Wandsworth Memory Bank for Patient and Public Involvement

NB THIS PAGE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION MAC has been active in Wandsworth in a range of patient and public involvement activities for more than 10 years.  As the NHS enters yet another period of disruptive change there is a danger that local memory of PPI activity – both successful and less... 
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Pause, Reflect and Improve? MAC grabs the Lansley moment

We have a plan – a 10 point plan focusing on Public Accountability and Patient Engagement in the Health and Social Care Bill.  Listening to the Prime Minister this morning on the Today programme, he talked about the label of “GP commissioning” as being misleading – echoing a... 
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Walkin’ Back to Happiness

It was a hit for Helen Shapiro in 1961 and now it is back.  Happiness was relaunched yesterday by Action for Happiness. The show opened with the  exercise led by the Buddhist du jour  to become  fully present and then we were introduced to happiness, the organisation and the way it will work to... 
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Bigger boards but no room for patients

Good timing for the publication of the Health Select Committee’s latest  report on commissioning. Following the government’s new-found interest in “listening” to what others have to say about health service reform, let’s hope they have set aside some time to read this report... 
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Artisans for cheese please, not healthcare

Prepare for a shock. Smash the rose-tinted spectacles. The Kings Fund’s independent 18-month enquiry Improving the Quality of Care in General Practice found considerable variability in key quality of care domains around England’s GP practices.  What this means for the consumers – you... 
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Let’s see a “Parent Opinion” website

A new consultation on school inspections has raised the question of how much attention the inspection body Ofsted should pay to the views of parents. “We…. intend to take greater account of parents’ views in helping us to decide when a school should be inspected. We are currently considering... 
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