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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Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums
Bring Back Community Health Councils
Email: To CPPIH from Martin Rathfelder, Socialist Health Association
10 April 2006

Establishment of Patients' Councils - NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill
Undated

Transition Research Proposal
7 pages

BRIEFING PAPER:  What people say about CHCs and Patient's Councils
Undated ... 3 pages
Patient/Voluntary Organisations  .  Doctors/Nurses  .  Local Government  .  Other Organisations  

Patients' Forums:  Being set up to fail?
A briefing paper reflecting concerns over the potential underfunding of the new patient and public involvement structures
4 pages

Patient Forum Regulations - No: 2123/2124 and Appendix
Monitoring of the PALS and ICAS Services 2003 - Earl Howe
October 2003

Letter to Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Health from Malcolm Alexander, Director ACHCEW re. 10 September meeting
09 September 2003

PRESS CUTTING:  CHCs Final Gesture
11 July 2003

Email:  From Dianna Leyland :  Transition NACVS
09 July 2003 

Letter to Sharon Grant, Chair, CPPIH from Martyn Smith, Chief Officer, West Birmingham CHC
04 July 2003

Letter to Martyn Smith, Chief Officer, West Birmingham CHC from Sharon Grant, Chair, CPPIH
02 July 2003

Letter to Sharon Grant, Chair, CPPIH from Martyn Smith, Chief Officer, West Birmingham CHC
26 June 2003

Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from Joe Clynes, Section Head, Capital Investments Branch, Department of Health
Government's Plan for patient and public involvement in health service
23 June 2003

London Health Link Meeting 
19 June 2003

Letter to Mr. Rose Covell from the Rt. Hon. Eric Forth, MP
17 June 2003

Letter to the Rt. Hon. Eric Forth, MP from Dr. Liam Fox, MP
13 June 2003

Stakeholder Meeting to Discuss Transition Issues
13 June 2003 - 2 pages

1.   Letter to CHC Staff Members from David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
2.   Letter to CHC Staff Members from David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

04 June 2003

Letter to David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State from Ms E. A. Blanch
04 June 2003

Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from David Lammy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
06 May 2003

Letter to Sharon Grant, Chair, Commission of Patient and Public Involvement in Health from Alan Hartley, Chair, ACHCEW
23 April 2003

Letter/Fax to Mr. Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe, Amicus MSF from Richard Arthur on behalf of Thompsons Solicitors re TUPE
23 April 2003

Letter to David Lammy, Under Secretary of State for Health from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
07 April 2003

Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from David Mowat, Programme Manager, Patient Public Involvement DH
25 March 2003 

Letter to David Lammy, Under Secretary of State for Health from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
+ Paper:  Opinion of the Lawfulness of the Provision of ICAS Services by CPPIH

20 March 2003

Letter to Laura McMurtrie, Chief Executive, CPPIH from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
20 March 2003

Parliament - NHS Direct (Adverse Drug Reactions) - NHS Litigation Authority - Patient Advocacy - Pharmacies                                                                                    
19 March 2003  

Letter to the Rt. Hon. the Lord Strathclyde, Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords, from the Rt. Hon. The Lord Williams of Mostyn QC, the Leader of the House of Lords
16 March 2003

Letter to David Lammy, Under Secretary of State for Health from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
+ Paper:  Opinion on the Lawfulness of the Decision of CPPIH to ask Voluntary Sector Bodies to provide staff for Patients' Forums

10 March 2003

Earl Howe speech to the House of Lords
February / March 2003

Letter to Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW from David Lammy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
28 February 2003

Notes of Meeting with Sharon Grant, Chair, CPPIH
By Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
19 February 2003
Letter to Earl Howe, House of Lords from Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
06 February 2003

Briefing Paper:  Meeting with Sharon Grant, David Lammy and Patrick Hall, MP, Chair of the All Party CHC Group
03 February 2003

Response from Sarah Mullally, CNO/Director of Patient and Public Involvement, Department of Health
February 2003

Letter of appreciation from David Lammy MP, Minister of Health re. the upcoming abolition of CHCs
31 January 2003

Letter to David Lammy MP, Minister of Health, from Malcolm Alexander, Director ACHCEW and Elizabeth Manero, Chair, London Health Link
Managed Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums
31 January 2003

PRESS RELEASE:  'Shock and dismay' greet announcement on new Patient and Public Involvement system.
31 January 2003

Letter in Response from David Lammy MP re. Secretary of State powers in relation to the Commission and OSCs 
29 January 2003

Goodbye Community Health Councils - Hello Patients' Forums
By:  Malcolm Alexander, Diretor, ACHCEW
NHS 2003

Letter from Malcolm Alexander, Director ACHCEW to David Lammy MP, Minister of Health
Comments on Statutory Instruments 3007 and 3038 - The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
23 December 2002

Patients' Forums - Visiting and Inspecting Project
Bristol and District CHC
By: Emma Burton - December 2002

Starred Questions from Earl Howe - 10 December 2002
'To ask Her Majesty's Government what budget will be allocated to the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement  in Health in order to ensure that the arrangements for replacing Community Health Councils are adequately resourced.'
Letter to Lord Clement-Jones, House of Lords from Peter Walsh, Director ACHCEW
Briefing - 4 pages

Transition Issues:  Building the Right Foundation for the Future (Paper D)
By: Elizabeth Manero ...  3 pages

ACHCEW Update
November 2002

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Draft Plan
A Medium Term Strategy:  to build new patient involvement structures within the NHS
... harnessing the expertise and achievements of ACHCEW and CHCs


A presentation by Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW
22 October 2002 - 9 pages

Staffing for Patients' Forums - A discussion paper
Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW - 03 September 2002

Letter of appreciation to Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW from Dr. Evan Harris MP
13 August 2002

PRESS RELEASE:  ACHCEW congratulates Sharon Grant on her appointment as Chair Designate of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
02 August 2002

PRESS RELEASE:  Sharon Grant appointed Chair Designate of CPPIH
02 August 2002

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

PRESS RELEASE:  Pride and sadness mark the end for CHCs
14 June 2002

Letter to Dr. Evan Harris, House of Commons from David Lammy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of Health
12 June 2002
Please note that the reproduction and hence the scan of this letter is of poor quality.  It may take some time to download

Letter to all CHCs from Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW
16 April 2002

Draft Letter to Rob Thompson, Patient and Public Involvement, NHS Executive from Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW
11 February 2002

NEWS RELEASE from ACHCEW
CHCs not to proceed with Judicial Review
19 October 2001

Letter from Hazel Blears, Department of Health
18 September 2001

PRESS:  Hearing Voice - A new occupational hazard
              Waits and Measures

HSJ - 01 September 2001
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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