News and reports

A round up of discussion and action points from our recent Huntingdonshire Health and Care Forum held on the 1st July. If you missed this free public event, you can catch up on the details below. Would you like to join our next Huntingdonshire Health and Care Forum? It's on the 7th October at the Lady Olivia Centre, Huntingdon, from 2pm to 4:30pm. Everyone is welcome - just turn up! Refreshments available.

Jess Slater, CEO of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough issues statement on the proposed closure of Healthwatch.

Receive £20 an hour for formal meetings! We are working with NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to recruit 8-10 local people to share lived experiences and local voices. Your insight will help to influence priority areas for your local NHS to focus on. You’ll help review NHS service proposals, offer insight into how changes might affect different people and communities, and advise on how the NHS can better involve and engage local people in meaningful, inclusive ways.

People across parts of East Anglia have had their say on the way the NHS uses and shares their personal data, in a new report published by Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Healthwatch Norfolk.

We’re proud to share our Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Annual Report for 2024–2025.

This year’s report highlights a selection of the real difference your voices have made to health and care services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. From shaping improvements in mental health support, to making services more accessible for people with additional needs, your feedback has helped drive meaningful change.

We have appointed a new Chair to succeed Stewart Francis who is stepping down this month after nearly four years as strategic lead of Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Looking after your mental health, physical wellbeing, and emotional needs is important — and you're not alone. Whether you’re feeling anxious, need support with school, are caring for someone, or just want to learn more about health and wellbeing, there are services and tools out there to help.

We’ve brought together some of the best resources and websites to support children and young people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. These are free to access and full of useful, trusted information.

Thanks to your feedback, we’ve helped bring about meaningful improvements to local health and care services. Here are some of the ways your voice has made a difference:

Our June Board meeting will include the Chairs and CEO's updates on our activity since our March meeting. Our Annual General Meeting will follow this Board meeting.

75% of children and young people who experience mental health problems aren't getting the help they need.

We regularly share our feedback reports with health and care leaders across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Each organisation receives detailed reports from the public, helping them understand people’s experiences and use this information to improve services and inform decisions.

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have published a report into the services provided at the Cambridge Shelford Bottom Hospice, an Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. The visit took place on the 13th March 2025.