December 2011
LVSC has conducted research on voluntary
and community sector engagement in Health & Well Being Boards
(HWBBS)and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in each of
London's boroughs.
Details of
VCS engagement in HWBBs and CCGs in each London borough
Summary of
research on VCS engagement in London
We are also collecting case studies
demonstrating the impacts of the NHS reforms in London. The
following case studies show:
Good practice in integrating and
personalising health and care services: Age UK Kensington &
Chelsea Wayfinders project
Engagement of the
local VCS in their borough's Health & Well Being
Board: LB Tower Hamlets
Impact of public spending
cuts and NHS reform on London's VCS health and care providers:
Camden Psychotherapy Unit
December 2011
LVSC has submitted its response
to The 'Caring for our Future - shared ambitions for care and
support' engagement exercise. This is the Government's next step in
the reform of social care before the publication of the Care and
Support White Paper in spring 2012.
We
raised concerns about:
-
the
integration of health and social care with wider preventative
services;
-
the
impacts of present public sector funding cuts on social care
provision by the voluntary and community sector in London;
and
-
the
disproportionate costs of adult social care in London.
LVSC's response to 'Caring for our Future'
November 2011
LVSC has submitted its response
to the second NHS Future Forum consultation which looked in more
detail at the future of:
The response was developed from discussions
at an October roundtable event hosted by LVSC. This introduced
members of London's voluntary and community sector to NHS Future
Forum member, Sol Mead, who led the debate.
LVSC's
response to the second NHS Future Forum consultation
September 2011
On 8th September, LVSC worked with London
Civic Forum and the London Empowerment Partnership to host an
event, 'How Health works in London'. In the morning we looked
at the new health structures being developed in the capital as part
of the Government's reform of the NHS. In the afternoon we looked
at how these could best involve patients and communities,
including incorporating all the learning about community
development and its benefit to health.
For more details of presentations and
resources produced as a result of the event please visit London Civic
Forum's website.
August 2011
A list of information and contacts for the
Clinical Commissioning Consorita Pathfinders currently
established in London is available below.
GP Clinical
Commissioning Groups
May 2011
LVSC's response to
the NHS Listening Exercise
expressed concerns about:
-
the proposed speed of implementation of
untested reforms;
-
integration of, and collaboration
between, services being reduced if competition is prioritised;
and
-
the current proposals favouring service
provision by large private sector providers who will take profits
out of the public purse.
Feedback to our consultation response
Paul Burstow, Minister for Care Services,
has written a letter to the Department of Health Strategic
Partners,who include LVSC as part of the Regional Voices
Partnership thanking us for our work feeding into the Listening
Exercise. He says that our input particularly contributed
to some key changes including:
-
plans to fundamentally strengthen public
and patient involvement;
-
improving the transparency and
accountability of the new decision makers; and
-
the move towards working more
collaboratively throughout the system
Letter from Paul Burstow
May 2011
LVSC
response to public health white paper
LVSC
response to funding and commissioning
LVSC
response to transparency in outcomes
September 2010
LVSC
response to NHS White Paper: Equity & Excellence
.
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