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Championing what matters to you

It has been another extraordinary year as Covid-19 has continued to affect everyone’s lives. Our Annual report tells some of our stories from the last twelve months and the difference you’ve made by sharing your experiences...

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Insights from our new care home report welcomed

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".

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Your care, your way – Join Healthwatch’s new campaign

Clear, understandable information is important to help you make the right health and care decisions. Join our campaign and have your say on what needs to change.

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Support to help people waiting for hospital care

More than eighty-five thousand people are now waiting for hospital care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Although this may be just the tip of the iceberg and some are ‘missing’ from this count as they’ve not come forward...

18 January 2022

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How new Health and Care Experience profiles can help improve care

Our Healthwatch was involved in an innovative pilot project to help health and care systems across the country understand how well they are supporting people in their communities who may face more barriers to care.

6 September 2021

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Our 2020-2021 Annual Report — out today

Our Annual Report for 2020-21 is published today and highlights the work of our Healthwatch through the Covid-19 pandemic and more.

Stewart Francis - Healthwatch Chair

Taking your views to the heart of decision making

The introduction of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System from 1 July gives us a unique chance to feed people’s views into the planning and running of services – especially the voices of those who are not being heard now.

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Join our team as an Administration Officer

Use your administration and people skills to help local people connect and share their health and care experiences with our Healthwatch.

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Help the NHS make decisions about which treatments and services it provides

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are looking for volunteer Lay Members and a volunteer Ethicist to join their Clinical Policies Forum. This important group reviews and advises on which services and treatments should be funded locally.

Latest reports and publications

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Our annual report 2021 to 2022

Our Annual Report for 2021-22 is published today and highlights the...

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Healthwatch Board Meeting in public - Wednesday 29 June 2022

At our June meeting, we will be looking at people's experiences...

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Life in a care home report

Our new report, Life in a care home, is published today. And tells...

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Healthwatch Board Meeting in public - Wednesday 23 March 2022

Our March meeting includes an experiences report on NHS dentistry....