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Invitation to Quote - Support Planning Service (Pilot)
Support Planning Service (Pilot)
The London Borough of Lewisham invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced providers, with extensive knowledge of the borough who wish to provide a proposal for a pilot to deliver Support Planning as part of Lewisham’s Self Directed Support (SDS) trial for citizens.... read more.
Community Engagement - Working in Partnership to address Health Inequalities
You are warmly invited to attend the next Voluntary Action Lewisham (VAL) Community Health and Social Care Forum (CHSC)
Community Engagement – Working in Partnership to address Health Inequalities
Monday 24th May 2010, 1.30 – 4.30pm – includes lunch!
Leemore Centre Community Hub, entrance Bonfield Road, Lewisham, SE13 5EU
Agenda:
| 1.30pm | Registration, Lunch and Networking |
| 2.00pm | Introductions & Feedback from the last CHSCF Chair: Rosalind John, Health Inequalities & Social Care Officer, VAL |
| 2.10pm | Presentations: Martin Howie, Director, VAL Jane Miller, Joint Deputy Director of Public Health, NHS Lewisham Carolina Perez Ferrer, Vascular Checks Programme Manager, NHS Lewisham VAL one of the local gateways to community engagement: Are you a local VCFS organisation / group in Lewisham? Are you a member of VAL? If your organisation is not registered as a member you are missing out on sector news via VAL monthly newsletter ‘Grapevine’, discounts on sector training, up to date information on the sector, community engagement initiatives locally, and much much more. Martin Howie will guide you through all the benefits of being an associate or full member of VAL, and how to become a member. The Department of Health (DOH) Health Inequalities National Support Team (HINST), recently visited Lewisham and stated: “the range and scale of community engagement activity in Lewisham is outstanding………the Borough was ‘green flagged’ for its excellence in community engagement in the CAA assessment.” It was also noted that community engagement in Lewisham had - “a high level of outreach by statutory and VCFS organisations engaging with more marginalised communities”. Jane Miller will give an overview of the HINST visit, and present feedback on key strengths highlighted by the HINST and recommendations to further strengthen health initiatives and community engagement in Lewisham. Carolina Perez Ferrer will update you on the NHS Lewisham Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) Health Checks programme, highlighting how the VCFS can actively work in partnership with NHS Lewisham to undertake health checks at ward and community level to help improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities. |
| Each of the presentations will be followed by a question and answer session. | |
| 3.50pm | BREAK: REFRESHMENTS and DISPLAY MARKETS |
| 4.00pm | What’s happening locally? Your shout about your community engagement initiatives - open mike session! Have you got a forthcoming health or social care event taking place locally in the community? Would you like to maximise the number of participants at your event? Please come along and share with us your planned community engagement events for June and July 2010. |
| 4.25pm | Summary and Closing Comments |
The forum is an excellent way to continue to develop links both with colleagues from other voluntary and community groups AND statutory organisations interested in buildiing partnership and commissioning services, including Lewisham Council and NHS Lewisham. We positively welcome personnel from both the VCFS and statutory sector to join us at our partnership forum events.
To book a place
To reserve your place at the CHSC Forum, and to let me know if you will be sharing with us your planned community engagement event in June / July please email or call Rosalind on 020 8314 9841 stating your name, organisation, and phone number.
How to find us…
Map: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?lat=51.45957&lon=-0.00688&zoomFactor=16&moveMap=-125,83&;redCircle=on
Buses: 47, 54, 75, 136, 185, 199, 208, P4, Rail: 10 minutes walk from Lewisham DLR Station
Cars: Pay & Display Car Park in Clarendon Rise, and limited meter parking in Bonfield Road, we strongly encourage you to use public transport!
Access…
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kindest Regards
Rosalind
Rosalind John
Health Inequalities & Social Care Officer
Joint Director of Public Health – Outreach Visits
In January 2010, Dr. Danny Ruta, Joint Director of Public Health for NHS Lewisham and LB Lewisham undertook outreach visits to 170 Health Project in New Cross, Pensioner Forum based in Lewisham and Carers Lewisham located in Forest Hill. He was accompanied by Liz Dart, Interim Head of Community and Neighbourhood Development, LB Lewisham, and VAL Health Inequalities and Social Care Officer Rosalind John.
Danny states
“We were all impressed with the incredible enthusiasm, commitment and quality of the work being undertaken and support being offered. I am particularly grateful to Sheena, Sharon, Doris and Kerry for their time and I am looking forward very much to working more closely with them and their colleagues to improve the wellbeing of people in Lewisham.”
The Health Inequalities and Social Care Project(HISCP) is in the process of working towards a planned programme of outreach visits to different health and social care VCS projects and organisations in the coming months. These will include those projects that have already contacted us and expressed an interest in being visited. If you would like to be visited in the near future please contact Rosalind.
We can also confirm that Danny has agreed to undertake annual outreach visits to meet other VCS groups and projects in Lewisham. Watch this space!
Forum
You are warmly invited to our next Health and Social Care Forum
Changes in health and social care
Monday 11 October - 2.00 to 4.30pm
Registration from 1.45pm
at Leemore Central Community Hub*, Bonfield Road, Lewisham, SE13 5EU
*Entrances to Leemore on both Gilmore Road and Bonfield Road.
Please note there is no parking available at the venue - except for Blue Badge holders who arrange it in advance.
Agenda items:
· Personalisation and Transformation - an update
· Changes to NHS Lewisham, the local PCT
· Representation on thematic partnerships
Booking a place
Click here to book a place with Mark Drinkwater, the Health Inequalities and Social Care Officer or ring 020 8314 9841.
The current pace and volume of change in both the health and social care sectors is unprecedented. This makes the role of the Health and Social Care Officer a vital component in keeping voluntary organisations up to date and help them get involved in influencing these changes. To keep up to date, please ensure you book a place at the next Community Health and Social Care Forum.
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The Community Health and Social Care Forum (CHSCF) aims to bring together all voluntary organisations with an interest in health and social care to:
- Share information and expertise
- Promote good practice and raise awareness of issues
- Enable staff from voluntary and statutory organisations to meet and network with each other
- Give voluntary organisations the chance to respond to issues with a united voice
- Ensure accountability and openness in planning of services.
The CHSCF elect voluntary sector representatives on to the Partnership Boards. The representatives report back to CHSCF and consult with forum members. All voluntary sector organisations with an interest in or involvement in health or social care can be members of the forum, and nominate representatives.
The forum meets three to four times a year to provide opportunities to share good practice, network with the statutory sector and discuss how we can work together to promote better health for residents of Lewisham.
Topics for discussion include presentations by members and the debate on the current health agenda. We debate issues and policies including the health white paper and the social care green paper. Members can also access relevant training sessions via the CHSCF.
Health and Social Care
You are warmly invited to our next Health and Social Care Forum
Changes in Health and Social Care
Monday 11 October - 2.00 to 4.30pm (Registration from 1.45pm)
at Leemore Central Community Hub*, Bonfield Road, Lewisham, SE13 5EU
*Entrances to Leemore on both Gilmore Road and Bonfield Road.
N.B. No parking available at the venue - except Blue Badge holders who arrange space in advance.
Agenda items:
· Personalisation and Transformation - an update
· Changes to NHS Lewisham, the local PCT
· Representation on thematic partnerships
Booking a place
Click here to book a place with Mark Drinkwater, the Health Inequalities and Social Care Officer or ring 020 8314 9841.
The current pace and volume of change in both the health and social care sectors is unprecedented. This makes the role of the Health and Social Care Officer a vital component in keeping voluntary organisations up to date and help them get involved in influencing these changes. To keep up to date, please ensure you book a place at the next Community Health and Social Care Forum.
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