Resources

Click on one of the categories below to view the relevant resources. If there is something that you think should be included in this section, please contact us.

What is a LINk?

 Our PDF explaining the work we do can be found here.

Volunteering

• Volunteering Opportunities
• Enter and View

Bulletins

 Bulletins can be found here.

Annual Reports

Click here to go to our list of Annual Reports.

Contract Monitoring Report

January 2012Edition
December 2011 Edition
November 2011 Edition
October 2011 Edition
April – Sept 2011 Edition

Engagement Activities

The LINk has recruited an additional 3 temporary LINk Development Workers (LDW) to work with our existing LDWs and the LINk between now and the end of March 2012.  Part of their remit is to work with existing networks and develop new ones within each district with a view to getting greater participation and representation in the LINk across all 8 districts of the County.  A schedule of ongoing engagement activities is currently being developed and will be updated at this section shortly.

The LINk Development workers and the areas they are working on is listed below:

Bernard Bester:  Stafford and East Staffordshire
Hester Parsons:  Lichfield and Tamworth
Elizabeth Jarrett:  Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands
Nicola Sawyer:  Cannock and South Staffordshire
Sara Green:  Engaging with younger people across the county.

If you would like to contact any of the LINk Development Workers, please call 01785 887990.

Consultations

Proposed changes to Mental Health Inpatient Services in South Staffordshire – South Staffordshire PCT and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust:

Mental Health Consultation – Final
Mental Health Consultation Summary – Final
Mental Health Consultation Questions – Final

Local HealthWatch/HealthWatch England

Resources in respect of Local HealthWatch/HealthWatch England developments can be found in this section.

• Local HealthWatch – Pathfinder Proposal
• Patient Involvement and Public Accountability
• Summary Report of the NHS Future Forum FINAL
• HealthWatch Advisory Group Bulletin
• Government Reponse to the NHS Future Forum report
• Developing the NHS Commissioning Board
• Consultation on Funding Allocation Options for Local HealthWatch, NHS Complaints Advocacy, PCT Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• DH Consultation on Allocation Options briefing document
• Funding Allocation Joint Response 20 10 11
• Funding Allocations Consultation Response – National Association of LINk Members (NALM)
• HealthWatch Advisory Group bulletin issue 3
• Smoothing the Way Developing local healthwatch through lessons from LINks CfPS
• Notes of DH Advisory Group meeting Oct 20 2011 (2)
• CQC Preparing for HealthWatch
• CQC Preparing for HealthWatch Easy Read

Staffordshire County Council Evaluation

Staffordshire County Council Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board

Staffordshire County Council Shadow Health and Wellbeing
Staffordshire HWB ToR Final Version 13 October 11 v2 (2)
HWBB Vision Development session and board discussion
Health and Wellbeing Board presentation 6th October 2011
Minutes of Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board on 6th October 2011

NHS Constitution

•  NHS Constitution
• NHS Constitution Easy Read
• NHS Constitution Large print
• NHS Constitution interactive
• http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Media/DH_115487 – weblink to the DH audio version of the NHS Constitution

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NICE quality standards are a set of specific, concise statements that act as markers of high-quality, cost-effective patient care, covering the treatment and prevention of different diseases and conditions.

Derived from the best available evidence such as NICE guidance and other evidence sources accredited by NHS Evidence, they are developed independently by NICE, in collaboration with the NHS and social care professionals, their partners and service users, and address three dimensions of quality: clinical effectiveness, patient safety and patient experience.  The work is central to supporting the Government’s vision for an NHS focussed on delivering the best possible outcomes for patients.

NICE quality standards enable:

• Health and social care professionals to make decisions about care based on the latest evidence and best practice.
• Patients to understand what service they can expect from their health and social care providers.
• NHS Trusts to quickly and easily examine the clinical performance of their oganisation and assess the standards of care they provide.
• Commissioners to be confident that the services they are providing are high quality and cost effective.

Published quality standards are available for:

• Chronic heart failure
• Chronic kidney disease
• Dementia
• Depression in adults
• Glaucoma
• Specialist neonatal care
• Stroke
• VTE prevention

The webline to access copies of the above standards is:

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qualitystandards/qualitystandards.jsp

NHS Outcomes Framework
NHS Outcomes Framework