tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post2342354348844731468..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Brent NHS CCG takes its toys awayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-44600461407862853532014-07-19T11:39:27.565+01:002014-07-19T11:39:27.565+01:00Thanks Nan,
Exemplary clarity. Got it now.
Isn&#...Thanks Nan,<br /><br />Exemplary clarity. Got it now. <br />Isn't it endlessly depressing the way that the first instinct of those in control always seems to be to circle the wagons and try to head off democratic engagement and participation while simultaneously adopting the vocabulary of those values, (in fact making its inclusion practically mandatory in all communications)?<br />Good luck in your efforts to stop them.<br /><br />Mike Hine<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-1782416963009083772014-07-18T16:01:13.881+01:002014-07-18T16:01:13.881+01:00Dear Mike,
It is always difficult to judge how mu...Dear Mike,<br /><br />It is always difficult to judge how much detail to put into something like this, so your question is really helpful. Do feel free to let me know if the information below does not address what yiou wanted to know.<br /><br />Health services in Brent are purchased (commissioned) for us patients by a combination of NHS England, Brent CCG and Brent Council (public health).<br />The CCG is a membership body consisting of all the 67 GP practices in Brent. The practices are grouped into 5 localities: Harness, Kilburn. Kingsbury. Wembley and Willesden. Each locality elects a couple of GPs to represent it on the CCG Governing Body (GB). A number of committees report to the GB including the Equality, Diversity and Engagement (EDEN) Committee.<br /><br />Brent CCG commissions generalist hospital, community health and mental health services.<br /><br />NHSE commissions GP (primary care) services (on the principle that a group of GPs cannot buy services from itself!) and specialist medical services together with healthcare for the armed services and in prisons.<br /><br />Brent Council public health is responsible for health promotion and health improvement services.<br /><br />Brent CCG operates under a constitution that has been approved by NHS England. If the CCG wishes to vary the constitution, it has to apply to NHSE to do this.<br /><br />The community representatives on the EDEN Committee consist of the chairs of the locality patient participation groups (PPGs) who have been elected by their fellow patients, and people in the community appointed by the CCG who represent people with learning and physical disabilities, people with mental health needs, children, carers, people with long term conditions, elderly people and ethnic minorities. <br /><br />Since EDEN was established, the community representatives have spoken to the CCG with a united voice on all matters of substance in giving guidance to the CCG on how it can carry out its legal public involvement obligations meaningfully.<br /><br />It is unfortunate that the CCG does not make best use of this excellent patient engagement framework and instead, tries to fob us off with half-baked involvement exercises that fail to meet NHSE standards as laid out in national guidance on how engagement, involvement and consultation should take place. Nan.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-91102112351909422682014-07-18T15:40:05.297+01:002014-07-18T15:40:05.297+01:00So doctors expect tokenism from patient representa...So doctors expect tokenism from patient representatives? <br />This is part of the reason GPs should never have been given the keys to the CCG.<br />I hope that Nan manages to get this out there to the wider media. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-47916366632634049932014-07-17T23:06:20.269+01:002014-07-17T23:06:20.269+01:00Nan
Have complete faith in you from previous posts...Nan<br />Have complete faith in you from previous posts on this site. Have complete faith in your response to what's happened here. However, I think you're assuming a degree of knowledge and awareness we don't actually have. Could you clarify what the bodies you refer to are actually constituted to do?<br />Thanks<br />Mike Hine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com