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Strengthening People’s Voices in Health and Adult Social Care

In recent weeks, more attention has been paid to the government’s health reforms than ever before. At the forefront of the debate is the principle “no decision about me without me”, a phrase that captures the Coalition’s commitment to handing power in relation to decision-making to local people alongside professionals.

Local communities will have a greater say in decisions about services. To realise this, local authorities have a key role to play, in relation to the empowerment of local people, as we evolve from Local Involvement Networks (LINks) to local HealthWatch between now and October 2012. Their new responsibility is to facilitate the development of an effective local HealthWatch which provides fresh opportunities for people to have their say about the quality and development of their local health and adult social care services. In the drive towards more localised public services, it will create new opportunities to influence the commissioning of services and provide additional voices to scrutinise them.

By Amy Gallacher (Poole Partnership Secretariat)

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