Local Involvement Network
"Shaping Salford's future"
As Host organisation, the aim is to set up, support and advise Salford's Local Involvement Network (LINk) to carry out a programme of activities in line with its statutory duties and relevant Government guidance to:
- promote and support the involvement of people in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of local health and social care services (including public health)
- obtain the views of people about their need for, and experiences of, local health and social care services (including public health)
- enable people to monitor and review the commissioning and provision of health and care services
- raise the concerns of local people with those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing and scrutinising services (including public health)
Why?
Community engagement is essential for all partner organisations and the community in order to contribute to:
- empowering local citizens to have control over their lives
- reducing inequalities and closing the gap between the most and least deprived areas of the City
- ensuring that services genuinely meet the needs of service users and that available resources are used both efficiently and along agreed priorities
- fulfilling our commitment to local democracy
- meeting statutory duties including those laid down by central Government
What difference does it make?
"I had doubts about an annual event, but I was pleasantly surprised with the volume of people attending and the visual amount of information identified on the day." (LINk participant)
- Identification and progress of issues that are priorities for LINk members and which are representative of the interests of LINk members.
- Provision of information which can inform local commissioning.
- Participation methods that are accessible to people who are disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable.
- A significant and growing number of Salford residents are aware of the LINk and the work it does.
Who?
All local people.
Where?
City of Salford.
How?
- partnership working
- development and promotion
- information and support
Commissioned by Salford City Council (Community, Health and Social Care)
For further information contact Meena Patel (LINk Investment Manager) on 0161 743 0088
This page was last updated on 26 October 2009
