Healthwatch

Its a big day today for the White Paper ...

Lansley says that under new reformed NHS local Healthwatch groups will help patients to design services and the... http://fb.me/QweiD3Zh

Following the statement on Egypt the Health & Social Care Bill receives its second reading in Commons. Find out more http://bit.ly/fFeCDJ

we're watching the second reading of the #HealthBill in the commons right now http://bit.ly/18Z25y. Let us know what you think.

This sounds like a good idea http://bit.ly/dRUl5R

is the involvement in LINks of 193 thousand people good value for money when it cost £27 million?

Click the link to take our survey on plans for the future of the NHS http://www.communityvoicesonline.org/surveys/details.aspx?id=95

Click the link to take our survey on plans for the future of the NHS http://www.communityvoicesonline.org/surveys/details.aspx?id=95

@HealthwatchEng @ppisolutions inclusive = everyone. Members = a few

@SomersetLINk - It depends how detailed you want it to be; both the BBC and Kind's Fund have written interesting pieces to look out for

@ppisolutions - Do you think HealthWatch should be membership organisation or is there another way being inclusive?

@HealthwatchEng The concept of members is tricky when your talking about being inclusive.

@HealthwatchEng Local Councils need to see Local Healthwatch as part of a bigger shift to engagement based around communities

@HealthwatchEng LA's will need to allow local HW to be independant-personal experience indicates this might not happen everywhere

what needs to be done to make Local Authorities the most effective commissioners of local HealthWatch?

White paper consultation launched on GP commissioning & local democratic legitimacy http://bit.ly/cgFCrt #healthwhitepaper #NHS

@HealthwatchEng - We talked peoples desires for HW at a meeting in Westminster yesterday with HAP UK, NAVCA, NALM and others