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We want to know your views on the Governments plans to change LINks to Healthwatch

England
Joined July 2010
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
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we're watching the second reading of the #HealthBill in the commons right now http://bit.ly/18Z25y. Let us know what you think.
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@HealthwatchEng @ppisolutions inclusive = everyone. Members = a few
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@HealthwatchEng The concept of members is tricky when your talking about being inclusive.
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@HealthwatchEng Local Councils need to see Local Healthwatch as part of a bigger shift to engagement based around communities
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@HealthwatchEng LA's will need to allow local HW to be independant-personal experience indicates this might not happen everywhere
White paper consultation launched on GP commissioning & local democratic legitimacy http://bit.ly/cgFCrt #healthwhitepaper #NHS
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@HealthwatchEng - We talked peoples desires for HW at a meeting in Westminster yesterday with HAP UK, NAVCA, NALM and others
Sutton LINk looking forward to hearing how local healthwatch will evolve!
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@BBsupportchange I'm not sure that all LINk's have effective links with the communities they serve?
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@HealthwatchEng How will Local Healthwatch put into place engagement techniques that the person on the street can access?
LINks should merge into Healthwatch and build on their effective links with the community
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@HealthwatchEng we would like to know how H-W will be set up so everyone can be involved, not predominantly members of service user groups?