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Caring for our Future Consultation – briefing and initial thoughts

EmmaE — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:16:54 +0000

Caring for our Future- An Overview and intial VCS responseThis briefing aims to set out the main points in the Department of Health engagement exercise, Caring for our Future. It also aims to outline an initial response from the voluntary and community sector (VCS) to the most relevant issues raised- in order to spark debate and further input into a coordinated VCS response to the engagement exercise. The briefing should be read in conjunction with the questions specified by the Department of Health: http://caringforourfuture.dh.gov.uk/caringforourfuture/files/2011/09/SocialCareFeedbackForm.pdf

Download the briefing Caring for our Future- An Overview and intial VCS response

Contribute to Regional Voices submission to NHS Future Forum

EmmaE — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:54:22 +0000

The Government has asked the NHS Future Forum to continue its work to provide independent advice to further inform ongoing proposals to modernise the NHS.

Regional Voices is committed to ensuring that the voice of the voluntary sector is fed into this process to build on our response to the listening exercise earlier this year and is working with the Future Forum to ensure this happens.

Phase two of the Future Forum’s work is focusing on four questions:

How can you get involved?

Attend one of the nine events organised by Regional Voices and the NHS Future Forum. Find out more and book a place.
Submit your comments directly here
Use this website to comment on the proposals or contact us with your comments directly. This will help to inform the Regional Voices response to the Future Forum.

NHS Future Forum Listening Events Programme- hosted by Regional Voices

EmmaE — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:02:11 +0000

Regional Voices is hosting a programme of NHS Future Forum “listening events” as part of the listening exercise in the development of the Health and Social Care Bill. These listening events are for patient, service user and carer groups and the wider voluntary and community sector leaders, including Local Involvement Networks, to have their say in the listening exercise.

Dates and Locations

If you would like to attend one of these meetings, please follow the instructions below- a booking form is attached. The relevant regional network will contact you to confirm attendance and send any specific joining instructions.

Area and host organisation	Date and times	Location and How to Book
North East VONNE	9^th May 1-3pm	Newburn, Newcastle – please register directly at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/listeningeventNEregisterinterest
North West VSNW	23^rd May 10:30-12:30	Wigan – please use this form and send completed application to helen.walker@vsnw.org.uk
Yorkshire & Humber Involve Y&H	13th May 10-12:30	Leeds – please use this form and send completed application to conferences@involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk
East Midlands ONE EM	18^th May 10-12	Leicester – please register directly at http://healthandsocialcarelisteningevent.eventbrite.com/
West Midlands RAWM	16^th May 10-1	Birmingham – please register directly at http://wmlistening.eventbrite.com/
East COVER	13^th May 10-12:15	Little Chesterford, Essex – please send completed form to carol.richardson@cover-east.org
London LVSC	13th May 2-4	Islington, London – please send completed form to Alison@lvsc.org.uk
South East RAISE	25^th May 1-4	Guildford – please send completed form to jenny@raise-networks.org.uk
South West South West Forum	26^th May 11-1	Exeter – please send completed form to admin@southwestforum.org.uk

Event Overview

NHS Future Forum members will attend each meeting in order to listen to participants’ views around the developing Health and Social Care Bill. Particularly around “Choice and Competition” and “Accountability and Patients”.

Each meeting will be attended by approximately 25-35 voluntary sector leaders, particularly those working with patients, service users and carers from throughout each region. In order to gather as many voices as possible from across the sector, we request that all attendees liaise with their members and networks prior to the meeting to obtain views and feedback on the questions raised.

Who are the events for?

These events are aimed primarily at the voluntary and community sector with an interest in any aspect of public health and health inequalities eg lifestyles, early years, environment, mental wellbeing, education and skills and healthy aging.

We anticipate that demand for places will be high so we reserve the right to restrict the numbers of delegates attending from any single organisation.

If you are not able to participate in these events, find out how you can get involved in the wider listening exercise: http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/category/conversations/listening-exercise-conversations/

For further details contact the relevant regional organisation- see table above or Jo Whaley on 07769168388 or jo.whaley@regionalvoices.org

Join the Big Care Debate

EmmaE — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:31:21 +0000

The Government is keen to raise awareness of its Green Paper “Shaping the Future of Care Together” and to engage as many people as possible in a Big Care Debate about how the care and support system should be reformed.

Regional Voices and NAVCA will be working together to provide a joint response to this consultation. If you would like to feed into this response, please contact Emma Easton at Regional Voices on 0113 394 2300 (emma.easton@regionalforum.org.uk) or Katy Wing at NAVCA on 0114 289 3990 (katy.wing@navca.org.uk)

Read the NAVCA/Regional Voices’ joint briefing paper “Shaping the Future of Care Together”