Tag Archives: East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network

Insight into Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

TIM HORNE, the Marketing and Communications Assistant Director for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, provided an insight into the range of services delivered by the Trust across the East Riding, at a ERYLINk (East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network) meeting held recently.

In his presentation Tim explained how the Trust employed 8,500 staff and during 2009-10 had spent £444m on caring for patients. The development of a new renal unit and clinical skills centre had been planned in the near future.

Tim also announced that extra car parking places are to be provided at Castle Hill Hospital. The problems of car parking at the site have been identified previously by patients and visitors. It has also been highlighted recently in the local media.

The presentation from Tim Horne is available to view below:

Quiz those who run our health services at LINk Forum

A PUBLIC FORUM will have the opportunity to quiz and influence those who run and monitor our local health services.

Representatives from the Care Quality Commission, the East Riding Primary Care Trust, the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust and the East Riding Council will all be present at a Public Forum being held in Driffield at the Rugby Club.

The Forum is organised by the ERY LINk East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network. This FREE event held on Monday 22nd March from 10.30am – 3:00pm (refreshments and lunch provided) is being billed as an opportunity to influence local health and social care services.

Co-organiser Cea Vulliamy asks people hoping to attend to contact the LINk to let them know in order that everyone can be catered for.

Contact e-mail erylink@hwrcc.org.uk or by telephoning 01377 232135

Useful links:

Dignity Action Day for those receiving care

DIGNITY ACTION DAY takes place on or around February 25th 2010. It gives everyone the opportunity to contribute to upholding people’s rights to dignity and provide a truly memorable day for people receiving care.

Dignity Action Day aims to ensure people in care are treated as individuals, are given choice, control and a sense of purpose in their daily lives and provide stimulating activities. Dignity Action day asks everybody – members of the public and Health and Social Care staff to give the gift of time. We can all make a difference!

Dignity in Care must be everybody’s business. I hope people will step up to this challenge and do whatever is in their power to make a difference”
Sir Michael Parkinson, National Dignity Ambassador

Members of the public can get involved in many ways. You can sign up as a Dignity Champion or nominate a caring staff member for an award. You can agree to give regular feedback to a service like Patient Opinion or join your Local Involvement Network.

For more information on getting involved then look at the Dignity in Care Community Resource Pack (PDF, 270kb).

Read Michael Parkinson’s fascinating and moving account of his year spent as National Dignity Ambassador below as a Scribd document:
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Patient Participation Groups

A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN seeks to get patients involved with their local GP practices by setting up Patient Participation Groups (PPGs). PPGs can have an important role to play in helping to give patients a say in the way services are delivered to best meet their needs, and the needs of the local community.

The Growing Patient Participation campaign is a joint initiative run by the National Association for Patient Participation, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Medical Association and NHS Alliance. The aim is to see more PPGs set up across the country.

The two practices in Hedon (Church View Surgery and Hedon Group Practice) do not currently have Patient Participation Groups. If you want more information or wish to get involved then the Growing Patient Participation website has lots of information about this.

Interested in Patient Participation Groups? Then let the Hedon Blog know.

Other useful information:

East Riding LINk

NHS Choices

Patient Advice and Liaison Services

Health Consultations

Your local voice on health and social care

THE LATEST NEWSLETTER of the East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network – or ERYLINk – is now available to view online and is reproduced below as a Scribd document.
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Website volunteer needed for ERY LINk

ERY LINk Website

THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Local Involvement Network is looking for a “web-savvy” volunteer. This role would involve updating the ERY LINk website with relevant news, reports, meeting minutes, etc.

If you can help or have ideas for how the website might be improved and become more interactive with polls and surveys, then the ERY LINk would like to hear from you.

The organisation which aims to give local people a real voice in health and social care issues is also looking to establish a presence on social networking sites like Facebook.

If you can help then contact:

ERY LINk Office
Challenge House
35 Eastgate North
Driffield
East Riding of Yorkshire
YO25 6DG

Telephone: 01377 – 232135/6
Email: erylink@hwrcc.org.uk

East Riding LINk Meeting

A MEETING IN BEVERLEY will hear reports from action groups set up to research health and social care issues in the East Riding.

The ERY LINk (East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network) will report back to its members on progress into issues such as getting GP appointments, transport to hospitals and improving mental health care.

These issues will form part of a packed agenda at the LINk meeting on Monday 30th November 2009.

The meeting starts at 10am but is open to LINk Members from 10:30am at the Emmaus Conference Room, Beverley Minster Parish Rooms, Minster Yard, Beverley, HU17 0DP

East Riding LINk elects new Chair

ERY LINk logoRuth Marsden has been elected as the Chair of the ERY LINk (East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network). The ERY LINk is a network of people and groups in the East Riding aiming to improve health and social care services in the region.

The new Chair has been involved in a voluntary capacity with health and social care issues for about 10 years. She will now be playing a crucial role in building positive relationships with different communities, people who benefit from care, those who provide care services, commissioners of services and policy makers.

Ruth has stated on the ERY LINk website:

I am keenly aware that health and wellbeing are the keys to a positive life-experience. I enjoy enthusing and encouraging others and believe hard work, focus and positivity can achieve a great deal.

The Hedon Blog congratulates Ruth on her election and looks forward to regular reports from LINk on progress being made.

If you have issues that you need to bring to the attention of the ERY LINk then contact them via their website or leave comments here and they can be forwarded to them.

Other information: LINk investigates local health concerns