Patient and Public Involvement

How to 'Get Involved'

There are many ways in which members of the public, patients and the public can ‘get involved’ to help improve local health services. These include:

• Joining a patient, user or care group at a local hospital or GP practice or wherever patients receive a service
• Becoming a patient representative on a specific PCT service working group e.g. Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease
• Joining the Local Involvement Network (LINk) or a local Community Group
  
• Become a volunteer in a local hospital or clinic
• Find our more about the Expert Patient Programme (EPP) which aims to help people living with chronic illness.
  
  
  

Community Involvement News

• Click here to view the community involvement newsletters
  
  
  

The Expert Patients Programme

The Expert Patients Programme is a self management course for people with long-term chronic conditions.

• Click here for further information about the programme
  
  

NHS Offer…Gloucestershire deserves the best of health

• The NHS Offer……Gloucestershire Deserves the Best of Health
  
  
  

Patient and Public Surveys

• Diabetes Services for Adults
  February 2007
  
  

Information about the Local Involvement Network (LINk)

• Click here for further information about the LINk
  
  
  
  

Consultations

• NHS Constitution
  The PCT has been asked to collate responses to the proposed NHS Constitution and we therefore invite you to complete this short questionnaire and submit your comments to us by 5th October 2008.
  
  
• Social Inclusion Strategy
  
  
• Emotional Health and Wellbeing Commissioning Strategy for Children and Young People
  View the draft consultation documents and provide online comments (Gloucestershire County Council website)
  
  

Complaints

• Gloucestershire PCT Complaints Policy
  October 2006
  
  
• Further Information on Comments and Complaints
  
  

Further Information

• For further information, visit the Gloucestershire Health Services website