News and reports

Local health commissioners confirm that tongue tie services are available on the NHS in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Plans to improve them are to be included in the local Better Births Plan for maternity services.

At this meeting we will be hearing from Paul Marshall, Cambridgeshire Sector Lead for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).

Read about our visit to Boroughbury Medical Centre on 11 July 2017 using our legal power to enter and view.

A successful launch event shows there is still much to do to achieve Accessible Information as Standard

Peterborough resident Peter Skivington has lent his support to Healthwatch’s campaign to help improve information given to disabled people.

At this meeting we will be talking about our Accessible Information as Standard report, published 8 November 2017.

Health and care services are not always offering people with sensory and learning disabilities information in a format they can understand. The law says that they must do this.

Young people need more flexible, creative solutions to give them the information and support they need to stay mentally well.

A new autism service for young people is due to start in the autumn thanks to the lobbying of Pinpoint, our Healthwatch and the National Autistic Society.

You are welcome to attend this meeting which is held in public 7pm - 9pm, Wednesday, 13 September, The Fleet, Fleet Way, High Street, Fletton, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 8DL

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.

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