Healthwatch Cambridgeshire highlights 'stark' health inequalities

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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire highlights 'stark' health inequalities
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire says Peterborough and Fenland have higher levels of ill health.

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire, a watchdog representing patients, said there were "stark disparities" in health outcomes between different areas of the county.

They took part in workshops on themes such as older people and rural communities, children and young people, and ethnic minority communities. Healthwatch said there were "significant challenges" facing those living in more deprived areas of Cambridgeshire.

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