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I received tis email, included below from PATRICIA HEWITT, HEALTH SECRETARY today. What do you all think? Yours Colin..... >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Reporting back on the 'Independence, Well-Being and Choice' >consultation >Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:20:31 +0000 > >Dear Citizen > >Since you gave us your views as part of the 'Independence, Well-Being and >Choice' consultation last Summer, I have been working on plans to further >improve our health and social services. I wanted to write to everyone who >contributed to report back on what action I am taking in response to what I >have heard from you. > >Today I am publishing a White Paper 'Our health, our care, our say: a new >direction for community services' as a joint White Paper in response to >both 'Independence, Well-being and Choice' and the 'Your health, your care, >your say' listening exercise on community health and social care services. >This explains how we will improve health and social services, why the >changes are necessary and how we will make sure they happen. My vision is >for services which support people in their wish to live healthy and >independent lives, services which are easy to use and services which >deliver care designed around the needs and choices of the individual, >wherever possible close to their home. > >You can find a summary of the plans I am publishing today on the DH website >www.dh.gov.uk/ourhealthourcareoursay. If you would like to read the full >detailed document you can also find it there. I hope that when you read >the summary you will recognise many of the points made and feel, as I do, >that your involvement has been worthwhile. > >Thank you again for taking part. > >Yours faithfully, > > > >PATRICIA HEWITT >HEALTH SECRETARY _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.