As part of Mental Health Awareness Week (8th – 14th May 2017). Healthwatch Bury created a survey to assess people’s views on mental health stigma and its negative consequences. Stigma is defined as a ‘strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when it … Read More
Draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF): consultation period extended until January 16th 2017.
As you may already know Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has been consulting on the Draft GMSF since 31st October. This is an important plan and it has already generated a huge amount of public interest. Many public events have taken place across the sub-region and more than 32,000 people … Read More
CHANGE – mental health questionnaire
My name is Catherine and I work for CHANGE. We are working on a project funded by Comic Relief which is looking at making mental health services more inclusive for people with learning disabilities, autism, or both. We are also working with an organisation called Richmond Fellowship. If you have … Read More
YoungMinds – Have your say on standards for Tier 4 Services
NHS England are currently conducting a National Review of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Tier 4. This page will tell you what the review is, why it’s happening, and how you can participate as a young person, parent or carer. Who is this page for? We want to … Read More
Get involved – Transformation of Bury’s Children and Young People’s Services
Most of Bury’s 45,000 children and young people develop, thrive and do well in life but there are still too many children who are living in poverty, not achieving as much as they could at school, being admitted to hospital for preventable conditions such as tooth decay, asthma and injuries … Read More
CQC launches consultation on its next phase of regulation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is inviting people to give their views on its plans to deliver a more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach to regulation across health and adult social care in England. Having carried out a comprehensive inspection of every NHS trust in England at least once, CQC … Read More
REMINDER EXTENDED DEADLINE: Take part in the Bury State of the Sector Survey 2016
Take part in the Bury State of the Sector Survey 2016 Share your views and experiences as part of Bury’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE) The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR), at Sheffield Hallam University, is working in partnership with 10GM and GMCVO to assess … Read More
Consultation launched on £32m budget cuts
Savings have been identified across the authority, and residents are now being asked for their views. Consultation begins today (Thursday 8 Dec) and runs until 31 January 2017. The council will set the budget on 22 February 2017. Budget presentations will also be given at the next round of Township … Read More
Have your say in the GP survey
A random sample of people registered with Bury GPs will have the opportunity to share their views and experiences in a national confidential survey. Surveys will be posted to registered addresses from January 4th 2017 as part of NHS England’s national GP Patient Survey. The survey contains a prepaid envelope and should take no more … Read More
Tell us what you think – Consultation on improving how patients and the public can help develop NICE guidance and standards
I’m getting in touch to let you know that this week, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has launched a set of new proposals to improve how we deliver patient and public involvement within our organisation. These proposals are now available on the NICE website in draft, … Read More