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  • Coming soon: new children’s website for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

    by Gabrielle Landemoo | Dec 01, 2023

    We are delighted to announce we are upgrading our website for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Children and Young People’s Services. All service provision will remain the same, as will contact details. Families do not need to do anything.

    In early December Cambridgeshire Peterborough Children’s Health will launch! Webpages in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Children’s section of this website will automatically redirect to their new version on the new website. If users have any saved pages these will also automatically redirect as well.

    In addition to existing content there will be lots of new information on Cambridgeshire Peterborough Children’s Health. The new website offers a mixture of general and specialist NHS advice for families with children and young people. Its modern design is quick to access and easy to use on a phone, tablet or laptop and has a selection of accessibility tools.

    There will be more updates on this website and messages on the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Children and Young People’s Services Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter) ‘@CambsPboroCYP’.

  • Trust's Children's Charity Dreamdrops wins award

    by Kirstie Flack | Nov 29, 2023

    Mike Andrews, Volunteer, Christine Luckham, Chairman, Pauline Rawlings and Wendy Baker, Volunteers.

    Dreamdrops announced as winners of the “Overall Impact on the Community by an Organisation” award

    Huntingdon Racecourse announced the winners of its first-ever Community Awards Day, held on the 5th of November 2023.

    The event was held to highlight the contribution made by individuals and organisations within the local community.

    Dreamdrops won the “Overall Impact on the Community by an Organisation” award. The charity was recognised for its exceptional work with the Collins Club, fundraising for children being nursed in the local community, providing resources for children with SEND in local schools, and offering support to families with children discharged from Hinchingbrooke Hospital, ensuring they receive the care they need back at home.

    Christine Luckham, Chairman of Dreamdrops said: “This award means so much to our wonderful volunteers and the local families that the charity supports.

    “Dreamdrops has had an amazing year this year, with the support of local donations and fundraising. These have enabled us to provide the Special Care Baby Unit at Hinchingbrooke Hospital with new facilities, sponsor a local football team who offer free football sessions for boys and girls with individual needs. Enabling us to donate specialist equipment to Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust’s Children’s Community Specialist Nursing service and much more.

    “This month also sees the start of the charity’s Christmas Gift appeal which provided over 300 gifts to sick children in the local area last year.

    “We are so grateful for this award and for being recognised for the all the fabulous work our volunteers do, but we could not do this without the support of local businesses, organisations, individuals, and families. Thank you to everyone!”

    Anne-Marie Hamilton, former Chairman said: “What a day! Huge congratulations to everyone at Dreamdrops! This award is richly deserved. I am so proud of you all.”

    To find out more about the local awards please visit: https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23906207.community-awards-held-huntingdon-racecourse/

    To find out more about Dreamdrops please visit: 
    Latest News | Dreamdrops (dreamdropschildrenscharity.org)

    Photo:
    Mike Andrews, Volunteer, Christine Luckham, Chairman, Pauline Rawlings and Wendy Baker, Volunteers

  • Trust board public meeting – 22 November 2023

    by Sarah Turner | Nov 16, 2023

    A set of papers for the board meeting has been published on our website here. If you would like to join this meeting, please do email ccs.trustsecretary@nhs.net who can provide you with further details. Whilst this is a meeting held in public, rather than a public meeting, there is usually an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions at the end of each meeting.

    In addition, members of the public can submit any questions to the board for consideration by emailing ccs.trustsecretary@nhs.net - please keep questions brief and to the point, and use ‘Trust Board Meeting Question’ in the subject heading of your email. Responses will either be posted on the Trust’s board meeting webpage following the meeting or can be found in the minutes published in due course.

  • New life-enhancing Changing Places toilet installed at North Cambs Hospital

    by Sarah Turner | Oct 31, 2023

    People with complex care needs who require specialised facilities when out and about will be able to benefit from a new Changing Places toilet which has been installed at North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech.

    Changing Places toilets are larger, accessible toilets for people who cannot use standard accessible toilets, with equipment such as hoists, curtains, adult-sized changing benches, and space for carers.

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    Malcolm Bruce, chair of the Friends of North Cambs Hospital, said: "The Friends of the Wisbech Hospitals are delighted to have contributed towards the funding of the Changing Places facility. 

    “This will be an invaluable asset to our local community and is the first of a significant investment by the Friends towards the re-development of the North Cambridgeshire Hospital site." 

    The new facility will be available to use from 1 November 2023 during the hours the hospital is open and will support people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, as well as those with other physical disabilities who require extra equipment and space to allow them to use the toilet safely and comfortably.

    Kate Howard, Chief Nurse at Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, the hospital’s landlord, said: “Being able to use a toilet that is suitable for your needs is a basic human right and I’m delighted that this new facility will enhance the lives of people with severe disabilities, as well as their families and carers.20230906_161840

    “We’re constantly striving to make our community sites more accessible and inclusive, and the addition of a Changing Places toilet will help to tackle the exclusion that many disabled people face and enable visitors to enjoy everything the local community has to offer with dignity and freedom.”

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    For further information, please contact Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust’s Communications Team on 0300 555 6655 or email ccs.communications@nhs.net

    Notes for editors

    Why are Changing Places toilets important?

    Thousands of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, as well as other disabilities that severely limit mobility, cannot use standard accessible toilets.

    People may be limited in their own mobility so need equipment to help them or may need support from one or two carers to either get on the toilet or to have their continence pad changed.

    Standard accessible toilets (or "disabled toilets") do not provide changing benches or hoists and most are too small to accommodate more than one person. Without Changing Places toilets, the person with disabilities is put at risk, and families are forced to risk their own health and safety by changing their loved one on a toilet floor.

    Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust provides the following extensive portfolio of services:

    • a range of children’s services to children, young people and families in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
    • iCaSH: Integrated Contraception and Sexual Health Services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough and Suffolk

    • dental services in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Suffolk

    • musculoskeletal services and pelvic health physiotherapy services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

    • Children and adults’ community health services for the residents of Luton

    • Children and adults’ community health services for the residents of Bedfordshire, provided in partnership with East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT).

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  • Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust (CCS) given silver NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award

    by Sarah Turner | Oct 16, 2023

    Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust (CCS) is proud to announce that after taking part in the pilot NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for clinical support workers, we’ve been awarded silver status and are currently the only community Trust to have achieved this.

    Our clinical support workers are a highly valued integral part of our workforce providing the highest quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better. As a community Trust, our clinical support roles cover a diverse range of specialities across all our clinical divisions. 

    To achieve the award, we successfully met a set of standards and demonstrated best practice pastoral care for support workers, including recruitment and induction, in-role support, ongoing learning and development, valuing staff and recognition.

    In her letter, Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England, praised the Trust's work saying: “This achievement is testament to Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust’s commitment to retaining staff and supporting them at every stage of recruitment and beyond. 

    “You demonstrated an approach to pastoral care which recognises and values the vital contribution of support workers to the care of our patients.

    “I would like to thank you for participating in the pilot and for your ongoing work and commitment to providing excellent pastoral care for support workers.”

    Effective pastoral care continues to be a key priority for us at CCS and plays an important part in the experience of our clinical support workers. 

    Kate Howard, Chief Nurse, said: “What an amazing achievement, huge thanks to all our colleagues involved in making this award happen. 

    “I’m really proud of the work that’s been undertaken to ensure we’re providing the right support to those in clinical support posts as these roles are absolutely vital in providing the right care, at the right time to our communities.” 

    Pictured left to right - Alex James, Jenny Williams, Justine Hogg, Kate Howard and Matthew Winn

    Pastoral award

    PSQA CCS Certificate


  • Lucy Frazer MP visits Princess of Wales Hospital

    by Sarah Turner | Oct 12, 2023

    On Friday 6 October, we were pleased to welcome Lucy Frazer, the Member of Parliament for South East Cambridgeshire, to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely.

    Lucy Frazer MP was shown around the site by Matthew Winn, Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, and Richard Dickson, the site project director. She toured the construction site for the new community diagnostic centre, heard more about our plans for the site, and also got to see some of our other services at the Ely hospital, including the physiotherapy department.

    Lucy Frazer MP said: “I am delighted that excellent progress is being made at the government-funded community diagnostic hub at the Princess of Wales Hospital.

    “Temporary mobile scanners will be operational ahead of the centre’s completion next year, allowing patients to receive the speedy diagnoses they need, closer to home.

    “I am pleased that we are now on the front foot, expanding the health facilities available to the people of Ely.”

     

     

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  • Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust (CCS) successfully accredited as Veteran Aware

    by Sarah Turner | Oct 04, 2023

    CCS is delighted to have been formally accredited as a veteran aware healthcare provider in recognition of the Trust’s commitment and work as an exemplar of the best standards of care for serving personnel, veterans, reservists, adult cadets and families of the armed forces community.

    The Cambridgeshire area contains a large armed forces community made up of around 142,600 veterans, 342,290 armed forces families as well as 12,930 serving members. This amounts to about 15 per cent of the region’s population.

    CCS provides an extensive portfolio of community-based services to people across Cambridgeshire, Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough and Suffolk and has met standards laid down by the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA), a national NHS quality improvement programme.

    The VCHA’s aim is to ensure that patients who serve or have served in the UK armed forces and their families are not disadvantaged when accessing healthcare services in line with the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant. It does this by developing, sharing and driving best practice in NHS care, while at the same time raising standards for everyone.

    Clare Dinnick, Project Manager for the Veteran Aware Programme for CCS, said: “We’ve been building on policies and procedures already in place to ensure that the healthcare needs of serving personnel, veterans and their families within the CCS geography are identified and met.

    “Through collaboration with internal teams, external organisations and neighbouring NHS trusts we have created a joined-up approach to gain a greater understanding of the challenges faced within the armed forces community.

    “We’ve refined our recruitment procedure to provide clear pathways for employment opportunities, making sure that we’re attracting members of the armed forces to apply for roles within our Trust and allowing them to utilise their many transferable skills within our workforce.

    “I’m really proud to say that CCS is now a veteran aware accredited Trust and I’m looking forward to growing our commitment and support to the armed forces community in the future.”

    Dr David Vickers, Medical Director, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust and Veteran Aware Project Sponsor, said: “I’m delighted the Trust has been successfully accredited as veteran aware.

    “The accreditation recognises our hard work in demonstrating the Trust's commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and as an exemplar of the best standards of care for the armed forces community.”

    Earlier this year CCS was awarded an Employers Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award which recognises positive actions taken by organisations to help ensure members of the armed forces, including existing or prospective employees who are members of the association, are not unfairly disadvantaged during recruitment and are supported in the workplace.

    The Trust also established its veteran aware staff support network which recognises the additional challenges faced by armed forces personnel now working in civilian settings and the additional skills and perspectives they bring to the workplace.

    VCHA Regional Lead David Wood said: “CCS has worked extremely hard to develop an all-encompassing programme, which given they are a community provider is all the more challenging.

    “Their answer has been the development of a large and varied group of armed forces champions that includes a very healthy mix of clinical and military experience and are aiming to establish an armed forces champion in every service and location. 

    “They are also collaborating effectively with other health providers across the East of England, which creates the prospect of an effective armed forces offer for the region. 

    “I’ve been particularly impressed with the group leading on this work. They’ve wanted to understand more about the military community and as their understanding grew, so too did the ambition and desire to forge what is a very strong platform for a community-focused veteran aware programme.”

    VCHA Chairman, Prof Tim Briggs CBE, said: “More and more trusts are seeing the value of veteran aware accreditations as seen through the number of trusts that are now accredited. We now stand at 76% of NHS trusts across England, which is a testament both to the dedication of my team and to the wider NHS family who work tirelessly on behalf of the military community despite the many pressures they will be under. Well done all.”

    Pictured left to right Bruce Luter, Matthew Winn, Anita Pisani, Clare Dinnick, Dr David Vickers and Mary Elford

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  • BMA Industrial Action – 2-5 October

    by Sarah Turner | Sep 28, 2023

    The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed that junior doctors and consultants will undertake three days of joint industrial action from 07:00 on Monday 2 October 2023 until 07:00 on Thursday 5 October 2023.

    We want to reassure people that during strike action the NHS will prioritise emergency and urgent treatment. We have tried and tested plans in place to minimise disruption, including during strike action.

    We will have to re-schedule some routine appointments and activities within our services during strike action to ensure we have safe levels of staffing. We will contact you directly if your appointment needs to be rescheduled. If you do not hear from us please attend your appointment as planned.

    People should continue to come forward as normal if they need care, especially in emergency and life-saving cases (people can go to 111 online for help and advice but call 999 if it is a life-threatening emergency).

    We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available.

    Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust delivers services across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough and Suffolk.

  • Trust board public meeting – 27 September 2023

    by Sarah Turner | Sep 21, 2023

    A set of papers for the board meeting have been published on our website here. Our Annual General Meeting is also being held on the same day. The annual report and accounts for 2022-23 can be found here.

    If you would like to join either of these meetings, please email ccs.trustsecretary@nhs.net who can provide you with further details. Whilst this is a meeting held in public, rather than a public meeting, there is usually an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions at the end of each meeting.

    In addition, members of the public can submit any questions to the board for consideration by emailing ccs.trustsecretary@nhs.net - please keep questions brief and to the point, and use ‘Trust Board Meeting Question’ in the subject heading of your email. Responses will either be posted on the Trust’s board meeting webpage following the meeting or can be found in the minutes published in due course.

  • BMA Industrial Action – 19-22 September

    by Sarah Turner | Sep 18, 2023

    The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed that further industrial action will be undertaken by consultants and junior doctors on the following days this week:

    Tuesday 19 September 2023           Consultant strikes

    Wednesday 20 September 2023     Consultant and junior doctor strikes

    Thursday 21 September 2023         Junior doctor strikes

    Friday 22 September 2023              Junior doctor strikes 

    We want to reassure people that during strike action the NHS will prioritise emergency and urgent treatment. We have tried and tested plans in place to minimise disruption, including during strike action.

    We will have to re-schedule some routine appointments and activities within our services during strike action to ensure we have safe levels of staffing. We will contact you directly if your appointment needs to be rescheduled. If you do not hear from us please attend your appointment as planned.

    People should continue to come forward as normal if they need care, especially in emergency and life-saving cases (people can go to 111 online for help and advice but call 999 if it is a life-threatening emergency).

    We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available.

    Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust delivers services across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough and Suffolk.

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