The Abolition of the CHCs and ACHCEW
Close Down Correspondence - 2000 - 2003

The Golden Age of Patient and Public Involvement
Celebrating the Work of Community Health Councils 1974 - 2003  -  Archive CD Cover
Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, AvMA (ex ACHCEW Director)
24 November 2003
Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from Eileen Exeter, Senior Policy Officer
20 November 2003
SOUTH EAST REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHCs (SERACHCs) responses to delays in abolition date, and response to Urgent Meeting request from ACHCEW
September 2003 
Letter to Alan Hartley, Chair, ACHCEW from Patrick Hall, MP (Bedford & Kempston)
21 July 2003
Letter to Lynda Banister, Chair, Winchester and Central Hampshire CHC from David Lammy, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
19 May 2003
Letter to Alan Milburn, Secretary of State for Health from Alan Hartley, Chair, ACHCEW
29 April 2003
Letter to Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe (Amicus MSF) from Richard Arthurs, Thompsons Solicitors (Employment Rights Unit)
23 April 2003
Letter to Frank Dobson MP and identical letter to David Hinchcliffe MP, House of Commons from Malcolm Alexander, Director 
11 April 2003
ACHCEW Staff and Services - Final Functions - 01 April - 31 August 2003
Malcolm Alexander, Director - 03 March 2003
Funding of ACHCEW - Debate on the Regulations: CPPIH and OSC - Patients' Forums - Access to GP Surgeries
Malcolm Alexander, Director  - 04 March 2003
Letter to Carolyn Kirby, President + Chairman, Mental Health & Disability Committee, The Law Society from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
17 February 2003
PRESS CUTTING:  Peer fury as abolition CHCs leaves gap in patient support
HSJ - 06 February 2003
The Abolition of CHCs:  Human Resources Framework
31 January - 18 pages
Letter from David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
31 January 2003
PRESS RELEASE:  CHCs to be Abolished - Lammy
31 January 2003
Written Ministerial Statement - Department of Health - Lammy
Abolishment of CHCs
Date of Abolition of CHCs  
Malcolm Alexander, Director - 30 January 2003
Email to Marion Chester, Head of Legal Services, ACHCEW from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
28 January 2003
Letter to John Horam, MP from David Lammy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
27 January 2003
How it all fits together - Diagram
Reactions  -  A selection of responses to the proposed abolition of the Community Health Councils  - 2 pages
Closing Down Questions ... 
'Shock and dismay' greet announcement on new Patient and Public Involvement system
31 January 2003
Letter to David Lammy MP from Carolyn Kirby, President of The Law Society, and Chairman of the Mental Health and Disability Committee - 10 ​December 2002
Letter to Harry Cohen MP from David Lammy, Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
04 December 2002
Letter to Staff and Members of CHCs
Resignation and appointment of Malcolm Alexander as Director
Peter Walsh, Director - 27 November 2002
New Director of ACHCEW - Malcolm Alexander
Peter Walsh, Director - 31 October 2002
Management Arrangements after Director's Departure - Options
Departure of Peter Walsh
Transition Update
Peter Walsh, Director to Chief Office, Association of Welsh CHCs - 04 October 2002
Letter from Linda Perham MP for Ilford North to David Lammy, Department of Health
10 December 2002
Potential Staff Structure and Estimated Costs for a Scaled Down ACHCEW
Peter Walsh, Director - October 2002
Letter to Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW from Robert Nieri, Freeth Cartwright Solicitors
11 October 2002
Staffing / Resources for Patients' Forums
Peter Walsh, Director  - 01 October 2002
Inclusivity Issues - Patients' Forums Project
Elizabeth Manero - 16 September 2002
Meeting Notes at Department of Health
Peter Walsh, Director - September 2002
Letter to Sharon Grant - Chair Designate - CPPIH
Peter Walsh, Director - 12 September 2002
Letter to Alan Hartley, Chair, ACHCEW - Formal advice of resignation
Peter Walsh, Director - 15 August 2002
Notification to Staff of Resignation
Peter Walsh, Director - 11 July 2002
Proposal for Provision of Additional Legal Advice for CHCs During Transition
Peter Walsh, Director - 11 February 2002
Letter to David Lammy, Under Secretary of State for Health from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
16 January 2002
PRESS:  Government Blasted for 'Shambles'
PRESS:  CHCs welcome opposition to Government's abolition plans  -  20 November 2001
Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from Diana Kettle, Portner and Jaskel, Solicitors
Enclosure:  Letter from Diana Kettle to the Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn MP
21 May 2001
PRESS:  Making patients' views count 
Malcolm Dean, Guardian Society - 21 February 2001
CHCs: the case for reform, not abolition.  Briefing for the Health and Social Care Bill report stage lobby 
14 February ... 10 pages - BRIEFING PAPER
The Abolition of CHCs - Consultation or Imposition?
November 2000
Reactions:  A selection of responses to the proposed abolition of Community Health Councils
October 2000
Letter to The Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn MP, FROM Carolyn Kirby, Deputy Vice President of the Law Society and Chairman of Mental Health and Disability Committee - October 2000