9th May 2012

"On Tuesday 16th May I'll be at the CQC Leeds office in leafy Park Square for a morning session looking at their visions and priorities for the next 5 years."  Thanks - Jim Kerr.

6th May 2012

"London beckons - I'll be at DoH on Tuesday 15th May for an all day meeting for just the Regional LINks reps from the HWAG.  Main themes for discussion will be Regulations; LHW relationship with CCG's and NHSNCB; Health and Well-being Boards; Scrutiny.



Thanks - Jim Kerr.



23rd April 2012

Regular readers of my blog may recall that CQC promised to send a letter to Local Authorities setting out their view of what a good Local Healthwatch (LHW) would look like, to help inform their commissioning process.  Well, the latest news on this from CQC is that they should be publishing in May a letter about what they will look for in their relationship with a LHW.  Jim Kerr

21st April 2012  

The key points to come out of the LINks/Pathfinders meeting I attended in London on 13th April are:-

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8th December 2011

The latest news this week is that the Care Quality Commission is working on a letter to be sent in January to Local Authority HealthWatch Commissioners setting out the CQC view of what an effective HealthWatch should look like.  This is going to reflect the work CQC are currently doing with the 22 LINks involved in their National Development Project. 

 

At a project meeting on Wednesday those LINks in attendance, including myself representing Leeds LINk, had a brainstorming session on the kind of detail which needs to go in that letter.  I think, as a result, the CQC got a lot of strong and valuable messages to use.

 

CQC have decided on this course of action because of feedback being received from Local Authorities and LINks and because the Department of Health hasn’t issued such guidance as yet.  They are also conscious of the commissioning timescale and that January is pretty much the latest this sort of communication can afford to go out.

 

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