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

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

28 February 2017

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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 18 Januray 2017

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

11 January 2017

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New Healthwatch report on Hinchingbrooke Emergency Department

Staff are friendly but the Emergency Department (ED) can be very busy and patients aren’t always getting the privacy they need, says new Healthwatch report published today.

22 December 2016

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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 9 November 2016

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

3 November 2016

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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 14 September 2016

You are welcome to attend this meeting in public. 7pm - 9pm at The Meadows Community Centre, Room 2, 1 St Catherine’s Road, Cambridge, CB4 3XJ.

7 September 2016

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Healthwatch calls for improvements in local wheelchair services

The wheelchair service is often poorly co-ordinated, with people waiting too long for wheelchairs and repairs says Sitting Comfortably, our new report published today.

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Healthwatch Board meeting in public and AGM - 13 July 2016

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire AGM followed by a Board meeting in public

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Making care better with you - what we did in 2015-16

This annual report tells the stories of how we have helped local people shape services and the difference our Healthwatch has made.

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Helping Addenbrooke's improve outpatients' care

We are helping Addenbrooke's improve people’s experiences of outpatients. This was an area of concern for the Care Quality Commission when they visited last year.

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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 11 May 2016

You are welcome to attend this meeting in public 7pm - 9pm, Wednesday 9 November at the Maple Centre, 6 Oak Drive, Huntingdon, at The Meadows Community Centre, 1 St Catharine’s Road, Cambridge, CB4 3XJ.

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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - 16 March 2016

Our Board will hear an update on what's happening at Hinchingbrooke Hospital and ideas for the future.

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Better care needed for local Gypsies, Romany and Travellers

Gypsies, Romany and Travellers make up the largest minority ethnic communities in Cambridgeshire yet are more likely to have poor health than other local people.