News and reports

Mental health came under the spotlight at our annual general meeting (AGM) last week when an expert panel was invited to discuss service provision and support.

We are supporting mental health in the workplace. At our annual general meeting (AGM) n Sawtry last week, we gave our backing to the Time to Change campaign to end mental health stigma and discrimination.

Healthwatch wants to see people and organisations involved in conversations about how to tackle the funding crisis in the local NHS.

Come to our Annual General Meeting, help us celebrate the successes of the last year and join our conversation about improving local mental health support.

Our Healthwatch has helped to improve health and care services for some of the most vulnerable people in our area thanks to the experiences local people have shared.

The meeting hears about the Enhanced Response Service running across Cambridgeshire and about county charity Cam Sight which supports people of all ages with low vision and blindness.

The meeting hears about raising awareness of Charles Bonnet Syndrome, where a person whose vision has started to
deteriorate sees things that aren't real.

Hearing loss is a condition ignored by society and the people who have it.

Our Board will hear from Dr Mark Sanderson, Medical Director of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, who will talk about the local development of primary care networks.

The meeting hears from Specialist Housing Advisors who help people find the right housing.

Information from our 2016 'Our Health Matters' project to listen to the health experiences of local Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, has fed into a new House of Commons Committee report, published last week.

Most people want to die at home, but the reality is that the majority of us are spending our last days in hospital.