MAC Partners have been active in Wandsworth in a range of patient and public involvement and engagement activities since 2001 when Valerie Moore and Andrew Craig worked with Wandsworth Council, the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]