1. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 14 January 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  2. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 11 March 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public

  3. Healthwatch Board Meeting in public - 20 May 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  4. Thriving - improving young people's mental health

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    Children and young people want mental health support that is meaningful and relevant to them says a new report published by Healthwatch Cambridgeshire.

  5. First Steps to Health report published

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    Over 1,000 people told us what their First Steps to Health would be in an innovative survey to find out about local people's attitudes to using primary care services.

  6. Visits to care homes in Cambridgeshire

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    The reports from 13 care homes we visited using our legal power to enter and view.

  7. Annual Report 2014 - 15

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    Welcome to our second annual report. It has been a busy year where we have worked hard to raise our profile, talk to more people about their experiences of care and build positive relationships with a diverse range of partner organisations.

  8. Healthwatch Board meeting in public and AGM - 15 July 2015

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    You are welcome to come to our second Annual General Meeting.

  9. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 9 September 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  10. Healthwatch published new report about young people's mental health

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    Our My Own Mind report looks at Ely College students' attitudes to stress and anxiety.

  11. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 18 November 2015

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Board meeting in public.

  12. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 18 Januray 2017

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    You are welcome to attend this meeting which will be held in public 7pm - 9pm, Wednesday 18 January at The Meadows Community Centre, 1 St Catharine’s Road, Cambridge, CB4 3XJ

  13. Join your local NHS Trust

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    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.

  14. Local people influence future of Minor Injuries Units

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    Health commissioners listen to local people in plans to develop Local Urgent Care hubs in the Fens and East Cambridgeshire.

  15. Healthwatch report finds caring staff at Addenbrooke’s A&E

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    ‘Staff are helpful and caring’. That's the main message people had for us when we visited Addenbrooke's Hospital in early December.

  16. Healthwatch Board meeting in public -15 March 2017

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    You are welcome to attend this meeting which will be held in public 7pm - 9pm, Wednesday 15 March at The Maple Centre, 6 Oak Drive, Huntingdon, PE29 7HN

  17. Making care better in Addenbrooke's Outpatients' Department

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    "What's the point in telling you about my experience? It won't make any difference."

    We hear this a lot and can understand people's cynicism; But we believe that most of the time, most people providing care want to do the best job they can.

  18. Enzo speaks up about better information for people with learning disabilities

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    Enzo Petruziello works to ensure people with disabilities can access the services they want and need. He provides disability awareness training and encourages friends with disabilities to speak up about their needs.

  19. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 3 May 2017

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    Come to our first Board Meeting as a combined Healthwatch for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  20. Being Happy, Being Me - new report into young people's mental health

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    New report looks at young people’s attitude towards and understanding of mental health in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  21. Patient voices help improve care in Hinchingbrooke Emergency Department

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    Privacy for patients and continuous staffing of the reception desk are two of the things that have improved for patients in Hinchingbrooke Hospital Emergency Department, since Healthwatch visited them last October.

  22. Our annual report - it starts with you

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    Last year, we talked with more than 3,800 Cambridgeshire people from communities across the county to find out what is important to them. Their stories of care have helped us influence and improve local health and care services.

  23. Healthwatch Board meeting in public and AGM - Wednesday 7 July 2017

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    Annual General Meeting for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire.

  24. First of our care home food and drink reports published

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    Our volunteers stepped up to the plate when they dined with the residents at Rheola Care Centre in St Ives on a planned visit to the home.

  25. Improving wheelchair services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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    We are helping to get wheelchair users and carers involved in making wheelchair services work better for them.

  26. Healthwatch raises concerns about proposed fertility service cuts

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    The proposed IVF funding cuts are against national guidance, will affect poor people the most and may not save the planned £700,000 per annum from local NHS budgets.

  27. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 13 September 2017

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    You are welcome to attend this meeting which is held in public 7pm - 9pm, Wednesday, 13 September, The Fleet, Fleet Way, High Street, Fletton, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 8DL

  28. Whittlesey care home visit report published

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    Our volunteers visited Keneydon House in Whittlesey as part of our care home food project to find our about the residents' experiences of food and drink in the home.

  29. New autism service for young people to be introduced locally

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    A new autism service for young people is due to start in the autumn thanks to the lobbying of Pinpoint, our Healthwatch and the National Autistic Society.

  30. Changes made in Addenbrooke's Emergency Department following Healthwatch visit

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    Patient voices help improve care in Addenbrooke’s Emergency Department after the hospital makes a number of changes following a visit from Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

  31. Healthwatch challenges decision to suspend fertility services

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    The decision to suspend IVFservices in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is against national guidance and will have a huge impact on those affected, particularly poorer people.

  32. Making mental health support better for young people more at risk of mental illness

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    Young people need more flexible, creative solutions to give them the information and support they need to stay mentally well.

  33. New Healthwatch report calls for better information for disabled people

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    Health and care services are not always offering people with sensory and learning disabilities information in a format they can understand. The law says that they must do this.

  34. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Wednesday 15 November 2017

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    At this meeting we will be talking about our Accessible Information as Standard report, published 8 November 2017.

  35. New report published after vist to Symonds House

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    Our volunteers visited Symonds House in Cambridge as part of a project to find our about people's experiences of food and drink in care homes.

  36. Packed room for launch of new Healthwatch Accessible Information report

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    A successful launch event shows there is still much to do to achieve Accessible Information as Standard

  37. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 17 January 2018

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    At this meeting we will be hearing from Paul Marshall, Cambridgeshire Sector Lead for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).

  38. Making tongue tie services better for babies and breast feeding mums

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    Local health commissioners confirm that tongue tie services are available on the NHS in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Plans to improve them are to be included in the local Better Births Plan for maternity services.

  39. Healthwatch concerns over Council’s proposed changes to Fairer Contributions Policy

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    Proposed changes to care service charges by Cambridgeshire County Council will disproportionately affect vulnerable people who are already experiencing financial pressures.

  40. Local health and care commissioners face extreme financial pressures

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    Val Moore, Chair of our local Healthwatch, heard about the significant challenges our local health commissioners are facing, when she attended their Governing Body meeting last night.

  41. More than 900 waiting for NHS continuing health care

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    At their Governing Body meeting last night, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group said how they were going to tackle the huge backlog of people waiting for Continuing Health Care Assessments.

  42. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 14 March 2018

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    At this meeting we will be hearing about general adults service provision in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, including a forthcoming tender for adult home care.

  43. Healthwatch delighted as County Council scraps proposed increase to social care charges

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    Cambridgeshire County Council’s Adults Committee yesterday rejected proposals to increase contributions for people receiving social care.

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