The Public Health Agency (PHA), in partnership with the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts are seeking your views on a new Involvement and Consultation Scheme Document.
Involvement of and consultation with service users and carers is critical in the commissioning, development, design and delivery of HSC Services. To comply with our statutory duties in regards to Involvement and Consultation, as set out in the Health and social Care Reform Act (NI) 2009, all HSC organisations, to which the legislation applies, must have a Consultation Scheme in place, which sets out how they meet their statutory responsibilities in this field.
Working together through the Regional HSC Personal & Public Involvement (PPI) Forum, service users, carers, experts and advocates in the fields of Involvement and Consultation and other HSC partners, have collaborated on the development of a common, generic template, in order to update our respective Schemes.
In adopting this approach, our new Schemes, will encourage a raising of standards and can aid us to deliver an improved consistency of approach to the active and meaningful involvement of service users, carers, and effective partnership working with our Community & Voluntary sector partners and the wider public.
We thank you in advance for taking the time to give us your feedback on the Involvement and Consultation Scheme and look forward to your comments.
This consultation will run for a period of 14 weeks, closing on Monday 25 November 2024.
You can take part by clicking the below link.
https://consultations2.nidirect.gov.uk/hsc/consultation-on-hsc-consultation-scheme-template
Workshops
Additionally, we would like to invite service users and carers to attend one of three workshops across the region (See flyer here). The aim of the workshops is to take participants through the new document, walk through the live online consultation and answer any other questions that you may have. The workshops will be held on the following dates:
- Belfast – Friday 1st November, 10.30am – 12pm, Arches Wellbeing & Treatment Centre, 41 Westminster Ave, Belfast, BT4 1NS
- Ballymoney – Monday 4th November, 2pm – 3.30pm, Ballymoney Health Centre, 21b Newal Road, Ballymoney, BT53 6HB
- Omagh – Monday 11th November from 10.30am – 12pm Omagh Library, 1 Spillars Place, Irishtown Road, Omagh, BT78 1HL
If you wish to attend one of the workshops, please complete the short registration form here
If you would like to find out more information, please contact ppi.secretary@hscni.net.
