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Future looks bright for critical care
Two hospitals caring for some of the region’s sickest patients are benefiting from the delivery of more than 20 new pieces of equipment, at an investment of more than £200,000. The critical care departments at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals, both part of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, received 11 new haemo-filtration machines and [...]
Launch of single point for referrals for learning disability service
NHS South Birmingham Community Health’s Learning Disability Service is launching a Single Point of Access for all referrals on 6 September. Read more
Care Quality Commission publishes guide on new standards for NHS hospitals
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), organisation responsible for the licencing and monitoring of health and adult social care providers, has been introducing new standards of quality and safety across England since April 2010 – with NHS hospitals being the first to enter the new regulatory scheme. The five new standards for NHS hospitals are: You [...]
South Birmingham Community Health Hospitals receive top ratings
The Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) gave South Birmingham Community Health Hospitals high ratings in its latest assessment. PEAT assesses all hospitals and in-patient units with more than ten beds. South Birmingham Community Health manages three hospitals: West Heath, Moseley Hall and the Sheldon Unit. As part of the assessment, West Heath received three ‘excellent’ ratings [...]
bcda offers short courses in September and October
The bcda Learning and Development Service has limited places available on a range of short courses running in September and October. Prices range from £20 to £40. For more information, please contact 0121 303 0990 or bcda@birmingham.gov.uk.
Trust launches survey to find out the needs of the LGBT community
Birmingham LGBT Community Trust has been commissioned by Birmingham City Council to design a survey to find out what are the real issues and needs for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans and who live, work or socialise in Birmingham. The survey is confidential and takes about twenty minutes to complete. You cannot [...]
Healthwatch Consultation
In July 2010, the Government announced plans to set up an independent champion for health and social care consumers called HealthWatchEngland. Local Involvement Networks (LINks) will become local HealthWatchorganisations. The proposals were published as part of the White Paper ‘Equality and excellence: Liberating the NHS’, the consultation for which will finish on the 5th October [...]
Self Management Awarness Day in Sheldon
Birmingham East and North (BEN) Primary Care Trust is hosting a Self Management Awarness Day in Sheldon on the 13th of September. If you are interesting in attending please contact Marie Barr on 08000326016 or 01213809298 or email marie.barr1@benpct.nhs.uk
Study to understand people’s experiences of cancer services is launched
Brap, a national equality and human rights charity, are working on a project funded by Macmillan Cancer Support which aims to find out how and why people’s experience of cancer services differs in the UK. Obviously, everybody’s experience of cancer and cancer services is different and unique. Yet they would like to understand whether particular groups face [...]
Birmingham LINk summary of the government white paper: Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS
Birmingham LINk summary of the government white paper: Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS The White paper is routed in the coalition’s beliefs of freedom, fairness and responsibility. The aim of the coalition is to make the NHS the envy of the world. There are three central ideas that the government believes will help them [...]
New guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons is published
The Equality and Human Rights Commission published a guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons (UNCRDP) on 19 July. The guide has been developed so that disabled persons are more aware of their rights and so that they can voice their concerns to improve services for themselves or others. The UK government [...]
New consultation guideline now available
If you are planning to organise a consultation, and would like it to be as inclusive as possible, then you may find brap’s new toolkit very useful. Entitled Engaging People, and based on real life examples, it offers practical advice. View toolkit
Jobs available with the LINk host
If you are passionate about health and social care, and would like to support the LINk in making a positive impact in the way services are commissioned and delivered, how about applying for one of the roles that we have made available? There are currently two positions up for grabs: Senior Administrator and Facilitator.
Results from GP Patient Survey are now available
The Department of Health has released the results of the GP Patient Survey, covering the period April 2009 to March 2010. Previous results are also available on their website. View results
White Paper sets out plans for the future of the NHS
The government’s latest White Paper (Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS) has set out plans for the future of the NHS, which include change in the way local involvement networks (LINks) will operate. The documents below detail the changes that are being proposed by the coalition. View the White Paper: Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS [...]
Health Improvement Monitoring Report West Midlands Quarter 4
An overview of health improvement trends within the West Midlands Health Improvement Monitoring Report West Midlands Q4
Birmingham LINk releases Annual Report
Annual Report highlights significant achievements Local Involvement Networks are required by law to publish their Annual Reports on 30 June of every year and to distribute them to the Department of Health, Care Quality Commission, relevant Primary Care Trusts, Foundation Trusts and Local Authority. We at Birmingham LINk also consider this as an opportunity to [...]
