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Advice and Information -
Palliative care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. We have pulled together some guidance to help you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and make decisions about your future care. -
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Most people want to die at home, but the reality is that the majority of us are spending our last days in hospital. -
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Continuing Health Care is social care arranged and funded by the NHS for people who have been assessed as needing care to manage a health problem. -
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Today Healthwatch has published a new report Empowering people at the end of life. -
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People receiving direct payments for adult social care are to get a 10% rise from Peterborough City Council. -
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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? -
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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. -
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The way people are discharged from hospital across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should work better for patients says our new report published today. -
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Hospital discharge is a complicated process. And the way people leave hospital across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should work better for patients says our new report out today. -
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The local NHS has responded to a letter from us promising improvements to end of life care for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. -
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Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board from the last year. -
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Thanks to the feedback you shared, NHS and care services have worked hard to improve the support people and their families get near the end of life. -
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Recruitment of Healthwatch Community Researchers volunteers is under way to help us conduct projects and speak to local people about their experiences...and we are looking for more to join us in St Neots, St Ives and Peterborough. -
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At our recent Healthwatch Summit – Adult Social Care: Meeting the challenges, we welcomed a wide range of local health professionals and service users who shared their experiences. -
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In this article, we explain the role of Integrated Care Boards and Integrated Care Systems, identify their different roles, and look at how Healthwatch works with them. -
Advice and Information -
Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed. -
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Hearing loss is a condition ignored by society and the people who have it. -
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Healthwatch wants to see people and organisations involved in conversations about how to tackle the funding crisis in the local NHS. -
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Some patients have had problems with appointment bookings at Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough City Hospitals following a recent update to their IT systems. -
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Talking about death is still thought of as taboo or difficult and people are confused about how to make their final wishes. -
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People in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough want faster, easier access to GP services and clear information to help them manage their health. -
Advice and Information -
NHS Foundation Trusts are accountable to patients and members of the public who have the right to become members. Find out how to get involved and have a say on what happens in our local NHS Trusts. -
Advice and Information -
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. -
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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. -
Advice and Information -
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. -
Advice and Information -
Everyone should be able to get the care and advice they need to keep their teeth, gums and mouth healthy. But lots of people tell us how hard it is to find an NHS dentist in Peterborough. -
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It was wonderful to see lots of people at the Healthwatch Peterborough Annual Conference today (Thursday 8 June), giving us a chance to let people know how we have been serving them over them over the past year. -
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Peterborough resident Peter Skivington has lent his support to Healthwatch’s campaign to help improve information given to disabled people.
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Next week is Dying Matters Awareness Week - helping people to raise the conversation about dying, death and bereavement. -
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A "conditional plan" to begin lifting England's coronavirus lockdown was announced yesterday by the government. -
Advice and Information -
Take a look at our advice article on the organisations and groups that can support you if you’re grieving. -
Advice and Information -
Free testing for coronavirus (Covid-19) from the NHS has ended for most people in England. -
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says lockdown will be “safely eased” in England next month.