1. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 15 January 2020

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    Our Directors will be hearing about the 'Best Start in Life' programme from Helen Freeman of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Public Health team.

  2. New Directors join our Board

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    Two new directors have joined our Healthwatch Board. Nadia Emmony and Paul Jobling were endorsed at our Board meeting in Cambridge yesterday.

  3. Help keep vulnerable adults and children safe from harm

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    Abuse can happen anywhere, by anyone. Some forms of abuse and neglect are obvious. Others are hidden. You can help by spotting and reporting any signs of neglect or exploitation of children or adults at risk.

  4. Community Values Panel helps NHS

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    A unique approach to tackling funding issues in our local NHS has been highlighted in our newly-published Community Values Panel reports.

  5. Know your NHS rights and responsibilities

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    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.

  6. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 11 March 2020

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    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.

  7. What we are doing to help tackle coronavirus

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    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.

  8. Non-essential appointments and procedures to be postponed

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

  9. Virus forces changes to way hospital patients are discharged

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    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.

  10. Healthwatch sets strategy for the next five years

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    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.

  11. We're here ... and we're listening

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    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.

  12. Helping to talk about death and bereavement

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

  13. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds13 May 2020

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    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.

  14. Coronavirus government update May 11

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    A "conditional plan" to begin lifting England's coronavirus lockdown was announced yesterday by the government.

  15. Lockdown lifts - from 4 July

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    Prime Minister Boris Johnson says lockdown will be “safely eased” in England next month.

  16. Guided by you - our Annual Report for 2019 - 20

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    Our Chair Val shares her proudest moments from 2019-20 as we launch our Annual Report for the last 12 months.

  17. Sensory Impairment Partnership Board - Terms of Reference

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    Sensory Impairment Partnership Board - Terms of Reference

  18. First findings published from our Covid-19 survey

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    Communications with patients and service users must be a priority as health and care services restart following the peak of the pandemic.

  19. Covid-19 briefing 1

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    The first findings from our Covid-19 survey are published - revealing people's experiences of health, care and community support during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

  20. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds15 July 2020

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    Log on and watch our next Board meeting in public.

  21. How are people with sensory impairments coping in the pandemic?

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    Imagine trying to socially distance or navigate a new supermarket layout if you can't see. Or how about trying to communicate with a health professional wearing a mask if you rely on lip-reading?

  22. Healthwatch Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Weds 22 July 2020

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    Join our Annual General Meeting and find out about our work and projects over the last 12 months and take part in our special discussion about care.

  23. Thank you to retiring board members Graham, Sue and Frances

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    At our Annual General Meeting today – online due to coronavirus restrictions – we said a sad goodbye to three of our Healthwatch Directors: Graham, Sue and Frances.

  24. Our volunteers' programme earns UK quality award

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    Healthwatch is toasting its volunteers after being awarded the Investing in Volunteers (IiV) award.

  25. Let's restart health services together

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    Healthwatch Chair Val Moore was on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Monday calling for local people to be involved and informed about restarting local NHS services.

  26. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 16 September 2020

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    Join us online for our next Board meeting in public. Our Directors will be hearing about our success in achieving the nationally recognised Investors in Volunteers Award.

  27. Giving GP Websites a Check-up

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    Our new report, Giving GP Websites a Check-up, is out today and looks at how easy it is to find information on GP websites across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  28. We give GP websites a check-up

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    Our new report - Giving GP Websites a Check-up - is out today and looks at how easy it is to find information on GP websites across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  29. Delays and cancellations: people need information says our Chair

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    Coronavirus has had a big impact on the health system – resulting in delayed or cancelled operations, treatment, screenings and referrals for local people.

  30. Staying connected: not everyone’s online

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    The Covid-19 outbreak and social distancing rules have affected the way organisations and support groups meet.

  31. Summit for Peterborough - city must stay vigilant

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    Peterborough is now off the coronavirus watch list – but people must stay vigilant.

  32. What you’ve been telling us

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    People in and around Peterborough have been in contact with Healthwatch on a whole range of health and care issues since lockdown started in March.

  33. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 11 November 2020

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    Join us online for our next Board meeting in public. Our Directors will be hearing about our engagement work over the last 12 months.

  34. Green light to UTC move - but not until 2021

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    Plans to relocate Peterborough’s Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and GP Out of Hours Service to the city hospital site will go ahead – but not before next April at least.

  35. New vaccine hopeful but stick to lockdown rules

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    Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to continue with the lockdown rules and basic hygiene advice and not get distracted by news of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine progress.

  36. Update on dental services

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    The Covid shutdown of dental services across our area aggravated existing problems around access to high street NHS dental care.

  37. Making GP websites clearer for patients

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    A new information checklist has been developed by our Healthwatch volunteers to help GP surgeries make their websites clear and accessible for patients.