1. Get on Board with us – and improve services for everyone

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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?

  2. Family breakdown rising for parent carers

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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.

  3. Help fly the flag for family carers

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    We're looking for volunteers from across Cambridgeshire 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.

  4. Making care better for people with sensory loss

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    We're recruiting volunteers to help improve care services for local people with sight and hearing loss. Like to get involved?

  5. Life in a care home report

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    Our new report, Life in a care home, is published today. And tells the experiences of people living at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and their friends and families.

  6. Physical Disability Partnership Board Minutes April 2022 to March 2023

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

  7. Sensory Impairment Partnership Board Minutes April 2022 to March 2023

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

  8. Older People's Partnership Board minutes April 2022 to March 2023

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

  9. Learning Disability Partnership Board Minutes April 2022 to March 2023

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

  10. Carers Partnership Board Minutes April 2022 to March 2023

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    Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board April 2022 to March 2023

  11. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

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    The Accessible Information Standard is mandatory for all organisations that provide National Health Service (NHS) or adult social care. Here’s some key information about the accessible communications you should expect from services.

  12. Laura champions our campaign to improve information for disabled people

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    If you have a disability, impairment or sensory loss, the Accessible Information Standard gives you a right to health and care information in the way you need it – as well as communications support at appointments.

  13. Lack of NHS dental appointments widens health inequalities

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    A new survey of public attitudes to NHS dentistry shows that half of the adults in England find dental charges unfair amid escalating living costs. Healthwatch has warned decision-makers that NHS dentistry is in desperate need of reform.

  14. Have your say on local services at Healthwatch's Annual Health and Care Summit

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    Championing Access - this year the spotlight is on equal access to health and care services and on the big changes to how services are working.

  15. Call for Deaf volunteers to help improve adult social care

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    Join the Sensory Impairment Partnership Board and help improve health and social care services for people with sensory impairments.

  16. The new Integrated Care System can and should do health and care services differently

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    Healthwatch Deputy Chair Philippa Brice reflects on our Championing Access Health and Care Summit. And how the new NHS structure is an opportunity to involve people in developing services that work better for everyone.

  17. There's never been a more important time for Healthwatch

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    More than 100 people joined us for our Championing Access Health and Care Summit in Peterborough earlier this month, just one week into the life of the new NHS structure.

  18. Disabled people report being blocked from NHS care due to poor communications

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    One in four disabled people reported being actively refused communication support in a national deep-dive analysis of people's experiences of getting information in the way they need it.

  19. Finding out more about Continuing Health Care

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    Continuing Health Care is social care arranged and funded by the NHS for people who have been assessed as needing care to manage a health problem.

  20. Cost of living crisis causes concern for Partnership Board members

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    The rising cost of living is causing anxiety for many older people, disabled people and family carers, who worry about increasing food, energy and care costs, says Partnership Development Manager Graham Lewis in a new blog.

  21. How will the proposed Sustainable Travel Zone in Cambridge affect you?

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    Have your say on proposals to create a new Sustainable Travel Zone in Cambridge. And let us know how you think this may affect your ability to access health and care services.

  22. Support available when you have a terminal illness - planning end of life care

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    Palliative care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. We have pulled together some guidance to help you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and make decisions about your future care.

  23. How your feedback is helping to improve end of life care

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    Thanks to the feedback you shared, NHS and care services have worked hard to improve the support people and their families get near the end of life.