Huntingdonshire resident, Mick Scadden, told us about his experience of losing his eyesight, how it affected his mental health and what he does now to help make services better for other people.
South Cambridgeshire resident Will lost too much weight and became unwell with untreated Crohn’s disease after struggling to communicate with health professionals. Will is Deaf and uses British Sign Language.
Three young people from City College Peterborough are working with us on an important new project to help improve access to GP services for disabled people.
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.
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.
A new autism service for young people is due to start in the autumn thanks to the lobbying of Pinpoint, our Healthwatch and the National Autistic Society.
The proposed IVF funding cuts are against national guidance, will affect poor people the most and may not save the planned £700,000 per annum from local NHS budgets.