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Want to help health and social care services in the district improve? Apply to become an authorised representative who can carry out enter and view visits to publicly funded services. New training dates have been announced. Find out more here!
Our quarterly magazine Connect Spring 2012 is coming out now. Find out about how we've helped people use their voice and influence decisions being made about health and social care services in the district over the past few months. For paper copies call Bethan on 01535 665258 or email bethan@bradfordlink.org.uk
Connect Update is our fortnightly e-bulletin telling you about important health and social care news from across the district. If you want to be on the email list for this bulletin please contact bethan@bradfordlink.org.uk
Have your say about local HealthWatch.
Bradford Council is holding an event for the public to give their views about their plans for how local HealthWatch will be run. To say what you think about their plans, go along to their event on 10th May. Click here to find out more.
If you can't get to this meeting, the Department of Health and running a series of online events where you can give your views on the rules and regulations of Local HealthWatch. With these events you use your computer to take part. These events are happening on 2nd May, 29th May and 11th June. Click here to find out more.
Other ways you can take part
Bradford District Care Trust workshop – 9th May 2012
On 9th May Bradford District Care Trust Wide Involvement Group are holding a workshop to look at the draft Involving You Strategy. This is a strategy about boosting the involvement for service users and carers across all services.
The Trust would like people to tell them what is good about the strategy, what needs to change and how it can work.
The workshop will be in the conference room of Bradford District Care Trust at New Mill, Saltaire from 10.00 - 13:00.
If you would like to go to this workshop, please contact Liz O'Brien Liz.O'Brien@bdct.nhs.uk to book on.
Big Lottery Fund wants older people’s views – deadline 6th May
The Big Lottery Fund want to get older people involved in the way that they choose how to give money to older people’s groups. They are looking for a group of older people to meet up with them on a regular basis to do this. There’s a flyer, application form and a questions and answers form you can read to learn more about the group.
If you want to take part, you need to fill in the application form and get it back to them by 6th May 2012.
People First – Private Hire Taxi update and request
People First Keighley & Craven have made an agreement with Private Hire taxi firms across the district to make sure that people who use wheelchairs are not having to pay extra for an adapted taxi and waiting time. Hackney cab taxis do not charge extra because they have extra laws that stop them from doing this.
The Equality Act 2010 says that making these extra charges for wheelchair users is illegal.
There will be a 6 month deadline for this change to happen. This is because it will take time for all private hire taxi drivers to find out about these changes and make sure they are not charging this extra money. After this time, anyone charging extra will be breaking the law.
However, People First want to hear from you right now if you are a wheelchair user and you think you have been charged extra for using a private hire car. They ask that you give them the name of the company and any other details so we they pass this information to the relevant department. Their email address is peoplefirst@live.co.uk and their telephone number is 01535 607222