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Log on and watch our next Board meeting in public. This session, we'll be hearing from the Board's Business Development Programme Group and finding out how our latest work projects are progressing. -
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Join our online Annual General Meeting and find out about our work and projects over the last 12 months and take part in our conference and workshops on tackling health inequalities. -
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Your views are wanted on Government plans to change the upper age for free NHS prescriptions. -
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Anyone using or visiting healthcare settings must continue to wear a face covering and stick to social distancing rules. -
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The views of Peterborough people have helped make national change to health and care across England. -
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Gary Lee, a local NHS therapist, spoke at our 'On equal terms' conference last week and shared how online therapy appointments were opening up treatment to people who would not have been able to access it before. -
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Services that are developed in partnership with the people who use them work better for everyone. Healthwatch's Graham Lewis was joined by Lois Sidney and Dave Lee of the SUN Network to talk co-production at our 'On Equal Terms' conference last week. -
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Digital exclusion is more complicated than just not having a computer and in this workshop at our recent 'On Equal Terms' conference, we explored what the issues are and some of the work being done locally to tackle it. -
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Your views are wanted in a public consultation on eligibility for non-emergency patient transport services. -
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Peterborough City Hospital patients with abnormal test results and those arriving with worrying symptoms suggestive of cancer are being targeted in a new fast-track diagnostic service. -
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Our Healthwatch was involved in an innovative pilot project to help health and care systems across the country understand how well they are supporting people in their communities who may face more barriers to care. -
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Local people from South Asian communities told us how services could better help them manage their diabetes. And their suggestions are helping local health and care planners to improve the support people get. -
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Come along to our next Board meeting in public. We'll be hearing about the appointment of our new Chair, Stewart Francis, and saying goodbye to retiring Chair Val Moore and long-serving Directors Susan Mahmood, Nik Patten and Margaret Robinson. -
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Young people told us they need better support when moving from children's to adults' mental health services. And their suggestions are helping health and care planners think about how to improve care. -
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Your views are wanted on new plans on how to support autistic children, young people and adults in Peterborough over the next five years. -
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Our Engagement team are back to doing what they love best – meeting people in our local communities and listening to their experiences. -
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Our Healthwatch has appointed a new Chair to succeed Val Moore who is stepping down this month after six years as strategic lead of our organisation. -
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Millions of people have had their treatment delayed by the pandemic – are you one of them? We want to know if you’re getting the advice, information and support you need while you wait. -
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This month we said farewell – and a big thank you – to three of our long-serving Directors. -
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Val Moore, our Chair for the last six years, officially handed in her Healthwatch badge last night. -
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In this special blog for World Mental Health Day, Associate Director and new graduate Chelsia reflects on how the pandemic has affected young people like her – and highlights some of the practical things she's learned to maintain good mental health. -
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The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on care home residents and on their friends and families and staff. Our new survey records your experiences and challenges over the last 12-18 months – and asks what life is like now. -
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The Directors of Public Health and of Education in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have recommended that secondary schools reintroduce measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. -
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Your feedback about problems finding an NHS dentist has resulted in a call to the Government for "vital investment" and a national recovery plan about NHS dentistry services. -
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The Healthwatch team is deeply saddened to report the passing of Alena Taylor, former Chair of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Physical Disability Partnership Board. -
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Our Healthwatch has been shortlisted for a national award for our work to improve the way patients are discharged from hospital. -
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Board meeting in public, led by our new Chair Stewart Francis. We heard about all the Engagement work our team has been doing over the last year and got an update on our 2020 audit of GP websites. The minutes and papers are available here. -
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Over the last year, we’ve been pressing for improvements to GP websites to make them easier for patients to access and find essential information. And at our November Board Meeting we heard action is being taken by our Clinical Commissioning Group. -
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Waiting for planned medical care or surgery can be a frustrating time. That’s why it’s so important that while you wait, you get regular, clear and accessible updates so that you can plan your next steps. -
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This policy says how we expect all our staff, Directors and volunteers to behave and support the values of our Healthwatch. It was approved at our Board meeting in November 2021. -
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Limits on visitors at care homes have been lifted in updated Government guidance. But is this making a difference for local families getting to see their loved ones? -
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A new Shared Care Record system will be introduced across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough over the next two years. And aims to provide a join up of the different health and care records that are held about you. -
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We would like to wish all of our supporters a very happy Christmas. -
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Our January meeting includes a report about the pandemic experiences of local families with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
We'll also be welcoming three new Directors to the Board. -
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New members are wanted on the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Partnership Boards. Could you use your knowledge and experience of using social care to help others? -
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More than eighty-five thousand people are now waiting for hospital care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Although this may be just the tip of the iceberg and some are ‘missing’ from this count as they’ve not come forward for treatment. -
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Three new Directors have joined the Healthwatch Board. And Associate Director Chelsia Lake also becomes a Director. -
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Parent carers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are under severe strain looking after their children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. -
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The new award-winning palliative care hub was top of the agenda at last week's Peterborough Health and Care Forum. We also heard about some of the latest research into improving the quality of life for older people after cancer. -
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We're looking for volunteers from across Peterborough to help make care better for people with disabilities, older people and family carers.
If you've got lived experience of using social care services, your experience could really help others.