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Local Pharmaceutical Committee

11 th September 2013. Local Pharmaceutical Committee. Julie McNeill, Co-ordinator. About Healthwatch Cambridgeshire. Established 7 th May 2013 as a Community Interest Company Managed by a Board of Chair & 3 Non-Exec Directors Staff Team - Chief Executive Officer - 4 Co-ordinators

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Local Pharmaceutical Committee

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  1. 11th September 2013 Local Pharmaceutical Committee Julie McNeill, Co-ordinator

  2. About Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Established 7th May 2013 as a Community Interest Company Managed by a Board of Chair & 3 Non-Exec Directors Staff Team - Chief Executive Officer - 4 Co-ordinators - Young People’s Ambassador Contracted by CCC/DoH funding Part of a national network – 152 local Healthwatch organisations

  3. Local Healthwatch are obliged to: • promote and support the involvement of local people in the commissioning, the provision and scrutiny of local care services • enable local people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services • obtain the views of local people regarding their needs for, and experiences of, local care services and importantly to make these views known • provide advice and information about access to local care services • formulate views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved • provide Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/hwbs-health-scrutiny-regulations-2013/

  4. How we will do this • LISTEN • Working with partner organisations, networks and individuals Healthwatch Cambridgeshire will gather the experiences and views of local people about local health & social care services • ENABLE • Work to clarify and make systems and services as easy to access as possible and involve people at all stages • INFORM • Provide advice and information about access to local health & social care services • INFLUENCE • We will let the decision-makers know about people’s experiences and how services can be improved

  5. Our key messages • Help people have their say on local health & social care services by linking them to the people buying and providing care • Find out about people’s experiences with local health & social care services and sharing that information; pointing out the good and helping to improve care where it is needed • Work with people and organisations to understand people’s care needs, to make it as easy as possible to get the right service

  6. Our Strategic Priorities • Equalityof access to health and social care services • Accessto mental health support services • Ensuringthe experiences of people with caring roles are heard and recognised • Engagingwith the broad spectrum of commissioning changes within health and social care • A Health & Social Care Information Service

  7. Developing our Work Programme • Engaging with young people about their experiences • Input into Health and Wellbeing Agenda, eg through JSNA planning • Consultation Network • Working with Patient Groups and CCC Partnership Boards • Volunteer Programme • Linking up commissioning and experience • Complaints Audit • Information & Signposting Service • Building an overview of concerns

  8. For further information: • www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk • Healthwatch Cambridgeshire • The Maple Centre • Huntingdon • 01480 420628 • enquiries@healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk • Like us on Facebook & follow us on Twitter: • Healthwatch Cambs@HW_Cambs

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