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Advice and Information -
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. -
News -
Most people want to die at home, but the reality is that the majority of us are spending our last days in hospital. -
News -
Today Healthwatch has published a new report Empowering people at the end of life. -
Report -
Report following our visit to Broadleigh Care Home on 5 February 2016 using our legal power to enter and view. -
Report -
Report following our visit to Lavender Care Home on 16 March 2016 using our legal power to enter and view. -
Report -
Read about our visit to Clayburn Court Care Home on 14 November 2016 using our legal power to enter and view. -
Report -
Read our new report into life in Ashlynn Grange Care Home in Bretton following our visit on 25 September 2019. -
Report -
Report following our visit to Field House Care Home in Eyebury Road, Peterborough on 30 October 2019. -
News -
People receiving direct payments for adult social care are to get a 10% rise from Peterborough City Council. -
Advice and Information -
Free testing for coronavirus (Covid-19) from the NHS has ended for most people in England. -
News -
Communications with patients and service users must be a priority as health and care services restart following the peak of the pandemic. -
Report -
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. -
Report -
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. -
Report -
The third - and final - briefing from our three-month Covid-19 survey is published today. -
News -
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to continue with the lockdown rules and basic hygiene advice and not get distracted by news of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine progress. -
News -
The way people are discharged from hospital across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should work better for patients says our new report published today. -
Report -
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. -
News -
The local NHS has responded to a letter from us promising improvements to end of life care for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. -
News -
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on care home residents and on their friends and families and staff. Our new survey records your experiences and challenges over the last 12-18 months – and asks what life is like now. -
News -
Limits on visitors at care homes have been lifted in updated Government guidance. But is this making a difference for local families getting to see their loved ones? -
Report -
Our new report, Life in a care home, is published today. And tells the experiences of people living at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and their friends and families. -
News -
Our new Life in a care home report, published today, has been welcomed by local councils and our local NHS as "important" and providing "valuable insights". -
Report -
Report following our visit to Ashlynn Grange care home on 25 September 2019 using our legal power to enter and view. -
News -
At our recent Healthwatch Summit – Adult Social Care: Meeting the challenges, we welcomed a wide range of local health professionals and service users who shared their experiences. -
News -
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. -
News -
The local NHS is postponing all non-essential appointments from 20 March to help it deal with the pressures caused by COVID-19 coronavirus. -
News -
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. -
News -
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. -
Blog -
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. -
Blog -
It's business as usual for Healthwatch says CEO Sandie Smith. And it's more important than ever for local people to tell us how their health and care has been affected during the coronavirus crisis. -
Report -
Log on and watch our next Board meeting in public. We'll be talking about how we are supporting local people and services during this difficult time. -
News -
Next week is Dying Matters Awareness Week - helping people to raise the conversation about dying, death and bereavement. -
News -
A "conditional plan" to begin lifting England's coronavirus lockdown was announced yesterday by the government. -
News -
A new interactive website has launched for the 16,000+ Cambridgeshire and Peterborough people who are shielding during the covid-19 lockdown. -
News -
Groups of up to six people will be able to meet outside in England from Monday, 1 June. -
News -
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says lockdown will be “safely eased” in England next month. -
Blog -
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? -
Blog -
Rob is one of the 32,000+ people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have been shielding for the last four months. As shielding is due to be paused tomorrow, he reflects on his experience of care.