Gloucestershire Local Involvment Network (LINk) Update
 LINk update for HWB meeting May 2012 | [ ] | 88 Kb |
 Report on ‘Access to GP services by residents in care homes’ | [ ] | 3648 Kb |
Gloucestershire LINK's update for the Voluntary and Community Sector Health and Community Wellbeing Strategy Group meeting held on 16th May 2012 can be downloaded above.
The full Gloucestershire LINk report on ‘Access to GP services by residents in care homes’ can also be downloaded above.
Safe Recruitment Guidance
| Safe Recruitment Guidance May 12 | [ ] | 380 Kb |
A guide to safer recruitment, which has been developed and approved by Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board, can now, be downloaded above.
It is a practical guide which should be of value to any Voluntary and Community organisation working with vulnerable adults.
Feedback from the Glos. Health & Wellbeing Strategy Steering Group
| VCS Rep feedback HWB strategy steering grp Mar 12 | [ ] | 32 Kb |
Heather Lowe, British Red Cross (Wilts, Avon and Gloucestershire), is the Voluntary and Community Sector Representative on this group.
Heather's feedback from the meeting in March 2012 can be downloaded above.
VCS Representative feedback from JSNA Steering Group
| VCS representative report JSNA steering group | [ ] | 44 Kb |
Barbara Piranty is the Voluntary and Community Sector representative on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Steering Group.
Her representative report from the last meeting can be downloaded above.
Local Healthwatch Pathfinder
| Local Healthwatch Pathfinder Protocol draft | [ ] | 664 Kb |
Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Local Involvement Network and its host, Gloucestershire Rural Community Council were invited by the Department of Health to participate in its pathfinder programme in 2011. The aim of the programme is to inform the transition from LINk to Local Healthwatch.
A short helpful reminder about Local Healthwatch is available at:
http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/how-will-local-healthwatch-work
Gloucestershire’s Pathfinder Project
The aim of the project is to develop a communications and relationships protocol that will enable the new healthwatch and the voluntary and community sector to work together collaboratively so that local views and experiences are used to inform the commissioning and decommissioning of services and so improve outcomes for local people. Healthwatch is represented on the Health & Wellbeing Board as a full voting member, sharing its collective responsibility. A key responsibility of this Board is to reduce health inequalities and it will need to take views and experiences into account when it does this.
Progress to date
The project has been undertaken by 3 reps from the LINk/GRCC and 3 reps from the voluntary sector, facilitated by GCC. It is now at a stage to be able to bring back a draft protocol for discussion with the VCS Health & Community Wellbeing Strategy Group. The protocol, that can be downloaded above, is a working document and will be updated in the light of discussions.
