1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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

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    Annual General Meeting for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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

  26. Carers' Partnership Board Terms of Reference 2023

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

  27. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. 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.

  30. Improving services for people who use adult social care

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    The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Partnership Boards give people with experience of using adult social care services a say on current and future care.

  31. Physical Disability Partnership Board - Terms of Reference

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    Terms of Reference for the Physical Disability Partnership Board.

  32. Be a Community Listener

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    Our Community Listener volunteers help us find out what people in their community think about local health and social care services and spread the word about our Healthwatch.

  33. About our enter and view work

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    Local Healthwatch has the legal right to visit places that provide publicly funded health or adult social care services to find out about people's experiences.

  34. Meet our enter and view team

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    Meet the people who are authorised to carry out enter and view work on behalf of our Healthwatch. They are called Authorised Representatives.

  35. 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.

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  38. Patient Advice and Liaison Services

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    At each of our local NHS Trusts there is a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) who are there to help you sort out any problems.

  39. Regulating health and social care professionals

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    Registered health and care staff must meet certain professional standards. And they have to register with their professional body before they can practice.

  40. 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.

  41. Healthwatch Board meeting - online

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  42. Annual General Meeting - What makes good care?

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  43. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 16 September 2020

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  44. Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 11 November 2020

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  45. 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.

  46. Wheelchair Users' Forum

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    The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Wheelchair Users' Forum gives people across our area an opportunity to share their experiences and have a say in shaping and improving wheelchair services for the future.