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The reports from 13 care homes we visited using our legal power to enter and view. -
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Our volunteers stepped up to the plate when they dined with the residents at Rheola Care Centre in St Ives on a planned visit to the home. -
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Our volunteers visited Keneydon House in Whittlesey as part of our care home food project to find our about the residents' experiences of food and drink in the home. -
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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.
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Most people want to die at home, but the reality is that the majority of us are spending our last days in hospital. -
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Today Healthwatch has published a new report Empowering people at the end of life. -
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People receiving direct payments for adult social care are to get a 10% rise from Cambridgeshire County Council. -
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Free testing for coronavirus (Covid-19) from the NHS has ended for most people in England. -
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to continue with the lockdown rules and basic hygiene advice and not get distracted by news of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine progress. -
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The way people are discharged from hospital across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should work better for patients says our new report published today. -
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Hospital discharge is a complicated process. And the way people leave hospital across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should work better for patients says our new report out today. -
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The local NHS has responded to a letter from us promising improvements to end of life care for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. -
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The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on care home residents and on their friends and families and staff.
Our new survey records your experiences and challenges over the last 12-18 months – and asks what life is like now.
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Limits on visitors at care homes have been lifted in updated Government guidance. But is this making a difference for local families getting to see their loved ones? -
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Our new report, Life in a care home, is published today. And tells the experiences of people living at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and their friends and families. -
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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". -
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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. -
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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. -
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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.