staff are helpful and caring’. That's the main message people had for us when we visited Addenbrooke's Hospital in early December.

  21. Being Happy, Being Me - new report into young people's mental health

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    New report looks at young people’s attitude towards and understanding of mental health in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  22. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 16 January 2014

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    Board Meeting of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire

  23. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 13 June 2013

    Report -

    Board Meeting of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire

  24. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 12 September 2013

    Report -

    Papers for the Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting.

  25. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 13 November 2013

    Report -

    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board Meeting

  26. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 19 March 2014

    Report -

    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  27. Healthwatch Board Meeting in public - 15 May 2014

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting

  28. Healthwatch Board meeting in public and AGM - 16 July 2014

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting and first AGM

  29. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 18 September 2014

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public

  30. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 12 November 2014

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting

  31. Making care better in Addenbrooke's Outpatients' Department

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    "What's the point in telling you about my experience? It won't make any difference."

    We hear this a lot and can understand people's cynicism; But we believe that most of the time, most people providing care want to do the best job they can.

  32. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 14 January 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  33. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 11 March 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public

  34. Patient voices help improve care in Hinchingbrooke Emergency Department

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    Privacy for patients and continuous staffing of the reception desk are two of the things that have improved for patients in Hinchingbrooke Hospital Emergency Department, since Healthwatch visited them last October.

  35. Healthwatch raises concerns about proposed fertility service cuts

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    The proposed IVF funding cuts are against national guidance, will affect poor people the most and may not save the planned £700,000 per annum from local NHS budgets.

  36. Thank you to retiring board member Mike

    News -

    We said a big thank you and a sad goodbye to Director Mike Hewins at our AGM this month.

  37. Extra money for local NHS dentists

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    NHS England has put extra money into Dental Access Centres in Peterborough and Wisbech after our report into dentist availability earlier this year.

  38. Local NHS-funded IVF treatment suspended indefinitely

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    Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has decided not to re-instate IVF on the NHS whilst they are still in debt.

  39. First of our care home food and drink reports published

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    Our volunteers stepped up to the plate when they dined with the residents at Rheola Care Centre in St Ives on a planned visit to the home.

  40. Whittlesey care home visit report published

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    Our volunteers visited Keneydon House in Whittlesey as part of our care home food project to find our about the residents' experiences of food and drink in the home.

  41. Changes made in Addenbrooke's Emergency Department following Healthwatch visit

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    Patient voices help improve care in Addenbrooke’s Emergency Department after the hospital makes a number of changes following a visit from Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  42. Improving wheelchair services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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    We are helping to get wheelchair users and carers involved in making wheelchair services work better for them.

  43. Healthwatch calls for improvements in local wheelchair services

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    The wheelchair service is often poorly co-ordinated, with people waiting too long for wheelchairs and repairs says Sitting Comfortably, our new report published today.

  44. Healthwatch Board Meeting in public - 20 May 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  45. Healthwatch Board meeting in public and AGM - 15 July 2015

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    You are welcome to come to our second Annual General Meeting.