Guest blog from Jonathan Wells, Director of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Jonathan is a mental health professional of 34 years’ experience, who remains deeply committed to the best possible mental health care for those who might need it (now and in the future), and their families. Our Healthwatch has been […]
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Jan Thomas, the new Accountable Officer for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), came to our AGM last week to tell us about their plans for the future. The CCG are responsible for planning and paying for most of our health care services locally. However, they are facing significant […]
Read more →South Cambridgeshire resident Will lost too much weight and became unwell with untreated Crohn’s disease after struggling to communicate with health professionals. Will is Deaf and uses British Sign Language. Will shared his story with us at our AGM last week to help us launch our ‘It Starts With You’ […]
Read more →On Thursday 5 July 2018 the NHS is going to be 70 years old! Over the last 70 years the NHS has transformed the health and wellbeing of the nation. for more information about the NHS turning 70 visit: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs70/ To celebrate the 70th Birthday of the NHS, there are […]
Read more →In the last year, we have listened to more than 4,000 people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to find out what is important to them. Making a Difference Together, our annual report, tells the stories of what we have done as a result of what people have told us. In April […]
Read more →Congratulations to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) who were graded as overall ‘Good’ in their recent Care Quality Commission inspection report, published yesterday. The report Trust provides mental health and community health care and employs more than 4,000 people. The report noted a number of areas of “outstanding […]
Read more →Join the Wheelchair User’s Forum for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Our next meeting is on Monday 25th June 2018, 11.30am – 1.30pm The Studio, Pendrill Court, Ermine St North, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 3UY Wheelchair services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are currently being re-tendered by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group […]
Read more →From 25 May, you’ll be able to make a choice about how the NHS uses your confidential patient information for reasons other than your individual care. 77% of the public say they are confident in the ability of the NHS to protect their patient data. Are you? People’s patient records […]
Read more →Three young people from City College Peterborough are working with us on an important new project to help improve access to GP services for disabled people. Travis, Holly and Hazel have a passion for making things better for disabled people. They are founder members of the Access Champions project at […]
Read more →North West Anglia Trust are looking for volunteers to help with their Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) visits to Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough City Hospitals. PLACE is the system for assessing the quality of the patient environment. The assessments involve local people (known as Patient Assessors) going into […]
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