Coventry LINk works to enable people in Covnetry to havea say about plans for the future of local health and soical care services as well as national Government plans with a signifcant possible impact for Coventry people. This page gives details of LINk's work to respond to such consultations.

LINk response to HealthWatch funding allocation options consultation 

Download Coventry LINk's reponse to consultation on the allocation options for distribution of additional funding to local authorities for local HealthWatch, NHS complaints advocacy, PCT deprivation of liberty safeguards (PDF document 49 KB)

LINk response to NHS listening exercise May 2011

Download Coventry LINk's feedback to the NHS listening exercise on the plans for the NHS in the Health and Socail Care Bill (PDF document 95 KB)

LINk response to transparency in outcomes for soical care Jan 2011

Download Coventry LINk's feedback to the Government on proopsals for how to measure the effectiveness of soical care services provided locally (PDf document 280 KB)

Choice and control for patients

As part of its proposals for the future of the NHS the Government undertook consultations about patient choice and information. Coventry LINk    held two focus groups in December 2010 to gather ideas about information and choice to feed back through the consultations:

Download a summary of our focus group findings (PDF document 125 KB)

Download Coventry LINk response to choice and control (PDF document 55 KB)

Download Coventry LINk response to information revolution (PDF document 151 KB)

NHS White Paper 2010

98 people attended LINk's public meeting about the Government's proposals for the NHS. Participants took part in table discussion on key elements of the plans inlcuding GP commissioning, reducing bureaucracy in the NHS; the new role for the local authority; and patients having a voice and say. There was lively discussion and a majority view that the plans were for too big a change and timetabled to be too fast. The information gathered has been used to form Coventry LINk's reponses to the four consultation documents:

Go to LINk responses to Government plans for the future of the NHS

Consultation on hospital car parking 2010

Coventry LINk fed in views to a national consultation about the future of hospital car parking charges Health Secretary Andy Burnham says he wants a "fairer system", lowering charges for some. LINk pointed out that car parking was a big issue for patients in Coventry and that for changes to take place in Coventry the Department of Health would need to take specific action to ensure the renegotiation of Private Finaince Initiative (PFI)  local contracts. LINk said that hospital car parks should not be profit making but should cover the costs of running the car parks.

Download Coventry LINk response on car parking proposals (PDF document 53 KB)