News and reports

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.

Next week is Dying Matters Awareness Week - helping people to raise the conversation about dying, death and bereavement.

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.

People receiving direct payments for adult social care are to get a 10% rise from Peterborough City Council.

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.

Our strategy - approved earlier this month - sets out what we think is most important for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough to do over the next five years.

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.

The local NHS is postponing all non-essential appointments from 20 March to help it deal with the pressures caused by COVID-19 coronavirus.

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.

At this meeting the Directors will be asked to approve our five-year strategy. This sets out our five priorities and the difference we want to make by 2025, together with local people and organisations.

Together with Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, we have taken part in a review of new Accident & Emergency targets.

The NHS Constitution is a useful document to know – setting out what patients, the public and the staff working for it can expect from the NHS.