News and reports

In the last year, we listened to more than 4,000 people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to find out what is important to them.

Our Board meets bi-monthly in public. These meetings are another opportunity for you to find out about the work we are doing, share your experiences of health or social care services and get involved.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.