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Health Care and Wellbeing e-newsletter for April 2009
10 questions on Eye Health and Setting Up LINks
Two more Ten Questions Guides have been added to the series this month
‘10 questions to ask if you are scrutinizing local eye health provision’ and ‘10 questions to ask when scrutinizing arrangements to support effective Local Involvement Networks’
Ambulance Service Commends Joint Scrutiny.
Joint committee chair Cllr Andrew Gravells, receives unexpected recognition from Great Western Ambulance.
'Better Together' Creating Community Cohesion
Andrew Lawrence, the South West Regional Health Scrutiny Advocate for the CfPS has put together for the Department of Health and the
Health Care and Wellbeing Scrutiny Programme News
The Expert Advisory Team: this year, 10 days free expert advisory support will be offered to OSCs in each of the 10 strategic health authority areas. Placements will support OSCs working together on common issues across whole regions or in sub-regions.
Care Quality Commission live on 1st April
Two articles in Society Guardian give indication of the approach of the new independent regulator .
Health Select Committee Update
On 24th April the Select Committee on Health begins evidence gathering on Alcohol.
Department of Health Web highlights
Annual Conference - Register now
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CfPS publications specifically for Health and Social Care
As well as the two new 10 questions guides, the full range of Health Care and Wellbeing Scrutiny publications can be found by following this link.
As well as Gloucestershire's review linking winter mortality with hard to heat homes, three others were published this month on aspects of stroke care and prevention, and the quality of care homes. Please add your completed reviews to our comprehensive archive of reviews across the country.
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