News and reports

Our Annual Report for 2020-21 is published today and highlights the work of our Healthwatch through the Covid-19 pandemic and more.

It's been an extraordinary year. And our Annual Report highlights how local health inequalities have been amplified by Covid-19 — and will continue to steer our work in the 12 months ahead.

Our Healthwatch has helped shape new recommendations aimed at putting people at the centre of decisions about their treatment and care.

Read the minutes from Physical Disability Partnership Board over the last year.

Read the minutes from the meetings of the Carers' Partnership Board from the last year.

National plans to share GP patient records for planning and research have been shelved until 1 September.

Healthcare staff across our area have been praised by our CEO Sandie Smith for their hard work in helping to tackle the Covid-caused backlog of patients needing care.

Bookings are now open for 'On equal terms" our Healthwatch Conference and AGM, in July. The spotlight will be on the issue of health inequalities and looking at how people can be better involved in developing services that work well for everyone.

It’s Volunteering Week across the UK. A time to recognise the contribution our Healthwatch volunteers make and the value that they bring to our organisation.

People across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have given their views about new standards for urgent care in hospitals across England.

People across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have given their views in an England-wide consultation looking at new standards to measure the performance of urgent and emergency care.

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Partnership Boards have published a new report highlighting transport issues affecting older people and disabled people across our area.