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Statement from Healthwatch CEO, Jess Slater
While we await the outcome of proposed changes to the Health and Social Care Act currently before Parliament, it is becoming increasingly clear that the local Healthwatch network will close as part of national reforms.
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Join our Annual Summit 2025 - Mental Health Closing the Gaps
Our Annual Summit event, held on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at the Delta Marriott Hotel, Huntingdon, will place mental health firmly under the microscope. Hear from mental health services and people with lived experiences as we discuss what is working…
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How Your Feedback Has Made a Difference
Thanks to your feedback, we’ve helped bring about meaningful improvements to local health and care services. Here are some of the ways your voice has made a difference:
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Are you between 17 and 25 years old? Have you used mental health services? Take our survey!
Today we have launched our new mental health survey. We want to hear from young people aged 17 to 25 who have experience of mental health services — or from their family members, parents or carers. Get involved and have your say. We are offering a £15…
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Investing in Volunteers Award
We are thrilled to have been accredited with the Investing in Volunteers Award. This award is a UK quality standard for organisations working with volunteers.
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Good news for pharmacy services
After years of growing pressure on pharmacies — and 46,000 lost pharmacy hours here in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough — we’re pleased to see £617 million in new funding announced today by the Department of Health and Social Care and Community Pharmacy…
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CQC publishes report on leadership at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has downgraded the rating for how well-led Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is overall from…
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A New Support Hub for Young People in Cambridge
A new chapter is beginning for Centre 33, the charity that’s been supporting young people across Cambridgeshire for over 40 years. With a new, much…
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Listening to Local Voices: How Your Feedback Helped Shape Emergency Care at Addenbrooke’s
In 2022, we published a report titled 'The future of urgent and emergency care at Addenbrooke’s', sharing what local people told us about…
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Latest reports and publication

Fenland Health and Care Forum – What you missed
A round-up of discussion and action points from our recent Fenland and East Cambs Health and Care Forum, held on 10 July at the Queen Mary Centre in Wisbech. If you missed this free public event, you can catch up on the details below.
Would you like to join our next Fenland and East Cambs Health and Care Forum? It's on 9 October 2025, from 10am to 12:30pm at the Queen Mary Centre, Wisbech, PE13 2PE. Everyone is welcome – just turn up! Refreshments available.
Would you like to join our next Fenland and East Cambs Health and Care Forum? It's on 9 October 2025, from 10am to 12:30pm at the Queen Mary Centre, Wisbech, PE13 2PE. Everyone is welcome – just turn up! Refreshments available.
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Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre Enter and View
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have published a report in to the services provided by the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre.
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