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Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services. -
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Avoid the wait at the GP and know when to visit your pharmacist instead. Look at how your pharmacist can help you. -
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NHS care is usually very good and most people don’t have any problems. But occasionally things can go wrong. Find out how to complain about healthcare services.
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A unique approach to tackling funding issues in our local NHS has been highlighted in our newly-published Community Values Panel reports. -
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Big savings can be made for the NHS if people buy over the counter medicines rather than ask for them on prescription. -
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Communications with patients and service users must be a priority as health and care services restart following the peak of the pandemic. -
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The first findings from our Covid-19 survey are published - revealing people's experiences of health, care and community support during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. -
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Imagine trying to socially distance or navigate a new supermarket layout if you can't see. Or how about trying to communicate with a health professional wearing a mask if you rely on lip-reading? -
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People across Peterborough are being urged not to delay getting help for their health this winter. And our local NHS services say they are here to help you stay well, safely. -
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Your views are wanted on Government plans to change the upper age for free NHS prescriptions. -
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Anyone using or visiting healthcare settings must continue to wear a face covering and stick to social distancing rules. -
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Care from your GP surgery, difficulties finding an NHS dentist and waits for hospital appointments are amongst the top experiences you've been sharing with us over the last three months. -
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In this article, we explain the role of Integrated Care Boards and Integrated Care Systems, identify their different roles, and look at how Healthwatch works with them. -
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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. -
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More than 70 people came to an emotional performance of Phyllis, a play about an older woman’s experiences following a fall.
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Most people want to die at home, but the reality is that the majority of us are spending our last days in hospital. -
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A ‘perfect storm’ could be brewing for people using mental health, learning disability and autism services, warns the Care Quality Commission. -
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The board has a presentation on local government shared services (LGSS) and hears from Centre 33 about new research into young carers. -
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Read the Carers' Partnership Board's Terms of Reference -
Report -
A review of the Board's activities and discussions 2018-19. -
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Continuing Health Care is social care arranged and funded by the NHS for people who have been assessed as needing care to manage a health problem. -
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Today Healthwatch has published a new report Empowering people at the end of life. -
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Read about our visit to Cherry Blossom Care Home on 26 September 2016 using our legal power to enter and view. -
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Read about our visit to Park Vista Care Home on 20 October 2016 using our legal power to enter and view. -
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Debbie - our Partnership Support Officer - shares her experience of caring for two people with learning disabilities during lockdown. And explains what she's put in place to support them. -
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People receiving direct payments for adult social care are to get a 10% rise from Peterborough City Council. -
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Take a look at our advice article on the organisations and groups that can support you if you’re grieving. -
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It's Carers' Week 2020. Sue Honour, Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Carers' Partnership Board, recognises the amazing dedication and hard work of our area's 75,000-plus carers. -
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Join our Annual General Meeting and find out about our work and projects over the last 12 months and take part in our special discussion about care. -
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Look who’s back! We’ve got an August update from our favourite lockdown vloggers Natalie and Sean and of course Healthwatch staff member and carer Debbie. -
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Our third and final briefing from our three-month Covid-19 survey is published today. -
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The third - and final - briefing from our three-month Covid-19 survey is published today. -
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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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It’s Hate Crime Awareness Week 2023. Our Partnership Development Manager Graham Lewis talks about how our Healthwatch and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Partnership Boards are highlighting disability hate crime. -
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This article focuses on tackling anxiety and highlighting the importance of taking care of your mental health.
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The final report from our Covid-19 survey - published today - highlights the health and care struggles of some of the most disadvantaged in our communities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. -
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Many people looking after family members or friends are reaching breaking point due to not getting the support or recognition they need. Our advice article signposts you to local and national support to help you in your caring role. -
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It’s Carers’ Rights Day. Here, family carers Helen and Annie from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Carers’ Partnership Board – which works to improve local services for carers – share their tips and advice. -
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Hospital discharge is a complicated process. And the way people leave hospital across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should work better for patients says our new report out today. -
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The local NHS has responded to a letter from us promising improvements to end of life care for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. -
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Our new "transport for all" report calls for greater awareness about the needs of older people and people with disabilities to Keep on Moving. -
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The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Partnership Boards have published a new report highlighting transport issues affecting older people and disabled people across our area. -
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Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board from the last year. -
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New members are wanted on the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Partnership Boards. Could you use your knowledge and experience of using social care to help others? -
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Parent carers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are under severe strain looking after their children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. -
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We're looking for volunteers from across Peterborough to help make care better for people with disabilities, older people and family carers.
If you've got lived experience of using social care services, your experience could really help others.