Every year the Healthcare Commission carries out an Annual Health Check. You now have a chance to share your views about local NHS and social care services with the health regulator by completing a short survey. It should only take a few minutes to complete. Everyone with comments or ideas about how services can be improved are very welcome to take part.
CLICK HERE to take part in the survey.
Suggested Work Plan as discussed at Core Group meeting on 17.11.08 · Carers’ support and Independent Living - input to Core Group for information and possible action
· AWP and Mental Health Services (including Dementia)
· Patient Liaison Groups / Practice Patient Forums
· GP telephone systems / 0845 numbers
· Outreach / contact with hard-to-reach groups
· Salisbury NHS FT Organisational Development Project
· Continue to be represented on all health and social care-related bodies
· PEAT Inspections – part of Visits strategy
· Media and publicity
· Pharmacy applications – formal comments on
· Representation on Area Boards (not in order of priority after Carers which is top priority).
The Network launched at a meeting in Devizes Sports Club at 10 a.m. on Monday 22nd September. It has an Interim Core Group of around 20 people to be its decision-maker until 8 October. The group will hand over to a a new Core Group by the end of January 2009, in accordance with the Standard Operational Procedures agreed.
We will formally launch the Wiltshire Involvement Network with a public meeting at which Tim Lynch, the Chief Executive of the Great Western Ambulance NHS Trust, has agreed to speak and take questions.
The meeting will take place at Devizes Sports Club, London Road, Devizes, SN10 2DL, from 10.00am on Monday 22nd September 2008.
Any member of the public is welcome to attend and put questions, but we strongly recommend that you become a member of the Wiltshire Involvement Network (for free) so that you can fully participate in the rest of the meeting. For more information, or to let us know that you plan to attend, please contact: info@wiltshire-in.org.uk.
Thank you for visiting the Wiltshire Involvement Network’s web site.
We are one of many involvement networks across the country recently established under a government initiative to facilitate public involvement in the health and social care services where they live.
The Wiltshire Involvement Network is a volunteer-led organisation, which is independent of the National Health Service, social care service providers, and the government.
Please use this web site to find out more about us and our work, contact us, or get involved yourself. Membership of the Network is free of charge, and you can even join online, using the link on this page.
We look forward to hearing from you.