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- Planning the move from Care in Hospital to Care at Home in the Community – Ironing out the Wrinkles in Transition Services
Cambridgeshire LINk is hosting a half day event looking at what can be done to improve the transition between care in hospital to care at home or in the community.
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- LINk Annual Report 2009/10 (using the Department of Health guidance)
Following guidance issued by the Department of Health, Cambridgeshire LINk has produced a second annual report for 2009/10.
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- Cambridgeshire LINk Anual report 2009/10
This is your chance to read the Cambridgeshire LINk annual report for 2009/10...
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- Help to Improve Major Trauma Services
If you are a patient, family or carer who has experience of major trauma, then NHS Choices wants to hear from you.
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- Mental Health Services User Event
Hunts Mind are organising a mental health service user event in June aimed at people aged between 18 and 65 who use any mental health services in the county or if you don't have access to services an
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- Cambridgeshire LINk General Assembly
Cambridgeshire LINk is holding its general assembly on Wednesday 21st April in Bar Hill and the invite is open to all.
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- Making Mental Notes
Making Mental Notes is Cambridge's Mental Health Community Radio programme and they are looking for volunteers to join its Core Production Team!
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- A Future for LINks?
Cambridgeshire LINk's president gives you his views
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- Hinchingbrooke Hospital Franchise Update
Six organisations have been shortlisted to operate the franchise of Hinchingbrooke Hospital Health Care Trust.
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- Out of Hours Service Inquest
The inquest into the death of two patients in February 2008, who were attended by a Dr Ubani, working for Take Care Now has started.
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- New Preferred bidder for Out of Hours Services is announced
NHS Cambridgeshire has announced its preferred bidder for the Out of Hours services across the county.
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- Bringing Hearing Services closer to home
NHS Cambridgeshire are conultating with residents on bringing hearing services closer to home.
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- The Future of Musculoskeletal Services
The Future of Musculoskeletal Services (including Physiotherapy services) for residents in South Cambrdgeshire including Bottisham and Cambridge City.
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- The future of renal services in Cambridgeshire
NHS East of England Specialist Commissioning Group are asking for your views on the future of renal services in Cambridgeshire.
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- Letter from LINk's President
Dr Mike Hewins, LINK's president shares with you his thoughts.
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- Strenghtening the Future of Community Health and Social Care Services
NHS Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) are seeking, as of April 2010, to establish an independent organisation to provide community based health and social care services.
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- Local People invited to find out more about the new GP Led Health Centre in St Neots
Local people in the county are being invited to find out more about the new GP led health centre in St Neots on Monday 5th October between 6.30pm and 8.00pm
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- Public Consultation launched on Out of Hours Services in Cambridgeshire
NHS Cambridgeshire has launched a twelve week public consultation as of Monday 28th September around the future of out of hours services across the county.
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- Money wasted through missed appointments
Thousands of pounds is being wasted through missed appointments in Cambridgeshire
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- NHS Cambridgeshire AGM
NHS Cambridgeshire are hostings its Annual General Meeting this September.
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- Improving the quality of lives of older people.
Community Matrons are improving older people's quality of life in Cambridgeshire.
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- Patient Environment Action Teams (PEAT) Annual Assessment.
The PEAT Annual Assessments results have been annouced by Cambridgeshire Community Services.
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- Task Groups Revisited
What the task groups were doing between September 2008 and April 2009, that haven't been continued in the new work plan.
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- Which Active Participant is on which work group...
A list of all Active Participants as of 21st July 2009, and which work group they are members of.
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- Sustainable Future for Hinchingbrooke Moves One Step Closer
The Department of Health has agreed that NHS Cambridgeshire can start the process of finding a new partner to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
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- NHS Cambridgeshire Moves Office
NHS Cambridgeshire has moved it's offices from Fulbourn to Cambridge...
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- NHS Cambridgeshire 5 Year Review Update.
NHS Cambridgeshire are thanking those who took part in their recent 'Our plan for your health. Have we got it right?' consultation.
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- LINk Members lobby at Westminster
LINk members joined Age Concern Cambridgeshire as they visited Parliment for a mass lobby on the failures of the care and support system.
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- LINk 3rd General Assembly Outcomes
Cambridgeshire LINk held its 3rd General Assembly on Thursday 9th July, 2009 at the Oasis Centre, Wisbech where the new Constitution was approaved.
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- Authorised Representatives
An up to date list of all Active Participants within Cambridgeshire LINk
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- PALS Awareness Week 8-14 June
The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) for Cambridgeshire will be dropping into local hospitals as part of its awareness week.
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- Carers Week 8 - 14 June
Cambridgeshire Community Services' Arthur Rank house and its specialist palliative care team are supporting Carers Week.
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- Annual Report 2008/09
Cambridgeshire LINk Annual Report for 2008/09
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- Launch of public consultation - The Future of health services for south Fenland.
NHS Cambridgeshire has launched the public consultation on the future of community based health services in South Fenland.
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- The Future of Health Services for South Fenland residents: Scrutiny of proposals
LINk members and other interested individuals and groups are warmly invited to attend a special meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council's Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee.
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- Cambridgeshire LINk Factsheet
An easy to print A5 factsheet and an A4 large format version with information about Cambridgeshire LINk
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- Local NHS Launches St Valentine's Campaign
A new campaign by NHS Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire Community Services is being launched to help raise awareness of chlamydia in young people.
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- New grant fo help people with mental health problems.
NHS Cambridgeshire have been awarded a further £360,000 from the Department of Work & Pensions, which will be used to help get people back to work after suffering from anxiety and mild depression.
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- Helping Patients make Choices about their Future Care
Cambridgeshire Community Services are including a "Preferred Priorities for Care" initiative to help those with chronic long-term conditions who wish to make plans for their future care.
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- Improved Access to Rehabilitation
Cambridgeshire Community Services are indroducing a new model of community based rehabilitation in Cambridge City and South.
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- Campaign to Cut Medicine Waste
The Patient Dvice and Liaison Service are launcing a new campaign to raise awareness about order repeat prescriptions, help people get the best from their medicines and so help cut medicine wastage ac
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- Mind, Exercise, Nutrition... Do It!
Chanfe4Life aims to encourage families to eat well, move more and live longer as part of its efforts to halt the rising tide of child obesity in the UK.
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- 1-in-4 in the City Campaign
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trusts latest campagin
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- Adult Support Services
The results from the Commission for Social Care Inspection are in for Cambridgeshire Adult Support Services
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- Christmas Opening Times
The LINk office will be closed from Midday Wednesday 24th December and will reopen Monday 5th January 2009.
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- Safeguarding Adults Consultation
A new consultation has been launched to ensure adults are safe from abuse.
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- Healthcare Commission Results 2007/08
The Healthcare Commission results for 2007/08 have been published.
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- Self Directed Support
Cambridgeshire County Council and partners from NHS Cambridgeshire and the Mental Health Trust are modernising the way that adult social care in Cambrigeshire is delivered.
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- LINk is officially launched
The Cambridgeshire Local Involvement Netowrk was official launched on Thursday 25th September in the Burgess Hall in St Ives.
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- South Fenland Review
NHS Cambridgeshire is set to launch a six week listening exercise on the future of community based services in South Cambridgeshire.
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- LINks replace Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIF)
The Patient and Public Involvement Forums were abolished on 31st March 2008 through an Act of Parliament.
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