Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales
  • ACHCEW
    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF PPI IN THE NHS
    • ABOUT ACHCEW
    • History of the NHS >
      • Historical Publications
      • NHS Consultants' Association
      • The Peckham Experiment
    • How ACHCEW Worked
    • Who's Who >
      • Toby Harris
      • A celebration - Michael English
      • In Memory of Mike Gerrard >
        • A Stifled Voice - Book Launch
      • In Memory of Murray Benham
      • In Memory of Bill Marks
      • In Memory of Tony Smythe
    • ACHCEW - Bless you!
    • The Legal Position >
      • THE ORIGIN
      • THE OBJECTIVES
      • Constitution - Standing Orders
      • Communications
      • Legal Advice and Procedures
      • Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings >
        • ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
        • CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
      • Statutory Instruments - Regulations
    • ACHCEW Training Pack
    • Official Papers >
      • Abolition of CHCs and ACHCEW - 2003
      • Creation of CPPIH
      • DH + Social Security - Appendices
      • Forum Support Organisations + Patients' Forums
      • Guidance - Governance Documents
      • Termination Documents
      • Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums >
        • CVS
        • Private Eye
      • The National Plan
    • The Commission - ACHCEW >
      • Correspondence - Interim Report
      • Publication
    • CASUALTY WATCH - History >
      • Casualty Watch - STEERING GROUP
      • Casualty Watch - PAPERS
      • Casualty Watch - MONTHLY RESULT
      • Casualty Watch - CHC REPORTS
      • Press Cuttings
  • COMMITTEES
    • Annual Reports
    • AGM / Conferences - Correspondence, Papers, Minutes
    • Officers' Meetings
    • Standing Committee >
      • Standing Committee Members
      • Standing Committee News
    • Transition Advisory Board - TAB
    • FINAL Meeting - 08 July 2003
  • CHCs
    • Introduction to CHCs
    • CHC Regulations
    • How CHCs Worked
    • Code of Conduct for CHC Members
    • Code of Practice on Consultation
    • Public Activities Material
    • CHCs in Action - (Publication)
    • The Politics of Consumer Representation - A Study of CHCs
    • The Legal History of CHCs
    • Legal - re. Closures
    • Directory of CHCs + LINks >
      • Brighton and District CHC
      • Brent CHC
      • Bristol CHC
      • Central + South Birmingham CHC
      • City and Hackney CHC
      • Croydon CHC
      • Greater London Association of CHCs - GLACHC
      • Haringey CHC
      • Islington CHC
      • Mid-Staffs CHC
      • SW Hertfordshire CHC
      • Southwark CHC
      • Wakefield CHC
    • Training and Skills for Members >
      • Skills for New CHC Members
      • Understanding the NHS and the Role of the CHC
      • Developing Skills as a CHC Member
      • Links to CHCs and Charities Database
      • Skills for CHC Chairs
      • Other Training Documents
      • PPI Short Courses >
        • Introduction and Surveys
        • Core 1 - User Involvement in Health and Social Care
        • Core 2 - What does User Involvement Mean?
        • Core 3 - Feeling Empowered in User Involvement
        • Theme 1 - Involvement in Service Planning and Improvement
        • Theme 2 - Involvement in Research and Activity
        • General Units
        • Link Person Handbook
  • Papers
    • IN-HOUSE Staff Publications - Introduction >
      • IN-HOUSE Publications - Listing
    • CHC Listings
    • CHC News >
      • CHC News - 1-94 (1975-1984)
      • CHC News - 1-112 (1986-1996)
      • CHC News - 1-37 (1996-2000)
    • CHC Public Activities Materials
    • NHS Dispute - Complaint
    • Presentations >
      • Presentations - PowerPoint
      • Presentations - Video
    • Foundation Trust Hospitals
    • GMC
    • Healthwatch England
    • Health Scrutiny
    • House of Commons Health Committee
    • ICAS
    • King's Fund
    • Normanton Hospital Inquiry
    • PALS
    • Local Involvement Networks - LINKs
    • PPI + LINks >
      • PPI Academic
      • PPI in the NHS >
        • The Effective PPI Forum - Guide
      • Patient Empowerment >
        • Power to the People in South East Thames
      • Public Representation of Health Bodies
      • Women's Health Publications >
        • Pennell Report on Women's Health (Publication)
        • Women's Health - Engaging Women
      • Enter and View
      • LINks Foundation Trusts
      • Kingston Hospital + Kingston PCT LINk
      • Public Involvement in the Private Finance Initiative
      • Response to the Health Committee Report
      • Private Hospitals
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications - A
    • Publications - B
    • Publications - C
    • Publications - D-E-F-G
    • Publications - H-I-K-L-M
    • Publications - N-O-P-Q
    • Publications - R-S-T
    • Publications - U-V-W-Y
  • PRESS
    • ACHCEW's Press Releases
    • A&E + CASUALTYWATCH Press Cuttings
  • Cartoons
  • Gallery
    • Mass Lobby of Parliament
    • PHOTOS - Cafe Royal 08July2003
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Community Health News  -  1984 - 1996

The CHC News became a forum for CHC members and staff to exchange experiences, information and ideas.​
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1984
Issue 1     -     November -  Deregulation of bus services
Issue 2     -     December  -  Generic Prescribing

1985
Issue 3     -     January -  Joint Planning
Issue 4     -     February/March - Is there anybody there? The resounding silence of DHSS Ministers

                       on points raised by ACHCEW
Issue 5     -     April  -  Debate on CHC Regulations 
Issue 6     -     May / June - Liaison with General Practitioners 
Issue 7     -     July  - AGM
Issue 8     -     August - Performance Indicators 
Issue 9     -     October  - A Matter of Principle
Issue 10   -     November - A Matter of Consultation
Issue 11   -     December 
 - CHC / RHA Relations    
1986
Issue 12     -     January / February -  Death in the Hospital Kitchen 
Issue 13     -     March -  What is a Patient's Friend? 
Issue 14     -     April - Getting it Right
Issue 15     -     May -  the Patient's Friend 
Issue 16     -     June - How to Earn Yourself a Bonus 
Issue 17     -     July / August  - ACHCEW Comings and Goings
Issue 18     -     September / October -  High Court judgement on closure of Hampstead Hospital
Issue 19     -     November / December  -  Does the community care?

1987        
Issue 20     -     January / February - A busy time ahead?
Issue 21     -     March - General
Issue 22     -     April - General
Issue 23     -     May -  General
Issue 24     -     June / July -  General
Issue 25     -     August  - General
Issue 26     -     September - General
Issue 27     -     October  - General
Issue 28     -     November - General
Issue 29     -     December -

1988        
Issue 30     -     February - General
Issue 31     -     March - General
Issue 32     -     April  - General
Issue 33     -     May - General
Issue 34     -     June  - General 
Issue 35     -     August  - ACHCEW Annual General Meeting
Issue 36     -     September - General 
Issue 37     -     October - General 
Issue 38     -     November - General 
Issue 39     -     December - General  

1989        
Issue 40     -     February -  General
Issue 41     -     March - General
Issue 42     -     April - General
Issue 43     -     May - General
Issue 44     -     June - General
Issue 45     -     July - General
Issue 46     -     September - General
Issue 47     -     October -  General 
Issue 47     -     October Supplement - Update on 'Working for Patients'
Issue 48     -     November -  General
Issue 48     -     November Supplement - Update on 'Working for Patients'
Issue 49     -     December - General

1990        
Issue 50     -     February - General
Issue 50     -     February Supplement - 'Working for Patients'
Issue 51     -     March - General
Issue 52     -     April - Obstacles for Disabled People:  
Issue 53     -     May -  General
Issue 54     -     June - General
Issue 55     -     July  /August - General
Issue 56     -     September - General
Issue 57     -     October  - General
Issue 58     -     November  -  General
Issue 59     -     December - General

1991        
Issue 60    -    January / February - General
Issue 61    -    March - General
Issue 62    -   
April - General
Issue 63    -   
May - General
Issue 64    -   
June / July - General
Issue 65    -   
August - General
Issue 66    -   
September - General
Issue 67    -   
October -  General
Issue 68    -   
November - General
Issue 69    -   
December / January 1992 - General
1992      
Issue 70    -    February   - Focus on ... Services for Elderly People 
Issue 71    -    March - General
Issue 72    -   
April - General
Issue 73    -   
May - General
Issue 74    -   
June - General
Issue 75    -   
July / August - Primary Care Risk?
Issue 76    -   
September - General
Issue 77    -   
October -   Focus on ... Children
Issue 78    -   
November -  Focus on ... London
Issue 79    -  
  December / January 1993 - General


1993        
Issue 80   -    February - Focus on ... Services for elderly people:  Focus on ... mental health
Issue 81    -   March - General
Issue 82    -   April - D-Day for Community Care
Issue 83     -  May - General
Issue 84    -   June - General
Issue 84    -   July -  Conference Report - Calling the NHS to account
Issue 85    -   August - General
Issue 86    -   September - General
Issue 87    -   October - Focus on ... the internal market
Issue 88    -   November - General
Issue 89    -   December  /
January 1994 - Focus on ... Community Care
1994
Issue 90    -    February -  Focus on ... Long term care
Issue 91    -    March - General
Issue 92    -    April - General
Issue 93    -    May - General
Issue 94    -    June - Focus on ... Out of Hours Care
Issue 95    -    July / August - Focus on ... Daring to Complain
Issue 96    -    September - General
Issue 97    -    October - Focus on ... Rationing and Public Priorities
Issue 98     -   November  -  Focus on ... The Dental Green Paper
Issue 99    -    December / January 1995 - General
1995
Issue 100    -    February - General
Issue 101    -    March -  Focus on ... Continuing NHS Care
Issue 102    -    April - General
Issue 103    -    May - General
Issue 104    -    June - General
Issue 105    -    July / August - Focus on  ... Prescription Charges
Issue 106    -    September  -  Focus on health care accreditation
Issue 107    -    October - 'Talking ourselves into a crisis/
Issue 108    -    November - Focus on ... The blood transfusion service
Issue 109    -    December / January 1996 - Focus on ... Acute bed shortages

1996
Issue 110    -    February - Focus on ... Long term care
Issue 111    -    March - General
Issue 112    -    April - Focus on ... GP fundholding

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  • ACHCEW
    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF PPI IN THE NHS
    • ABOUT ACHCEW
    • History of the NHS >
      • Historical Publications
      • NHS Consultants' Association
      • The Peckham Experiment
    • How ACHCEW Worked
    • Who's Who >
      • Toby Harris
      • A celebration - Michael English
      • In Memory of Mike Gerrard >
        • A Stifled Voice - Book Launch
      • In Memory of Murray Benham
      • In Memory of Bill Marks
      • In Memory of Tony Smythe
    • ACHCEW - Bless you!
    • The Legal Position >
      • THE ORIGIN
      • THE OBJECTIVES
      • Constitution - Standing Orders
      • Communications
      • Legal Advice and Procedures
      • Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings >
        • ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
        • CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
      • Statutory Instruments - Regulations
    • ACHCEW Training Pack
    • Official Papers >
      • Abolition of CHCs and ACHCEW - 2003
      • Creation of CPPIH
      • DH + Social Security - Appendices
      • Forum Support Organisations + Patients' Forums
      • Guidance - Governance Documents
      • Termination Documents
      • Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums >
        • CVS
        • Private Eye
      • The National Plan
    • The Commission - ACHCEW >
      • Correspondence - Interim Report
      • Publication
    • CASUALTY WATCH - History >
      • Casualty Watch - STEERING GROUP
      • Casualty Watch - PAPERS
      • Casualty Watch - MONTHLY RESULT
      • Casualty Watch - CHC REPORTS
      • Press Cuttings
  • COMMITTEES
    • Annual Reports
    • AGM / Conferences - Correspondence, Papers, Minutes
    • Officers' Meetings
    • Standing Committee >
      • Standing Committee Members
      • Standing Committee News
    • Transition Advisory Board - TAB
    • FINAL Meeting - 08 July 2003
  • CHCs
    • Introduction to CHCs
    • CHC Regulations
    • How CHCs Worked
    • Code of Conduct for CHC Members
    • Code of Practice on Consultation
    • Public Activities Material
    • CHCs in Action - (Publication)
    • The Politics of Consumer Representation - A Study of CHCs
    • The Legal History of CHCs
    • Legal - re. Closures
    • Directory of CHCs + LINks >
      • Brighton and District CHC
      • Brent CHC
      • Bristol CHC
      • Central + South Birmingham CHC
      • City and Hackney CHC
      • Croydon CHC
      • Greater London Association of CHCs - GLACHC
      • Haringey CHC
      • Islington CHC
      • Mid-Staffs CHC
      • SW Hertfordshire CHC
      • Southwark CHC
      • Wakefield CHC
    • Training and Skills for Members >
      • Skills for New CHC Members
      • Understanding the NHS and the Role of the CHC
      • Developing Skills as a CHC Member
      • Links to CHCs and Charities Database
      • Skills for CHC Chairs
      • Other Training Documents
      • PPI Short Courses >
        • Introduction and Surveys
        • Core 1 - User Involvement in Health and Social Care
        • Core 2 - What does User Involvement Mean?
        • Core 3 - Feeling Empowered in User Involvement
        • Theme 1 - Involvement in Service Planning and Improvement
        • Theme 2 - Involvement in Research and Activity
        • General Units
        • Link Person Handbook
  • Papers
    • IN-HOUSE Staff Publications - Introduction >
      • IN-HOUSE Publications - Listing
    • CHC Listings
    • CHC News >
      • CHC News - 1-94 (1975-1984)
      • CHC News - 1-112 (1986-1996)
      • CHC News - 1-37 (1996-2000)
    • CHC Public Activities Materials
    • NHS Dispute - Complaint
    • Presentations >
      • Presentations - PowerPoint
      • Presentations - Video
    • Foundation Trust Hospitals
    • GMC
    • Healthwatch England
    • Health Scrutiny
    • House of Commons Health Committee
    • ICAS
    • King's Fund
    • Normanton Hospital Inquiry
    • PALS
    • Local Involvement Networks - LINKs
    • PPI + LINks >
      • PPI Academic
      • PPI in the NHS >
        • The Effective PPI Forum - Guide
      • Patient Empowerment >
        • Power to the People in South East Thames
      • Public Representation of Health Bodies
      • Women's Health Publications >
        • Pennell Report on Women's Health (Publication)
        • Women's Health - Engaging Women
      • Enter and View
      • LINks Foundation Trusts
      • Kingston Hospital + Kingston PCT LINk
      • Public Involvement in the Private Finance Initiative
      • Response to the Health Committee Report
      • Private Hospitals
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications - A
    • Publications - B
    • Publications - C
    • Publications - D-E-F-G
    • Publications - H-I-K-L-M
    • Publications - N-O-P-Q
    • Publications - R-S-T
    • Publications - U-V-W-Y
  • PRESS
    • ACHCEW's Press Releases
    • A&E + CASUALTYWATCH Press Cuttings
  • Cartoons
  • Gallery
    • Mass Lobby of Parliament
    • PHOTOS - Cafe Royal 08July2003