HEALTHWATCH AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ASSOCIATION
  • WELCOME
    • Membership
    • The Steering Group
    • Join the Steering Group
    • ORGANISATIONS WE SUPPORT
    • Certificate of Incorporation
    • HAPIA - Objects of Association
    • Health Campaigning
    • GDPR 2018 >
      • GDPR Consent Form
  • NEWS 2025
    • Archived News >
      • 2023 / 2024
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019 >
        • November - December 2019
        • October 2019
        • September 2019
        • August 2019
        • July 2019
        • June 2019
        • May 2019
        • April 2019
        • March 2019
        • January - February 2019
      • 2018 >
        • November / December 2018
        • October 2018
        • September 2018
        • August 2018
        • June / July 2018
        • March / April / May 2018
        • January / February 2018
      • 2017 >
        • December 2017
        • November 2017
        • October 2017
        • September 2017
        • July / August 2017
        • May / June 2017
        • March / April 2017
        • February 2017
        • January 2017
      • 2016 >
        • December 2016
        • November 2016
        • October 2016
        • August / September 2016
        • July 2016
        • June 2016
        • April / May 2016
        • February / March 2016
        • January 2016
      • 2015 >
        • December 2015
        • November 2015
        • October 2015
        • August / September 2015
        • June 2015
        • May 2015
        • February 2015
        • January 2015
      • 2014 >
        • December 2014
        • November 2014
        • October 2014
        • August 2014
        • July 2014
        • June 2014
        • May 2014
        • April 2014
        • March 2014
        • February 2014
        • January 2014
      • 2013
  • MINI BULLETINS
    • MINI BULLETINS - 2023
  • CONFERENCES / AGM
    • AGMs
    • 2015 - AGM >
      • AGM Photo Gallery
    • 2014 >
      • Conference: Photo Gallery
    • 2013
  • Annual Reports
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • PLACES OF SAFETY - FOI
  • DOCUMENTS
    • Duties of Local Authorities
    • ENTER + VIEW /STATUTORY DUTIES
    • Equality, Inclusion and Diversity
    • Healthwatch Development Network
    • Healthwatch Legislation
    • Major Policy Documents
    • Patient Led Inspections
    • PPI Groups - Papers
    • Quality Accounts
    • Revalidation of Doctors
    • Social Science & Medicine Publications
    • Strengthening Accountability - DH
Picture
NEWS  -  JANUARY 2017
Picture
Click on the image to download
FUNDING FOR EACH LHW - THE LAST THREE YEARS ...   2014/2015: 20152016: 2016/2017
4 pages

FUNDING FOR EACH LHW - AND STAFFING 'ESTIMATES'
2 pages

Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 30 January 2017)
  • Diana R. Johnson, Labour - Kingston upon Hull North  
  • Philip Dunne, The Minister of State, Department of Health
Picture
3 pages
THE CANCER REGISTRY

A leaflet to distribute to cancer patients explaining what the cancer registry is and what it does.
 INFORMING SERVICE REVIEWS AND REDESIGNS
NHS England has launched two further bite-size guides to patient insight, to help CCGs and providers make better use of national surveys and feedback data, and to plan their own local insight work to inform service reviews and redesigns.
                                                                                             Click on the images to download ...
Picture
5 pages
Picture
8 pages
HEALTHWATCH ENGLAND
​
Healthwatch England 
, the National Health and Care “consumer champion”, has appointed Imelda Redmond as its new National Director.

Ms Redmond has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector, including as Chief Executive for the now defunct charity 4Children, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Marie Curie Cancer Care and Chief Executive of Carers UK.

She received a CBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List for working to promote the needs of carers.

Ms Redmond said of her appointment: “There are big challenges facing the health and care sector… It is clear the only way the NHS and care services are going to meet these challenges is if people and clinicians work as partners, and Healthwatch provides the perfect platform to help make this happen.”

Her appointment was confirmed by Jane Mordue, who this week had her roles as Chair of Healthwatch and Non-Executive Director of Care Quality Commission made permanent. Ms Mordue has held both these positions on an interim basis since last December.
​
Ms Redmond will start as National Director on 09 January and succeeds Susan Robinson, the current Acting National Director, who is taking retirement.
PRIME MINISTER'S ADVISER ON HEALTH
A Management Consultant and former Doctor is to become the Prime Minister’s adviser on health.

James Kent’s appointment is expected to be announced imminently. Downing Street has been without a special Political Adviser for Health since Theresa May took over in July.
​
Dr Kent was, until recently, a Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group, with a leading role in its work with the NHS, and has been in consultancy for more than 20 years. Before this, he trained in medicine in Nottingham and worked as a Junior doctor in the NHS for several years. He has co-authored several articles on Health Policy for HSJ and elsewhere.
PATIENT REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES
Picture
12 pages

Content
Policy Statement   .   Background   .   Who can register for free primary care services?   .  Immediately necessary treatment .     Assessing patient ID at registration   .   Determining if the patient lives in the Practice area .  Registering children   .   Registration of those previously registered with Defence Medical Services (DMS) and Priority NHS are for Veterans   .   Persons released from prison and/or in contact with the criminal justice system .  Access to registration Refusing registration   .   New patient health checks
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ENQUIRY INTO HEALTHCARE
​
1.    Letter to Meg Hillier MP, House of Commons from the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health
       16 December 2016
2.    Letter to Meg Hilier MP, House of Commons from Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health
       16 December 2016
PHARMACY CUTS CHALLENGED  ...   PSNC Judicial Review granted
The High Court has granted PSNc permission for a Judicial Review of the Secretary of State's October decision to implement cuts to community pharmacy funding and other changes. The hearing is to be expedited and will be heard in the week commencing 6 February 2017.
​
PSNC sought permission from the High Court to apply for the Judicial Review on the grounds that it believes the Secretary of State failed to carry out a lawful consultation on the proposals for community pharmacy. Find out more about the Judge's decision at: ow.ly/ib8S307uMGs


Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • WELCOME
    • Membership
    • The Steering Group
    • Join the Steering Group
    • ORGANISATIONS WE SUPPORT
    • Certificate of Incorporation
    • HAPIA - Objects of Association
    • Health Campaigning
    • GDPR 2018 >
      • GDPR Consent Form
  • NEWS 2025
    • Archived News >
      • 2023 / 2024
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019 >
        • November - December 2019
        • October 2019
        • September 2019
        • August 2019
        • July 2019
        • June 2019
        • May 2019
        • April 2019
        • March 2019
        • January - February 2019
      • 2018 >
        • November / December 2018
        • October 2018
        • September 2018
        • August 2018
        • June / July 2018
        • March / April / May 2018
        • January / February 2018
      • 2017 >
        • December 2017
        • November 2017
        • October 2017
        • September 2017
        • July / August 2017
        • May / June 2017
        • March / April 2017
        • February 2017
        • January 2017
      • 2016 >
        • December 2016
        • November 2016
        • October 2016
        • August / September 2016
        • July 2016
        • June 2016
        • April / May 2016
        • February / March 2016
        • January 2016
      • 2015 >
        • December 2015
        • November 2015
        • October 2015
        • August / September 2015
        • June 2015
        • May 2015
        • February 2015
        • January 2015
      • 2014 >
        • December 2014
        • November 2014
        • October 2014
        • August 2014
        • July 2014
        • June 2014
        • May 2014
        • April 2014
        • March 2014
        • February 2014
        • January 2014
      • 2013
  • MINI BULLETINS
    • MINI BULLETINS - 2023
  • CONFERENCES / AGM
    • AGMs
    • 2015 - AGM >
      • AGM Photo Gallery
    • 2014 >
      • Conference: Photo Gallery
    • 2013
  • Annual Reports
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • PLACES OF SAFETY - FOI
  • DOCUMENTS
    • Duties of Local Authorities
    • ENTER + VIEW /STATUTORY DUTIES
    • Equality, Inclusion and Diversity
    • Healthwatch Development Network
    • Healthwatch Legislation
    • Major Policy Documents
    • Patient Led Inspections
    • PPI Groups - Papers
    • Quality Accounts
    • Revalidation of Doctors
    • Social Science & Medicine Publications
    • Strengthening Accountability - DH