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
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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
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THE ORIGIN
THE OBJECTIVES
Constitution - Standing Orders
Communications
Legal Advice and Procedures
Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings
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ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
Statutory Instruments - Regulations
ACHCEW Training Pack
Official Papers
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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
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CVS
Private Eye
The National Plan
The Commission - ACHCEW
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Correspondence - Interim Report
Publication
CASUALTY WATCH - History
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Publications - N - O - P - Q
Click on the title to download the publication. Many of these publications may take some time to download.
National Plan - Patient Empowerment Initial Concerns
- 01 August 2000 ... 6 pages
New Life for Health - The Commission on the NHS
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By: Will Hutton
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April 2000
N
HS Complaints Procedure - ACHCEW's Memorandum to the Public Administration Committee
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June 1999 ... 20 pages
NHS Complaints Procedures - A Review by ACHCEW
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March 1990 ... 35 pages
NHS Complaints Procedures - A Report to CHCs
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August 1990 ... 33 pages
NHS Complaints Procedures - A Report of a Conference - October 1998
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O
ctober 1998 ...
39 pages
NHS Complaints Procedure - Submission to the Complaints Review Committee
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October 1993 ... 36 pages
NHS Consultants' Association (NHSCA) - The Organisation of Hospital Clinical Work - A discussion document
u
ndated
NHS Continuing Care of the Elderly
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December 1990 ... 23 pages
NHS Funding 1991-1992 - The Impact on Patient Services
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March 1992 ... 12 pages
NHS Trusts - Meetings in Public
- August 1998 ... 33 pages
Old Watchdog, New Tricks - The ACHCEW submission to the Modernisation Action Team on Patient Empowerment
June 2000 ... 23 pages
Opinion on the Lawfulness of the Provision of ICAS by the CPPIH
- Marion Chester, ACHCEW - 08 March 2003 ... 4 pages
Ordinary Wisdom - Reflections on an experiment in citizenship and health
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King's Fund, 1998 ... 121 pages
Patient and Public Involvement in Health - An Interim Report on the work of the Transition Advisory Board to the Department of Health
- August 2002 ... 58 pages
Patient Confidentiality - Implications of the New Guidance from the General Medical Council
March 1999 ... 10 pages
Patients: Receivers or Participants?
- 1977 ... 43 pages
PPI in the NHS - Update July 1973
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6 pages
Patiently Waiting? A Report of Research into Waiting Times at King George Hospital A&E
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By: Redbridge CHC
- January 1999 - 72 pages
'Patients First'
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By R. K. Griffiths, The Medical School, University of Birmingham
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Go to the document and its Appendix in
Publications / Academic Papers
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the Appendix takes 5 minutes + to download
Patients' Forum Regulations - Draft Briefing
- Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW ... 29 August 2003 - 30 pages
Patients' Forums - Visiting and Inspecting Project
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December 2002 ... 24 pages
Patients' Forms: being set up to fail? - A briefing paper reflecting concerns over the potential underfunding of the new patient and public involvement structures
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16 October 2002
Patients' Friends Pushed Aside by Labour's PALS
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Charles Webster .. 4 pages
Patients' Watchdogs Urged to Enter New Era of Partnership with NHS
- DH PRESS RELEASE - 14 July 1994
Patients' "Watchdog" must re-focus their vigilance - Health Minister foresees new opportunities for CHCs
DH PRESS RELEASE 14 June 1994
Patients are waiting longer in A&E Departments: Audit Commission Report
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05 November 2001
Pennell Report on Women's Health - Positive Steps for Later Life
Performance Evaluation Framework for CHCs - NHS Executive South and West
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February 1997 ... 13 pages
Performance Evaluation Standards Framework for CHCs
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38 pages
Performance Standards for CHCs - Developing the Framework
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Christine Hogg, ACHCEW
- May 1994 ... 50 pages
Power to the People in South East Thames - A Conference about Empowering the Patient
N
ovember 1991
...
47 pages
Primary Care Groups - The Early Guidance
- September 1998
Private Finance in Health Care - Why Not!
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March 2000 ... 53 pages
Private Finance Initiative in the NHS - update
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BRIEFING NOTE
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January 1996
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6 pages
Private Hospitals and the National Health Service
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April 1981
Protocol for PALS & Independent Advocacy Joint Working
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January 2002 ... 15 pages
Public and Patient Involvement in London: A Practical Guide
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Directorate of Health and Social Care London ... 5 pages
Public Participation in Setting Priorities - ACHCEWs Evidence to the Health Select Committee
April 1994 ... 12 pages
Quality Contracts - Improving Standards of Patient Care
- December 1995 ... 34 pages
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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