Who are we?
We have five Partnership Boards:
- Carers
- Older People’s
- Physical Disability
- Sensory Impairment
- Learning Disability and/or Autism
The Partnership Boards are funded by Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council so that people of lived experience can come together with professionals to discuss our local adult health and social care. We also cover other issues such as travel, not being able to use an NHS app on your phone, and even how accessible it is to vote in elections. If you think it’s important, we do too.
What do we do?
We can’t improve health and social care without listening to the voices of people who use it. This is why we have special meetings, usually four times a year, where people like yourselves get together in a room with the people who are in charge of running our health and care services. We also invite relevant charities who can offer help and expertise, but we can even invite representations from organisations where people are having lots of issues.
But the most important people in the room are people like yourselves – you are the experts, you have the lived experience, and you know what needs to change.
What do we provide to people who join the Partnership Boards?
- Training
- Reimbursement of expenses for mileage/train fare etc, a free drink and biscuits
- A recognition payment of up to £20 cash bank transfer or £20 voucher per meeting, capped at a maximum of six meetings per year (maximum £120 annually)
- Reasonable Adjustments so that people can attend and/or receive the information in an accessible format
If you are interested in joining one of our Partnership Boards, please get in touch.
Email lucy.kennedy@healthwatchcambspboro.co.uk
Office: 0330 355 1285 (local call number)
Mob: 07584574610
Office text: 07520 635 176
Find out more about our work at www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk and www.healthwatchpeterborough.co.uk
