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How to get patients involved in your Patient Participation Group
A thriving Patient Participation Group (PPG) can help improve care at your GP surgery.
15 March 2018
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Healthwatch delighted as County Council scraps proposed increase to social care charges
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Adults Committee yesterday rejected proposals to increase contributions for people receiving social care.
9 March 2018
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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 14 March 2018
At this meeting we will be hearing about general adults service provision in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, including a forthcoming tender for adult home care.
7 March 2018
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More than 900 waiting for NHS continuing health care
At their Governing Body meeting last night, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group said how they were going to tackle the huge backlog of people waiting for Continuing Health Care Assessments.
7 March 2018
News
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Local health and care commissioners face extreme financial pressures
Val Moore, Chair of our local Healthwatch, heard about the significant challenges our local health commissioners are facing, when she attended their Governing Body meeting last night.
7 March 2018
News
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Healthwatch concerns over Council’s proposed changes to Fairer Contributions Policy
Proposed changes to care service charges by Cambridgeshire County Council will disproportionately affect vulnerable people who are already experiencing financial pressures.
13 February 2018
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Making tongue tie services better for babies and breast feeding mums
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.
18 January 2018
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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Weds 17 January 2018
At this meeting we will be hearing from Paul Marshall, Cambridgeshire Sector Lead for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).
10 January 2018
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The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services
The Accessible Information Standard requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.
25 November 2017
Advice and Information
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Packed room for launch of new Healthwatch Accessible Information report
A successful launch event shows there is still much to do to achieve Accessible Information as Standard
23 November 2017
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New report published after vist to Symonds House
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.
9 November 2017
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Healthwatch Board meeting in public - Wednesday 15 November 2017
At this meeting we will be talking about our Accessible Information as Standard report, published 8 November 2017.
8 November 2017
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