Comments ("memorandums") are being sought for the All-Party Health
Committee's inquiry into the NHS Patient & Public Involvement Forums
(PPIFs). These are the monitoring groups set up in 2003 following the
abolition of the Community Health Councils (CHCs). Information on
the PPIFs
and the CPPIH can be found here www.cppih.org .

The Forums themselves will be making submissions but individuals can
also do
so.

As with other Health Committee inquiries, oral evidence in public,
(some of
it televised and/or streamed on the net and/or audio)
will then be taken from some of the respondents.

Here are the details for the Health Committee and below that the
terms of
the reference of the inquiry:

Staff of the Health Committee
For Media inquiries please contact Luke Robinson, Health Committee
Media
Officer
Telephone: 020 7219 5693
E-mail: robinsonl@...

Listed below are the contact details of the staff of the Health
Committee.
Telephone020 7219 5466E-Mailhealthcom@...
020 7219 6182Fax020 7219 5171
AddressHealth Committee
7 Millbank
London SW1P 3JA

RoleNameContact Details
Committee Clerk:Dr David HarrisonAll inquiries call:
Second Clerk:Emma Graham
Committee Assistant:Duma Langton020 7219 5466 or
Committee Secretary:Julie Storey020 7219 6182
Committee Specialist:Ralph Coulbeck
Committee Specialist:Christine Kirkpatrick


Here are the terms of the inquiry, closing dates for submissions 10
January
2007, and a list of the members of the Health Committee, including
Sandra
Gidley who is one of the three Co-Chairs of the All-party Mental
Health
Group, with Lynne Jones and Tim Loughton. Details of the
Parliamentary mh
group on Lynne Jones' site
http://www.poptel.org.uk/lynne.jones/d0515.july2006.htm

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/health_committee/hc
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Health Committee
23 November 2006
Session 2006-07

New Inquiry - Public and Patient Involvement in the NHS Terms of
Reference

On 2 November, the Health Committee announced that it would
undertake an
inquiry into Public and Patient Involvement in the NHS (PPIs). It
has now
agreed the following terms of reference:

What is the purpose of public and patient involvement?
What form of public and patient involvement is desirable, practical
and
offers good value for money?
Why are existing systems for patient and public involvement being
reformed
after only 3 years?

How should LINks be designed, including:
. Remit and level of independence
. Membership and appointments
. Funding and support
. Areas of focus
. Statutory powers
. Relations with local health Trusts
. National coordination

How should LINks relate to and avoid overlap with:
. Local Authority structures including Overview and Scrutiny
Committees
. Foundation Trust boards and Members Councils
. Inspectorates including the Healthcare Commission
. Formal and informal complaints procedures
In what circumstances should wider public consultation (including
under
Section 11 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001) be carried out
and what
form should this take?

Organisations and individuals wishing to submit a short memorandum
are
invited to do so no later than Wednesday 10 January 2007.

Memoranda need not address all of the issues outlined above.
The Committee requests that evidence should be concise and in the
form of a
self-contained memorandum, prepared according to the guidelines set
out by
the terms of reference given above and preferably submitted
electronically
to healthcommem@... .
Paragraphs should be numbered for ease of reference.
Attention is drawn to the guidance on the submission of evidence
which can
be found at
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/health_committee/guide_to_
submitting_\
written_evidence.cfm.
Late memoranda will only be accepted at the Committee's discretion,
and may
not be considered for publication.
Evidence sessions are likely to commence in early February 2007 and
a later
press notice will give details of these.

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Members of the All-party Health Committe
MemberConstituencyParty
Rt Hon Kevin Barron (Chairman)Rother ValleyLabour
Mr David AmessSouthend WestConservative
Charlotte AtkinsStaffordshire MoorlandsLabour
Sandra GidleyRomseyLiberal Democrats
Mr Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabour
Jim DowdLewisham WestLabour
Anne MiltonGuildfordConservative
Dr Doug NaysmithBristol North WestLabour
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConservative
Dr Howard Stoate DartfordLabour
Dr Richard TaylorWyre ForesIndependent




http://www.poptel.org.uk/lynne.jones/d0515.july2006.htm
All-Party Mental Health Group
Co-Chairs - Sandra Gidley, Tim Loughton, Lynne Jones


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