Have your say on local services at Healthwatch's Annual Health and Care Summit
Championing access - this year the spotlight is on equal access to health and care services. And on the big changes to how services are working.
Lack of NHS dental appointments widens health inequalities
With living costs on the rise, Healthwatch England's new findings show that health inequalities are widening as people in every part of the country struggle to pay for dental care.
Healthwatch launches new volunteer project to support local health and care services
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire - local health and care champion for our area - is supporting local NHS and care organisations in a new community listening project. It is recruiting a team of ten Health Champion volunteers across Cambridge, South and East Cambridgeshire to help them improve how well services work for people. Volunteers will get an involvment fee for their time.
Healthwatch Chair in call for new leader - could it be you?
Healthwatch has begun its search for a successor to Val Moore – its Chair for the past six years. Val has served two three-year-terms and so she will be stepping down from the post in September.
Have a say on proposed A & E standards
New plans to "transform" Accident and Emergency departments across England have been published - and people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are invited to have their say.
Leaving hospital during Covid-19 - new report
The way people are discharged from hospital across the region should work better for patients, says a new report from Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, which has just been published.
V day arrives in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Pioneering Covid-19 vaccinations are happening in the UK today. And the first Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents will soon be getting their jabs to protect against the virus too.
Dental service access problems exacerbated by pandemic
The Covid shutdown of dental services across our area aggravated existing problems around access to high street NHS dental care.
Report shines a light on Covid health and care struggles
The health and care struggles of some of the most disadvantaged in our communities during the Covid-19 pandemic are highlighted in a new report from Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough.