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Winter 2009/2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
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It's not our LINk, it's YOUR LINk! | ||||||||||||||||||
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Your Voice into Action - we want to hear about experiences of hospital care | |||||||||||||||||||
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There has been a lot of media coverage recently about the standards of care in hospitals and whether the arrangements for checking such standards are rigorous enough. One of the roles of Richmond LINk is to feed back the experiences of our population about their health care – and social care in the future – to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to help them as the regulator of health and social care services in England make a good assessment of local services.We want you to tell us your experiences of health care during 2009 provided in a hospital setting to build a picture of what is good, and not so good about health care locally. Your view and experiences will help us to decide if the safety and quality of a service is up to scratch but we only have until the end of january to pass on your experiences of hospital services. Click here to read the full article on the Richmond LINk website and find out how to put your voice into action now. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond LINk Steering Committee | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steering Committee Officer Elections | |||||||||||||||||||
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Following unanimous agreement by the Committee Bonnie Green, our former Vice-chair and Communications lead, has been elected as Chair and Richard McIvor was elected to continue his role as Treasurer. Retiring Chair Margaret Dangoor says goodbye and new Chair Bonnie Green introduces herself here. | |||||||||||||||||||
| New Steering Committee elected | |||||||||||||||||||
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A new 20 strong Steering Committee, including six new members, was elected at our AGM held in November. There were 21 Steering Committee places available and we knew that was always going to be a challenge, but it was a challenge we felt important to meet. Read more here. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interviews with two new Committee members | |||||||||||||||||||
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New Committee members Pauline Shaw and Batcho Notay talk about why they decided to stand for election and what they are looking forward to most in their new role. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond LINk Working Groups - The Engagement Group | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Engagement Group is one of our LINk’s most influential working groups. Chaired by Bonnie Green, it has both a reactive and proactive role to engaging with the community. Find out more about its roles here.
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| WHAT'S ON - events, meetings and consultations | |||||||||||||||||||
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Report from public meeting - What does the future of social care funding mean for you? |
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Over 80 people including LINk members, employees of local organisations and members of the public all contributed to a lively discussion at LINk’s recent public meeting on a subject some have called the biggest change to care since the formation of the National Health Service. Click here to read more. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Updates are available on the End of Life Care strategy and the Adult Mental Health Review. | |||||||||||||||||||
| LINk Public Meeting - The General Election and Health and Social Care | |||||||||||||||||||
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We are hoping to arrange some meetings where you can ask local prospective candidates from the big three parties about their plans and policies for Health and Social care. We are currently making arrangements for the first of the meetings and will send members further details as soon as we have confirmed them with the parliamentary candidates. If you’re not already a member of Richmond LINk join now to ensure you don’t miss out! Contact us on the details below or at the end of this newsletter to register your membership. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Consultation - The NHS Constitution | |||||||||||||||||||
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The NHS belongs to us all and you can contribute to its further development. The NHS Constitution, which was published in January 2009, sets out the principles and values of the NHS and the rights and responsibilities of patients, staff and the public. Click here to find out more about this consultation and how to take part.
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| LINk Membership, Feedback and Contact Details | |||||||||||||||||||
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