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Taking your views to the heart of decision making

The introduction of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System from 1 July gives us a unique chance to feed people’s views into the planning and running of services – especially the voices of those who are not being heard now.

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Championing what matters to you

It has been another extraordinary year as Covid-19 has continued to affect everyone’s lives. Our Annual report tells some of our stories from the last twelve months and the difference you’ve made by sharing your experiences of care.

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Join our team as an Administration Officer

Use your organisational and people skills to help local people connect and share their health and care experiences with our Healthwatch.

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Help the NHS make decisions about which treatments and services it provides

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are looking for volunteer Lay Members and a volunteer Ethicist to join their Clinical Policies Forum. This important group reviews and advises on which services and treatments should be funded locally.

Healthwatch volunteer Pam listening to a member of the public in a library

Access to healthcare remains a big issue for people locally

GP care, difficulties finding an NHS dentist and hospital outpatient appointments are the top three topics that people talked to us about last month.

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Call for Deaf volunteers to help improve adult social care

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

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

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.

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Lack of NHS dental appointments widens health inequalities

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.

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Laura champions our campaign to improve information for disabled people

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.

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Insights from our new care home report welcomed

Our new Life in a care home report, published today, has been welcomed by local councils and our local NHS as "important" and providing "valuable insights".

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Directors hear update on NHS dentistry problems

Continuing NHS dentistry issues, the closure of an NHS Patient Helpdesk supporting people waiting for care, and healthcare for Ukrainian refugees in our area were among the topics discussed at our March Board meeting yesterday.

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Making care better for people with sensory loss

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

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