At our first meeting of 2019 we sat and assessed what we knew about the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS situation. The changes to the local NHS and Social Care – dictated by the national ‘arms-length’ bodies NHS England & NHS Improvement – are hard to keep up with because of the speed with which they are now being thrust upon us.
We felt it was important to remind ourselves of what we knew for fact, what was rumour and hearsay and where our focus should be in 2019. It became clear that, once again, although we recognise that the situation across Cambridgeshire is part of the national picture of cuts to services, our focus remains our treasured Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
We are beginning to research exactly what kind of A&E we have at Hinch, what services are there – and more importantly we’ll be asking Cambs & Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and the Sustainability & Transformation Board what plans they have for the future.
We were also reminded by one of our members that we should continue to celebrate the NHS and our local hospitals – it’s the reason we are fighting to keep them! If you have stories of your experience of HInchingbrooke and other local services you can contact us via email on our contact page.
