Health and Wellbeing

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of all health and social care in England. They are given powers by the government to register, monitor and inspect all health and care services, and they are interested to hear your views on the care you have received in a health and social care context.

Go along to their public listening event on Tuesday 27 October 2015 about Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, meet their inspectors and share your experience of the services and care provided in the last year.

Living with a long-term condition isn’t always plain sailing and we don’t always get the support that we need.

The Building a Healthy Future course takes place over six weeks, for two hours a week. Learn how to handle stress, how to relax more, make new friends, boost your confidence and improve your overall wellbeing.

The next courses start on 2 November in Cheetham Hill and Harpurhey and on 5 November at Macc in the City Centre or Benchill.

No minimum or maximum age, everyone can benefit from this course.

Autistic Society Greater Manchester Area are looking for new members to join their Trustee Board.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the direction and strategic development of a local charity, supporting people with autism.

Enthusiasm and commitment are crucial, a knowledge of autism is less important than being a team player and playing an active role while in post.

This is an voluntary position, but expenses are reimbursable. The minimum time commitment is four Board meetings a year at the centre in Stretford.

NHS and Manchester City Council are interested in your views on self care. Take your seat at a conversation about self care and how it can be improved.

With views from the general public, community groups and the public sector, these events will shape the plans for self care in Manchester.

Events are taking place on:
Date & Time: Tuesday 6 October 2015, 1pm-4pm including lunch
Venue: Irish World Heritage Centre, 1 Irish Town Way, Cheetham Hill, M8 0AE

Interested in keeping a diary?
NHS Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are looking for patients and/or their carers to take part in keeping an experience diary. The feedback provided will provide valuable insight into your experience of using local NHS health and well-being services.

Two consultations have been published to help to determine the future of voluntary sector involvement in health and care.

As part of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) review, respondents from the voluntary and health and social care sectors will give their views on the current state of partnership working, and how closer collaboration could be fostered.

The second consultation will also seek views on the role and effectiveness of the government’s current ‘voluntary sector investment partnership’ suite of grants.

Did you know that commissioners of health services in Manchester have been working with voluntary and community groups on projects for older people in the city?

The aim is to help people in their 50s and over to stay involved in hobbies and social groups so they don’t feel isolated, which can have a big impact on physical and mental health.

The groups offer a wide range of recreational ideas and are also a way of making friends and easing loneliness.

The Manchester Advocacy Hub Website is now live and is a comprehensive tool for professionals, users and their families to find out about advocacy in Manchester. The information on the website includes; what advocacy is and what statutory rights a person has to advocacy under the Mental Capacity Act, the Mental Health Act and the Care Act.

Pennine Acute Hospital Trust is currently developing an End of Life Care Strategy. The Trust is interested in feedback from families and carers who have experience of services provided by the Trust in relation to End of Life Care.

The Trust will be holding two focus groups in October to gather service experiences and would encourage people to attend to share their feedback so that they can provide excellent care and meet the needs of patients, families and carers.

UHSM (University Hospital South Manchester) have put together a programme of events to launch the new community services specifications during September/October and would like to invite local voluntary and community organisations to be involved.

There will be a range of activities across a four week period with each week concentrating on a specific theme.

Frailty: 29 September
Mental Health: 5 October
Living Well in Manchester: 12 October
General Out of Hospital Community Services: 19 October