Transcript What will Local Healthwatch look like?

Healthwatch Wiltshire
Julie Martin
2nd February 2013
What will Local Healthwatch look like?
• Healthwatch will be the independent consumer champion for the public.
• It will involve patients and the public in the commissioning, provision and
scrutiny of local health and care services.
• Healthwatch will represent the whole community.
• Healthwatch will be a social enterprise
• Healthwatch will replace the Local Involvement Networks.
What will Local Healthwatch look like?
• It will provide information on local health and social care services.
• It will help people access and make choices about their care.
• Healthwatch will be credible, efficient and effective
• Healthwatch will be represented on the Health & Wellbeing Board and the
Board of the Clinical Commissioning Group
• Have a link to Healthwatch England
Healthwatch Vision
Gateway to
Information,
Advice
Watchdog
Health &
Social care
Champion
Wider Public
Membership
Area Boards
GROW
Carers
Support
WfCAP
Older
people’s
forum
Young carers
CAYPIG
WPCC
WCIL
Patient participation
Groups
WPF
SWAN
Wessex CA
Tenants
Age UK
CAB
Wiltshire CIC
Healthwatch
Wiltshire
WSUN
Mental
Health Forum
Chairman
4 executive
committee members
?
Healthwatch
England
Clinical
Commissioning
Group Board
Health and
Wellbeing Board
Joint Adult Social
care Commissioning
Board
?
Health Overview
and Scrutiny
Committee
In short
Healthwatch Wiltshire will be the organisation that ‘coordinates’ key stakeholders to work together under the
local Healthwatch network with their collective voice
being represented at a Wiltshire level by an empowered
and skilful representative on the Health and Wellbeing
Board who is given equal weight and voice by other
members of the Board
What will Local Healthwatch look like?
Current situation and next steps