Camden
April 2013 ... Local Healthwatch Provider: Healthwatch Camden
NHS Complaints Advocacy Provider: VoiceAbility
NHS Complaints Advocacy Provider: VoiceAbility
March 2012 ...THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY
camden@icaseworkmail.com
1. Has your Local Authority agreed an indicative budget for LHW for the period April 2013 - March 2015?
2. If an indicative budget has been agreed for LHW for the period April 2013 – March 2015, what sum has been agreed?
3. What arrangements have been agreed by your Local Authority for supporting your local LINk during transition to LHW for the period April 2012 – March 2013?
4. What arrangements has your Local Authority put in place to include the local LINk in the pilot Health and Wellbeing Board for the Authority’s area?
5. How many meetings have taken place with the public in your Authority’s area to consult them on the development of LHW?
Note: ‘Arrangements’ mean a provision or plan made in preparation for an undertaking
camden@icaseworkmail.com
1. Has your Local Authority agreed an indicative budget for LHW for the period April 2013 - March 2015?
2. If an indicative budget has been agreed for LHW for the period April 2013 – March 2015, what sum has been agreed?
3. What arrangements have been agreed by your Local Authority for supporting your local LINk during transition to LHW for the period April 2012 – March 2013?
4. What arrangements has your Local Authority put in place to include the local LINk in the pilot Health and Wellbeing Board for the Authority’s area?
5. How many meetings have taken place with the public in your Authority’s area to consult them on the development of LHW?
Note: ‘Arrangements’ mean a provision or plan made in preparation for an undertaking
LOCAL AUTHORITY CONTRIBUTION ...
1. Awaiting guidance from central government on a final allocation for Healthwatch and we shall use this figure to set an indicative budget for HealthWatch Camden for April 2013 – March 2015.
2. Not yet agreed
3. A Healthwatch Community Development Officer was recruited in November 2011 to support the LINk during the transition period. The officer’s main roles are to engage with the local community to inform the development of LHW; to support the LINk’s transition to HealthWatch by supporting volunteers to develop the necessary skills and capacity required for HealthWatch’ to work with the users of health and social care, carers and with the whole community to maintain effective public involvement in the commissioning and delivery of health and social care. In addition, the officer has been providing administrative support to the LINk. From April 2012, the administrative support role will be provided by a part-time Camden LINk Administrator, who will be available up to the end of the transition period.
4. One member of the LINk is on the Health and Wellbeing Board.
5. A workshop was held in December 2011 to provide opportunity to discuss the feedback on what a successful Healthwatch might look like in Camden, and the types of things it would need to do. A second workshop was held in February 2012, to reflect on the feedback so far, and to begin the conversations on what HealthWatch Camden look like and how it will carry out its tasks. A third workshop is due to be held in the coming months to discuss a more worked-up model of HealthWatch that will be commissioned in Camden, based on the conversations with the public from the previous workshops. Aside from the workshops described above, there have also
been opportunities to feedback views online and in separate meetings with a number of different user groups in the borough.
UPDATE FROM:
THE HEALTHWATCH IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME TEAM October 2012
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Add to the contribution/s
To add to - or to update/comment on a contribution - submit your entry to Malcolm Alexander, Chair, NALM
__________________________________________________________________________________
Please state clearly:
1. The name of your Local Authority, LINk or Host
2. Your name
3. Your position within the Local Authority, LINk or Host
4. Your email address
5. Your telephone number
To add to - or to update/comment on a contribution - submit your entry to Malcolm Alexander, Chair, NALM
__________________________________________________________________________________
Please state clearly:
1. The name of your Local Authority, LINk or Host
2. Your name
3. Your position within the Local Authority, LINk or Host
4. Your email address
5. Your telephone number