Coventry LINk is an independent network of local people and voluntary/community groups working together to make NHS and social care services better by:

• gathering and representing local views
• reaching out to different communities
• connecting up different activities to give a stronger voice
• acting as a critical friend to service managers and planners

Local Involvement Networks (LINks) have been set up around England by the Government, there are 151 of them. This means that there is legislation that gives LINks powers to carry out their role. LINks powers include the right to:

• request information from services and service planners
• visit NHS and some social care services
• make recommendations for making services better and to get a response to these
• refer issues of concern to the Local Council Scrutiny Board of local councillors for further action

There are lots of different ways to become involved in Coventry LINk:  from receiving information about LINk; to joining in now and then;  to giving some time regularly as a volunteer doing pieces of work to look at services. Coventry LINk has a membership of people who are intersted in NHS and social care services.

Find out more about how to be invovled in Coventry LINk.

Go to more information about Coventry LINk

Go to frequently asked questions about Coventry LINk