Birmingham Link http://birminghamlink.org Just another birminghamlink.org weblog Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:44:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry – Chaired by Robert Francis QC http://birminghamlink.org/blog/the-mid-staffordshire-nhs-foundation-trust-public-inquiry-chaired-by-robert-francis-qc/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/the-mid-staffordshire-nhs-foundation-trust-public-inquiry-chaired-by-robert-francis-qc/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:44:02 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9292 The final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry was published on Wednesday 6 February 2013. Please use the links to access the executive summary and a full copy of the report, along with the Chairman’s public statement on the day.

http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/report

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/the-mid-staffordshire-nhs-foundation-trust-public-inquiry-chaired-by-robert-francis-qc/feed/ 0 Are you living with prostate cancer? http://birminghamlink.org/blog/are-you-living-with-prostate-cancer/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/are-you-living-with-prostate-cancer/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:45:39 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9269 Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the UK.
If you are currently receiving treatment for prostate cancer in Birmingham, we would like to hear from you.

Prostate Cancer A4 Col

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/are-you-living-with-prostate-cancer/feed/ 0 Listening to the voice of midwives in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull. http://birminghamlink.org/blog/listening-to-the-voice-of-midwives-in-birmingham-sandwell-and-solihull/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/listening-to-the-voice-of-midwives-in-birmingham-sandwell-and-solihull/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:19:33 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9265 Midwives survey

Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell Local Involvement Networks [LINks] have commissioned independent research to explore the experiences and views of midwives practising in these areas.

It is essential that a full range of voices from the midwifery frontline are heard in this research project, you can contribute your experiences and opinions by taking part in a short telephone interview.

Please contact the research team directly at info@merida.co.uk or by ringing Karen Garry at Merida Associates on 01384 375799 to arrange a convenient time.

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/listening-to-the-voice-of-midwives-in-birmingham-sandwell-and-solihull/feed/ 0 Linking people with the new Birmingham CrossCity Clinical Commissioning Group Event Blog http://birminghamlink.org/blog/linking-people-with-the-new-birmingham-crosscity-clinical-commissioning-group-event-blog/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/linking-people-with-the-new-birmingham-crosscity-clinical-commissioning-group-event-blog/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:15:11 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9256 Please click here to see the dedicated blog

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/linking-people-with-the-new-birmingham-crosscity-clinical-commissioning-group-event-blog/feed/ 0 Birmingham CCG Profiles http://birminghamlink.org/blog/birmingham-ccg-profiles/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/birmingham-ccg-profiles/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:31:01 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9253 Click here for the profiles

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/birmingham-ccg-profiles/feed/ 0 Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Consultation http://birminghamlink.org/blog/joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-consultation-2/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-consultation-2/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:50:22 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9236 Please click here for full details

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-consultation-2/feed/ 0 Heart of England FT Community Health Fair http://birminghamlink.org/blog/heart-of-england-ft-community-health-fair/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/heart-of-england-ft-community-health-fair/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:25:00 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9229 Event flyer

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/heart-of-england-ft-community-health-fair/feed/ 0 Birmingham South and Central CCG Prospectus http://birminghamlink.org/blog/birmingham-south-and-central-ccg-prospectus/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/birmingham-south-and-central-ccg-prospectus/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:24:16 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9222 BSC 2012 Brochure final

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/birmingham-south-and-central-ccg-prospectus/feed/ 0 Celebrating our successs event http://birminghamlink.org/blog/celebrating-our-successs-event/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/celebrating-our-successs-event/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:39:14 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9217 We will be tweeting during this event please use the hashtag #gobrumlink if you’d like to join in or follow us on Twitter from the main page of the site.

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/celebrating-our-successs-event/feed/ 0 No health without mental health: implementation framework http://birminghamlink.org/blog/no-health-without-mental-health-implementation-framework/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/no-health-without-mental-health-implementation-framework/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:29:58 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9211 Click here to view

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/no-health-without-mental-health-implementation-framework/feed/ 0 Find local NHS services http://birminghamlink.org/blog/find-local-nhs-services-2/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/find-local-nhs-services-2/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:13:23 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9208

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/find-local-nhs-services-2/feed/ 0 West Midlands Ambulance Service Patient Survey http://birminghamlink.org/blog/west-midlands-ambulance-service-patient-survey/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/west-midlands-ambulance-service-patient-survey/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:41:42 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9202 Click here to take the survey

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/west-midlands-ambulance-service-patient-survey/feed/ 0 Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Consultation http://birminghamlink.org/blog/joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-consultation/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-consultation/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:28:46 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9193 The Health and Wellbeing Strategy is required by the Health and Social Care
Act 2012. It is part of the roadmap of getting to shared understanding of what
we need to commission.

This is your opportunity to comment on the priorities and actions set out in the draft strategy and to let us know how you may be able to help achieve these outcomes.

You may respond in three ways:

  • Complete the online form
  • Send a completed electronic copy of the document below to Birmingham.Phi@nhs.net
  • Send a completed paper copy of the document below to: Kulwant Ghaleigh, Information and Intelligence, Birmingham Public Health, Gee House, Holborn Hill, Aston, Birmingham, B7 5JR

The consultation runs until 7th September 2012

Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Consultation 2012 (527.4 KB)

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-consultation/feed/ 0 CQC Annual Report 2011/12 http://birminghamlink.org/blog/cqc-annual-report-201112/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/cqc-annual-report-201112/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:30:07 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9190 More information here

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/cqc-annual-report-201112/feed/ 0 Local Authority Health Scrutiny Proposals for consultation http://birminghamlink.org/blog/local-authority-health-scrutiny-proposals-for-consultation/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/local-authority-health-scrutiny-proposals-for-consultation/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:27:45 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9187 Click here

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/local-authority-health-scrutiny-proposals-for-consultation/feed/ 0 Health and Wellbeing Summit – July 2012 http://birminghamlink.org/blog/health-and-wellbeing-summit-july-2012/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/health-and-wellbeing-summit-july-2012/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:11:17 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9183 http://bhwbb.net/health-and-wellbeing-summit-july-2012/

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/health-and-wellbeing-summit-july-2012/feed/ 0 Caring for our future: reforming care and support – White Paper http://birminghamlink.org/blog/caring-for-our-future-reforming-care-and-support-white-paper/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/caring-for-our-future-reforming-care-and-support-white-paper/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:12:53 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9175 Click here

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/caring-for-our-future-reforming-care-and-support-white-paper/feed/ 0 An overview of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Birmingham http://birminghamlink.org/blog/an-overview-of-the-joint-strategic-needs-assessment-for-birmingham/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/an-overview-of-the-joint-strategic-needs-assessment-for-birmingham/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:17:08 +0000 andrew http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9172 Click here

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/an-overview-of-the-joint-strategic-needs-assessment-for-birmingham/feed/ 0 Table discussion – no health without mental health http://birminghamlink.org/blog/table-discussion-no-health-without-mental-health/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/table-discussion-no-health-without-mental-health/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:36:53 +0000 Gavin Wray http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9167 Paraphrased notes from a table discussion at Strengthening the Patient Voice, one of a series of events in West Bromwich linking up patients, their carers, their representatives and their communities, and the Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

This table discussed one of the CCG plans:

“No health without mental health – treat mental ill health and promote wellbeing.”

GPs not investigating or listening to concerns (imaginary illness).

Exercise and physical activity is not the be all and end all of cures.

GPs are financially constrained to make referrals, so they may not always refer to specialists.

GPs quick to prescribe medication without investigating thoroughly.

GPs stereotype specific groups, including ethnic groups.

GPs need to work with specialists on mental health issues.

]]> http://birminghamlink.org/blog/table-discussion-no-health-without-mental-health/feed/ 0 Meet needs of frail and elderly – independence and dignity http://birminghamlink.org/blog/meet-needs-of-frail-and-elderly-independence-and-dignity/ http://birminghamlink.org/blog/meet-needs-of-frail-and-elderly-independence-and-dignity/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:30:00 +0000 Gavin Wray http://birminghamlink.org/?p=9162 Paraphrased notes from a table discussion at Strengthening the Patient Voice, one of a series of events in West Bromwich linking up patients, their carers, their representatives and their communities, and the Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

This table discussed the needs of frail elderly.

Financial impact – may be two tiers for the haves and have nots.

GPs to listen to their patients – There’s no health without mental health.

Dignity and respect is not just for the elderly – it applies to people of all ages.

One person mentioned how, when visiting GP, you can see message on a board flashing when a 10 minute appointment has taken 10 minutes. It’s undignified, disrespectful.

GPs only allowed to deal with 1 problem at a time.

Some practices have a system where, if you can’t see your usual GP, you can see another GP. Consistency and continuity is important.

How can you get information about the surgery/practice and changes in them, such as GPs hours, rotations or locums? Should not require having to physically going to the surgery – need other ways of communicating changes to patients, such as post.

Internet is concerning for elderly. Example of Birmingham City Council having a dedicated phone line for older people – would this work for a GP surgery?

Easy access to GP – by this, we mean home visits, not being told to get in a taxi and visit the surgery.

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