Forwarding from my inbox:
----------------------
You are invited to a discussion at Pimlico Library Lupus Street London SW1V 3AT Saturday November 17th 10am-1pm
There are various opportunities for lay people to be involved in the running of the English NHS.
There is local Healthwatch – to be launched in April 2013
You can be a member, or be elected as a Governor, of Foundation Trusts
Local councils have increasing involvement in the running of the NHS, taking over Public Health responsibilities in April 2013 and establishing health and wellbeing boards as well as the existing Health Scrutiny arrangements
Clinical Commissioning Groups have various arrangements for involving patients and the public, and so increasingly do local GP practices.
UNISON guide to influencing the new NHS
<http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/21118.pdf>
This seminar will consider what the possibilities for using these mechanisms to defend the NHS .
There is no charge, but you must book at http://www.sochealth.co.uk/events/defending-the-nhs/
--
Martin Rathfelder
Director
Socialist Health Association
22 Blair Road
Manchester
M16 8NS
0161 286 1926
www.sochealth.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/Socialist.Health
@SocialistHealth
******************************************************
Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your
message will go only to the sender of this message.
If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's
'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically
to [log in to unmask]
Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk.
*******************************************************
|