The council has developed a range of ways for people to give their feedback on care and support services. These include:
Adult Social Care Partnership Boards
There are five Adult Social Care Partnership Boards, independently facilitated and supported by Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council. The aim is to improve health and social care practice and commissioning in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. They are:
- Older People’s Partnership Board
- Carers Partnership Board
- Learning Disability Partnership Board
- Physical Disability Partnership Board
- Sensory Impairment Partnership Board
For further information about the Partnership Boards, please visit the Healthwatch Cambridgeshire website.
Wheelchair Users’ Forum
The Wheelchair Users' Forum gives wheelchair users across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough the opportunity to share their experiences and have a say in shaping and improving wheelchair services for the future: Wheelchair Users' Forum | Healthwatch Cambridgeshire
SUN Network
A non-profit organisation whose role is to amplify the voice of people needing mental health and drug and alcohol support within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. SUN Network support people with lived experience to work alongside commissioners and service providers in co-production and involvement: The SUN Network
Speak Out Cambridgeshire
A voice for people in Cambridgeshire who are autistic or who have a learning disability: VoiceAbility | Speak Out Cambridgeshire
Changing Futures Co-production Group
Representing adults experiencing multiple disadvantage including combinations of homelessness, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic abuse, and contact with the criminal justice system: Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Insight – Housing & Planning – Changing Futures Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
Adult Social Care Forum
The Adult Social Care Forum discusses issues in relation to health and social care services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
It identifies and considers key themes from:
- the Partnership Boards
- experts by experience groups
- other participation groups/forums
The Forum uses this information to support the continuous improvement of local health and social care services, taking action as needed. The Forum meets on a quarterly basis.
It can influence, make recommendations, and/or escalate matters to the council’s Adults, Health and Commissioning leadership team and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System.
The Adult Social Care Forum has representatives from:
- the five Adult Social Care Partnership Boards
- SUN Network
- Speak Out Cambridgeshire and Speak Out Peterborough
- Changing Futures
- Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council
- Health organisations
