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PO Box 3409

Melksham

SN12 7WS

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.hampshire-link.co.uk
Telephone: 07920 008860

LINk Activity Report

January - March 2009

Management

· Steering group governance now approved and published.

· Proposed structure of the management group to change (April 2009 meeting) as it is agreed that due to the geographical size of the county one person could not commit to every area.


	LINk Chair


Vice Chair (South East)	Vice Chair (North)	Vice Chair (South West)

Management Committee

· Management committee made up of 20 (including chair and vice chairs):

11 individuals (1 vacancy)
9 representatives of community organisations (4 vacancies)

· A second Hampshire LINk Officer post being advertised and hopefully in place by May 2009.

Membership

· Online members - 149

· Offline members - 77 (non computer/internet users)

LINk Discussion board topics

· Ambulance waiting times

· Self directed support

· Fluoridation

Website hits

9929 hits
www.hampshire-link.co.uk and
www.communityvoicesonline.org (Hampshire pages)

Launch activity

Hampshire `promotion week' work currently underway to coincide with launch activity.

Three LINk launch events being planned to take place in June 2009 around Hampshire:

Fareham )

Eastleigh > 6.00pm - 9.00pm

Basingstoke )

Community Engagement

· Hampshire LINk website up and running www.hampshire-link.co.uk

· First newsletter produced and circulated (attached)

The Chair and LINk Officer have been out and about in Hampshire promoting and representing the LINk to the following groups:

January 2009

· Dementia in the Rural Community Conference

· Solent Surgery Re-provision Committee

· Winchester Hospital Patient Group

· Presentation to New Forest District Council Health & Wellbeing

· Child Health Commissioning Strategy

· Southampton Solent University

· Solent Surgery Re-provision (open visits by potential bidders)

· Communications Meeting with PCT

· Hampshire CC Community Innovations event

· Southampton Hospital Patient user Group

February 2009

· Community Hospitals Conference (PCT)

· Overview & Scrutiny - Denise Holden

· "Healthy Horizons" (Hampshire PCT)

· National LINk conference (Dept of Health)

· Hampshire Patients Records Project (CRAG)

· PCT APAC (West) (Lay representation on PBc)

· Hythe Hospital Re-provisioning Workshop

· LINk Meeting in Public

· Hampshire Council Flu Pandemic emergency planning

· "Compassionate Cities" lecture (End of Life Care)

· New Forest Older Persons Forum

March 2009

· Presentations and Evaluation on Solent Surgery Re-provision