1. Our Leaving Hospital work is shortlisted for a national award

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    Our Healthwatch has been shortlisted for a national award for our work to improve the way patients are discharged from hospital.

  2. What to expect when waiting for care

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    Waiting for planned medical care or surgery can be a frustrating time. That’s why it’s so important that while you wait, you get regular, clear and accessible updates so that you can plan your next steps.

  3. Support to help people waiting for hospital care

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    More than eighty-five thousand people are now waiting for hospital care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Although this may be just the tip of the iceberg and some are ‘missing’ from this count as they’ve not come forward for treatment.

  4. New Cambridge hospital will find and treat cancer differently hears health and care forum

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    The new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, the safety of patients waiting for treatment and A&E and outpatient delays at Addenbrooke’s were part of the conversation at Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Health and Care Forum this month.

  5. What you've been telling us about local services

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    Care from your GP surgery, difficulties finding an NHS dentist and waits for hospital appointments are amongst the top experiences you've been sharing with us over the last three months.

  6. Health Champions' survey underway for Addenbrooke's

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    The new community listening project for Addenbrooke’s Hospital has officially launched.

  7. Directors hear update on NHS dentistry problems

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    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.

  8. Insights from our new care home report welcomed

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    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".

  9. Access to healthcare remains a big issue for people locally

    News -

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

  10. The future of urgent and emergency care at Addenbrooke’s

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    More than 80 people shared their experience of using A&E services at Addenbrooke's Hospital in a volunteer led project to help the NHS plan how it can improve urgent and emergency care.

  11. Volunteers lead project to help improve A&E care

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    Healthwatch volunteers investigated the ideas and experiences of people in their local communities as part of a project to help the NHS plan future urgent and emergency care services.

  12. Hope out of dark things – improving end of life care

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    Healthwatch Non-Executive Director Laura Beer campaigns to improve palliative care in memory of her dad Graham who died in June 2021.

  13. How your feedback is helping to improve end of life care

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    Thanks to the feedback you shared, NHS and care services have worked hard to improve the support people and their families get near the end of life.

  14. Tackling Health Inequalities - our second Health Champions report

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    Our ‘Tackling Health Inequalities’ report shares the findings of a series of workshops conducted by our Health Champion volunteers.

  15. Healthwatch volunteers investigate health inequalities across Cambridgeshire in latest report

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    Research conducted by a group of our Healthwatch volunteers, known as Health Champions, has helped us deliver a report into health inequalities affecting people locally.

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

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    This is a great opportunity to be part of a small team listening to the views of local people and making recommendations to improve care.

  17. Three new hospitals for Huntingdon, Cambridge and Kings Lynn

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    Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon is set to be redeveloped as part of the government’s New Hospitals Programme.

  18. Healthwatch recruiting Community Researcher volunteers for digital inclusion project

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    Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is launching a new community listening project focusing on the issue of digital inclusion and its impact on access to health and care services.

  19. Let's Talk: Royston survey launched

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    NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, part of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS), is working together to improve the health and wellbeing of communities in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Royston.

  20. Our CEO Julian Stanley joins radio discussion around hospitals in Cambridgeshire running permanently at over 90% bed occupancy

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    Our CEO Julian Stanley appeared on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Thursday 14 September 2023 to speak about issues around the three main general hospitals in Cambridgeshire that are permanently running at over 90% bed occupancy. There no longer appears to be any time in the year when our hospitals are less busy and there are no signs of this reducing anytime soon.

  21. New milestone for specialist children’s hospital in the East of England

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    Cambridge Children’s Hospital (CCH) has been given the green light to proceed to the Final Business Case stage of the Project. The Project had its Outline Business Case approved in principle by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care on 29 September 2023.

  22. Healthwatch Summit shines light on challenges facing Adult Social Care

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    At our recent Healthwatch Summit – Adult Social Care: Meeting the challenges, we welcomed a wide range of local health professionals and service users who shared their experiences.

  23. The Integrated Care System – One year on

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    In this article, we explain the role of Integrated Care Boards and Integrated Care Systems, identify their different roles, and look at how Healthwatch works with them.

  24. Cambridge University Hospitals sets up helpline for patients following data breach

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    Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) has issued an apology to its patients following two data breaches resulting from Freedom of Information responses made in 2020 and 2021, one relating to maternity patients, and one relating to cancer patients. In total, 22,446 patients have been affected.