1. Carers' Partnership Board Terms of Reference 2023

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    Read the Carers' Partnership Board's Terms of Reference.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Should I see a pharmacist instead of a doctor?

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    ​​​​​​​Avoid the wait at the GP and know when to visit your pharmacist instead. Look at how your pharmacist can help you.

  5. Physical Disability Partnership Board - Terms of Reference

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    Terms of Reference for the Physical Disability Partnership Board.

  6. 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.

  7. Over the counter medicines on prescription - can our NHS afford this?

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    Big savings can be made for the NHS if people buy over the counter medicines rather than ask for them on prescription.

  8. Is it OK to redirect people from A&E if they don't need emergency care?

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    The number of people using urgent and emergency care services is increasing. And people are often arriving at A&E when they don't need to be there.

  9. 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.

  10. Tracking patient experience in new A & E target trial at Addenbrooke's

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge have taken part in a review of new Accident & Emergency targets.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. Virus forces changes to way hospital patients 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Physical Disability Partnership Board Minutes April 2020 to March 2021

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    Read the minutes from Physical Disability Partnership Board over the last year.

  17. Learning Disability Partnership Board Minutes April 2020 to March 2021

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    Read about the issues the Learning Disability Partnership Board has been discussing over the last year.

  18. Carers Partnership Board Minutes April 2020 to March 2021

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    Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board from the last year.

  19. Sensory Impairment Partnership Board Minutes April 2020 to March 2021

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    Read more about the issues discussed by the Sensory Impairment Partnership Board this year.

  20. Older People's Partnership Board minutes April 2020 to March 2021

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    Read about the issues being discussed by our Older People's Partnership Board over the last year.

  21. Wisbech and Doddington MIUs to close temporarily

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    Doddington and Wisbech minor injury units are to close - temporarily - on Monday, 6 April.

  22. Supporting people with learning disabilities during lockdown

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    Debbie - our Partnership Support Officer - shares her experience of caring for two people with learning disabilities during lockdown. And explains what she's put in place to support them.

  23. Covid-19: county council ups adult social care payments

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    People receiving direct payments for adult social care are to get a 10% rise from Cambridgeshire County Council.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  26. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 13 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.

  27. Coronavirus - government update May 11

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

  28. Our health and care forums are back - online!

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    Cambridgeshire health and care forums are moving online so that people can continue to have their say on local services.

  29. Skills website for Cambridgeshire people shielding in the covid crisis

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    A new interactive website has launched for the 16,000+ Cambridgeshire and Peterborough people who are shielding during the Covid-19 lockdown.

  30. Small reunions for family and friends - lockdown update

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    Groups of up to six people will be able to meet outside in England from Monday, 1 June

  31. Improving transition for young wheelchair users

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    Wheelchair users moving from children's to adult services are to be a focus for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Wheelchair Users' Forum.

  32. Thank you, carers, for all that you do

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    It's Carers' Week 2020. Sue Honour, Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Carers' Partnership Board, recognises the amazing dedication and hard work of our area's 75,000-plus carers.

  33. Lockdown lifts - from 4 July

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

  34. 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.

  35. NHS and social care complaints re-starting today

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    Services investigating health and care complaints are restarting after being paused due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

  36. 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.

  37. 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.