Authorisation about us, but without us
August 21, 2011 by Andrew Craig
Filed under commissioning, Local Involvement Network, News posts, NHS, Public Involvement, Wandsworth
Small may be beautiful, but “size matters”. That’s is the inescapable conclusion of the news that 1 in 7 CCGs (clinical commissioning groups, formerly known as GP consortia) are too small for authorisation. Health Service Journal reckons that 47 CCGs have fewer than 50,000 patients; some...
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Data deluge coming – start paddling lessons now
July 11, 2011 by Andrew Craig
Filed under News posts, patient participation, Wandsworth
As part of its much-vaunted efforts to incentivise public service consumers (that means you and me) to make better choices and demand higher standards – something MAC applauds - The Cabinet Office announced last week that sets of performance indicators would be available covering health, schools,...
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Just saying “no” won’t do
May 27, 2011 by Andrew Craig
Filed under commissioning, Consultation, Local Involvement Network, News posts, NHS, Public Involvement, Wandsworth
Yesterday about 85 people from around Wandsworth gathered with our pathfinder consortium leaders to discuss what good commissioning and meaningful patient and public participation could and should look like locally. There is no doubt local people are keen to be involved from the outset in the changes...
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Wandsworth Memory Bank for Patient and Public Involvement
April 19, 2011 by Andrew Craig
Filed under Wandsworth
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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