Volunteer as a 'Healthwatch Community Researcher' to help improve how services work for local people

We are supporting local NHS and care organisations in a new community listening project to help them improve how services work for people.  

We are recruiting 15 volunteers from Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and Fenland to be Healthwatch Community Researchers for local people. 

As a Healthwatch Community Researcher, you will talk to local people about services, including those provided by hospitals located in the areas covered by the project, and help organisations work better together for people.  

You’ll also get involved in running surveys, workshops and patient interviews, and listen to the views of people with long term conditions, like diabetes, and those who find it hard to access services. Each Community Researcher will receive an involvement fee of £75 per half day for the time they give after their training is completed.

Feedback from patients and the public will help the healthcare system work better together and build improved services for local people.

Healthwatch Community Researchers will get training, support and be involved in three community projects over the next 18-24 months.

Applications are particularly welcomed from younger people (minimum age 18), those with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and people from local minority ethnic communities.

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is managing the Community Researchers programme for local health and care teams. We make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care.

* The involvement fee is in line with NHS England's 'Public Participation Policy' and has been funded by the local NHS. It helps us involve those who wouldn't always be able to afford to volunteer.