| Testimonials |
Care Quality Commission
Brian Silverwood, Sheffield Inspector for the Care Quality Commission, speaking after a LINk Discussion Forum, January 25 2011 NHS Sheffield
Helen Stevens, January 2010 Assistant Director of Communications and Engagement, NHS Sheffield Patient Opinion
"Patient Opinion very much appreciate our working relationship with Sheffield LINk. We have found the influence that the LINk has with healthcare providers to be useful in helping us to create change and positively impact on health services in Sheffield. It's great to work with a local organisation that is so motivated to help improve services for patients, and with patients."
Dr. Paul Hodgkin FRCGP, August 2009 Chief Executive, Patient Opinion Sheffield West - Practice Based Commissioning
We were pleased to receive this thank you from Sheffield West PBC Consortium about the meeting we arranged in June 2009 to gather the views of LINk members. "I would like to thank the LINk for their help and support in organising last week's [June 24] meeting about Community Cardiac services. Meeting people who are interested in our proposals and have experienced such a service as a patient was invaluable. There were many questions and it developed into a constructive debate. We came away with new ideas and with the positive support of those present. We have been asked to return next year to give feedback on how the service is progressing which was an excellent outcome of the meeting."
Liz Sedgewick, Sheffield Primary Care StrategyBelow is an excerpt from the Sheffield Primary Care Strategy. It followed a well-attended meeting Sheffield LINk arranged in March 2009: "The additional stakeholder engagement sessions have been positive and have supported the development of key actions for the first 12 months of the strategic plan. The wider public engagement with Sheffield LINk involving approximately 30 members of the public was particularly positive. This session enabled a very positive discussion and feedback from a diverse group of people who were predominantly high users of NHS services. The session included people with both physical and learning disabilities, who can be a 'hard to reach' group." |
"I take my hat off to the LINk. Getting to where you are in less than two years is a fantastic achievement and I'm delighted that its members are now starting to conduct their own research to dig deeper into what local people think about NHS services. LINk is a key organisation in helping us find out what local people think and want us to prioritise - something that's only going to become more important in the future."
