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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Bob Blizzard (Labour). It was answered on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Local Involvement Networks

Question
In my area we have a group of very dedicated people who were involved in community health councils, who then became involved in the various patient and public involvement organisations and who want to be involved in the LINKs. However, they are conscious that we are not reaching out to a wider electorate of people who want to get involved in such work. How can we spread the word and get new people involved in these organisations?
Answer

That is the challenge. We know from consultation that people want to have a greater say. Through some of the draft guidance that we have issued we have looked at how to involve more people. We also have some early adopter sites, which are considering in particular how to widen the range of people who are involved to include voluntary sector and other patient groups.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
460 c1103 
Session
2006-07
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
NHS Public participation
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk