News

To download 'LINk News' click below:

NS LINk quarterly newsletter August 2010

NS LINk quarterly newsletter May 2010



To download member's bulletins click below:

NS LINk members' e-bulletin February 2010

NS LINk members' e-bulletin March 2010

NS LINk members' e-bulletin April 2010

NS LINk members' e-bulletin July 2010

Supporting People Strategy Consultation

To read more about supporting people and this consultation, go to our consultations page where you can download and complete the Supporting People Strategy Consultation Questionnaire.  The deadline for returning completed questionnaires is 1st September 2010.

NHS White Paper - 'Equity and Excellence - Liberating the NHS'

There will be local consultations on the proposed changes set out in the NHS White Paper and we will keep you up to date with developments as we learn more. Click here to read the draft structural reform plans of the Coalition Government. You may also be interested in reading the following letter from NHS Chief Executive, Sir David Nicholson on service reconfiguration. For more information and to download the three major consultation documents relating to the NHS White Paper, go to our consultations page. 

Awareness of and Access to Services: Joint working with Care Connect

The LINk has carried out a peice of joint working with Care Connect to influence the launch of their expanded service and to increase public awareness of it, so that people will know where to find services when they need them. A report was produced and sent to North Somerset Council. Click on this link to download the report and appendices and to read the Council's response.

Alternative Formats
If you would like this information in an alternative format, please contact the office on: 01934 876806
or by email to contact@nsomersetlink.co.uk

North Somerset Council & NHS North Somerset -
Joint Conference 18th October, Winter Gardens, W-S-M

Click this link to view a flyer for the upcoming North Somerset Partnership Conference.   Or click here for a booking form.  For further information contact Marilyn Edwards on 01275 546757 or Alun Davies on 01275 884033 or Email: claire.laycock@n-somerset.gov.uk  
 

North Somerset Partnership - Older People Strategy

Go to our consultations page to read about North Somerset Partnership's Older People Strategy. The LINk responded to the consultation, which closed on Friday 30th July 2010. Click the following link to view the LINk's response to the consultation.

Wrington Vale Medical Practice

The LINk commented on the draft consultation document on the Wrington Vale Medical Practice proposed redevelopment.  To read the comments put forward by the LINk please click on the links below:

NS LINk Comments on Draft Consultation document October 2009

NS LINk further Comments on Draft Consultation document November 2009
 

Although the consultation period has now ended, public involvement continues to play an important role in the redevelopment of Wrington Vale Medical Practice.  The LINk's Chair, Georgie Bigg is our representative on the Consultation Representative Group and Project Board, while Nick Godfrey, LINk Deputy Chair, is our Business Case Review Group representative.  An independent consultant is putting together all of the information submitted during the consultation period and will be producing a consultation report, which will be available on the NHS North Somerset website after the report's publication, which is anticipated for the end of May.  For the latest information on the Wrington Vale Medical Practice development, go to the NHS North Somerset website or take a look at the Wrington Vale Medical Practice Newsletter.
 

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