Consultation on the regulations for Local Involvement Networks (LINks)

*       Launch date:

28 September 2007

*       Closing date:

21 December 2007

*       Creator/s:

Department of Health

*       Audience:

Health and social care professionals, Patients/service users

*       Copyright holder:

Crown

*       Publication format:

A4

*       Product number:

283171

*       Gateway number:

8817

The Government aims to strengthen the ability of local communities to
influence what health and social care services are provided and how they
are run.

To help achieve this aim, legislation is currently before Parliament to
establish Local Involvement Networks (LINks) across England. LINks will be
made up of individuals and groups from across the community. LINks will be
funded and supported to hold local health and social care services to
account.

To enable LINks to carry out their role, the legislation gives the
Secretary of State a power to make regulations imposing duties on
commissioners and certain providers of health and social care services to
respond to LINks (to requests for information and to reports and
recommendations made to them by a LINk) and to allow entry by LINks to
premises under certain conditions.

This document outlines draft versions of these regulations, explains more
about them, and asks for views and comments on them.

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Views requested by 21st December 2007 by email or post to:

*       Contact:

Patient and Public Empowerment Team

*       Address:

Commissioning and System Management
Department of Health
Skipton House
London
SE1 6LH

*       Phone:

020 7972 5324

*       Email:

PPIMail...@dh.gsi.gov.uk

*       Web:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/patientpublicinvolvement

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Related links

*       Patient
<http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Organisationpolicy/PatientA...
blicinvolvement/index.htm>  and public involvement

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