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Volunteers Week 2024 runs from 3-9 June. Here at Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, we would like to mark this occasion by recognising the outstanding and invaluable contribution that our volunteers make to our work. -
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The spring COVID-19 vaccination programme is now underway. If you are aged 75 and over, or six months and over with a weakened immune system, please do take up the offer of the spring COVID-19 vaccination as it will help protect you from serious illness. -
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The cost of living crisis has put many people under financial strain, and prescription costs are more than some can afford. Find out what help is out there to help you cover the cost of your medication. -
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The new Pharmacy First scheme enables your local pharmacy to treat some common conditions with prescription-only medicines, without you visiting your GP. Find out everything you need to know. -
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The life of Elspeth Jones has been celebrated posthumously at the 2024 Dimensions Learning Disability and Autism Leaders List Awards. -
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Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board April 2023 to March 2024 -
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Read about the issues the Learning Disability Partnership Board has been discussing over the last year. -
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Read about the issues being discussed by our Older People's Partnership Board over the last year. -
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Read the minutes from Physical Disability Partnership Board over the last year. -
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Read more about the issues discussed by the Sensory Impairment Partnership Board this year. -
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We understand that patients have significant concerns about the recent developments at East Barnwell Health Centre. Rest assured, the practice will continue to provide GP services and medical care, despite the current management partnership handing back their contract on 9 October 2024. -
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Our latest report, 'Digital Inclusion', shares the findings from a survey conducted by our Community Researcher volunteers.
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We live in a digital age. As health and care services continue to adapt to advances in technology and incorporate the benefits it can offer, our digital inclusion survey investigated how this shift is impacting service users. -
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Our July meeting will be followed by our Annual General Meeting which will focus on our business process, our Annual Report, and our audited finances. -
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Join our online Annual General Meeting and find out about our business processes over the last 12 months. -
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“I can’t watch the TV with two eyes.” That quip sums up all you need to know about Mia Hansson and her constant need to be doing something creative and meaningful with her time.
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Our Annual Report 2023-24 highlights the work of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough during the past year and demonstrates that, by listening to your lived experiences, together we can make a difference. -
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Our Annual Report for 2023-24 is published today and highlights the work of our Healthwatch over the last year. It shows how your feedback has helped influence improvements in health and care services. -
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The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) is launching an open conversation to gather the views of everyone living in the region on the future of healthcare in the region. -
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An NHS spokesperson said: “The NHS is aware of a global IT outage and an issue with EMIS, an appointment and patient record system, which is causing disruption in the majority of GP practices. -
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What are physician associates? Find out about their training and what kind of care they can provide. -
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There’s never a good time to break your ankle. But doing so outdoors on the hottest day of the year, and with the 999 emergency phone network completely out of action, might be one of the worst. -
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Living with the long-term condition endometriosis, Becki Dobbin describes herself as an ‘Endo Warrior’. It’s an appropriate title, as she has certainly had to battle to receive the care she needs over recent years. -
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NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB) were notified by the current providers of GP services at East Barnwell Health Centre of their intention to end their current contract on 9 October 2024. -
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Healthwatch England has recently published a blog which analyses the condition of NHS premises across the country. -
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Project Manager, Karen Igho, reflects on our recent Patient Participation Group (PPG) seminar held on 24th June 2024 at Huntingdon Library. -
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To help shape services to support us all to live longer, happier, and healthier lives, we would like to hear about your experiences of life’s changes. What worked well? What could have helped you cope better? -
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Our annual Summit event, being held in Peterborough on Wednesday 2nd October, will place health inequalities under the microscope. -
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have broadly endorsed the findings of Lord Ara Darzi’s review of the NHS, published on 12th September. -
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Following a robust procurement process, a new GP service provider, Malling Health, has been secured to deliver primary care services for the patients of East Barnwell Health Centre. -
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Our September Board meeting will include an update on our activity during the last quarter and reports regarding the Partnership Boards and Engagement activities provided by Carole Rose, Head of Administration and Finance, and Caroline Tyrell-Jones, Head of Operations. -
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With the spotlight currently on eye care following National Eye Health Week, staff and volunteers at Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough recently conducted a series of Enter & View visits to eye clinics based at local hospitals. -
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough welcomed around 150 people to a Summit on tackling health inequalities on Wednesday 2nd October. -
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Cambridgeshire, Peterborough & Royston’s dedicated mental health and wellbeing support website www.Keep-Your-Head.com has relaunched with a refreshed new look, offering local people quicker, easier access to information on local services and support available to them, or for those they care for. -
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have published a report into the services provided at eye clinics based at local hospitals.
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has published a report into the services provided at eye clinics based at local hospitals. -
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Read more about the issues discussed by the Sensory Impairment Partnership Board this year. -
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Read the minutes from Physical Disability Partnership Board over the last year. -
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Read about the issues being discussed by our Older People's Partnership Board over the last year. -
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Read about the issues the Learning Disability Partnership Board has been discussing over the last year. -
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Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board April 2024 to March 2025. -
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NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough want to better support local people by giving you greater digital or online access to healthcare information, options and services.
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The Carers Partnership Board has been working with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Partnership to improve services for carers who experience abuse. Our Healthwatch was invited to the launch of the Buses and Businesses against Abuse Campaign, and our Non-Executive Director, Frances Dewhurst, attended and has provided more information about the campaign.
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have published a new report on tackling health inequalities which contains the findings of our recent Summit event. In attendance were members of the public with lived experience of health inequalities, healthcare professionals and policymakers. -
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Our Adult Social Care Partnership Boards regularly discuss and raise concerns about places to go to the toilet and access to shops. These two items enable people to live their lives as freely and independently as possible. -
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NHS England have produced an easy read document on how to stay well this winter.