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Exeter’s set to be Altogether Healthier on Saturday 12th September 2009 |
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SOS Global and Link-Devon’s Altogether Healthier event is being held in partnership with Exeter City Council’s My Neighbourhood project at the Queen’s award winning community centre. The event will be supported by the Devon PCT and the Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, County Council, community groups and local business representatives. The free open day will attract new members to the centre and raise awareness of health services and information regarding healthy living amongst Exeter residents. |
What is LINk?
LINks are made up of individuals and community groups who work together to improve local services.The job of a LINk is to find out what people like and dislike about local services and work with the people who plan and run them to help make them better. This may involve talking directly to health care professionals about a service that is not being offered or suggesting ways that an existing service could be made better. LINks also have powers to help with the tasks and to make sure changes happen.
What a LINk will do?
A LINk will:
• ask local people what they think about local health and social care and suggest improvements directly to the service providers
• look into specific issues (like a dirty hospital), make recommendations and get a response
• ask for information and get answers in a specified amount of time
• be able to carry out spot checks to see if services are working well
• refer issues to the local ‘Overview and Scrutiny Committee' if it seems action is not being taken.
"Community engagement worker, Caroline Lee said:
“Whoever you are and whatever your age, Saturday’s free event will have something of interest for you. Come find out how you can improve your health and make a real difference to health and social care in your area. “
To find out more about LINk-Devon visit www.devonlink.org.uk
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