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Chair and Treasurer for BHA

30 Jan 2013 - 15:51 by michelle.foster

Founded in 1990, BHA (formerly Black Health Agency) is a health and social care charity that exists to challenge health equalities and support individuals, families and communities to improve their health and well-being.

BHA offer a range of services delivered at local, regional and national level. The areas of expertise include sexual health, community health education and engaging and involving individuals and communities in health and social care decision making.

BHA are looking to appoint a new Chair and Treasurer

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Safeguarding Children with a Disability

25 Jan 2013 - 15:00 by nicola.shanahan

 Dear Colleagues,

You will have seen recent briefings encouraging organisations to attend training on Safeguarding children with a disability.

This training pack has been developed following the review and is for use within your organisations to train the multi-agency workforce. The powerpoint includes notes slides.

Key messages from the review are relevant to all organisations that work with children and young people and you should ensure that you can disseminate this information throughout your organisation.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families
Health and Wellbeing
Young People

CRB Changes from September 2012

24 Jan 2013 - 11:31 by nicola.shanahan

 This voluntary sector briefing paper is aimed at managers who are responsible for safe staffing within voluntary sector organisations. It will also be of interest to practitioners (including volunteers) working with children, young people and families. It is designed to inform you of the current changes to CRB systems and to highlight key messages for voluntary sector organisations. The First part of this document refers to children and young people. The second part of this document refers to adults.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families
Health and Wellbeing
Older People
Volunteering
Young People

Dealing with Neglect

21 Dec 2012 - 09:40 by nicola.shanahan

Neglect

Recently I attended a neglect summit organised by Manchester Safeguarding Children Board. A summit seems like a heady title but felt fitting for the task at hand. The summit was facilitated by Professor Jan Howarth who is working with several LSCB’s around issues of neglect and has led several research projects and written books on multi-agency approaches to neglect.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families
Health and Wellbeing
Young People

Crossroads Care drop in Sessions

13 Dec 2012 - 12:00 by michelle.foster

Crossroads Care in partnership with Manchester Carers Centre are holding drop in sessions for carers at the St James and Emmanuel Parish Hall in Didsbury.

Do you care and support family or friends who could not manage without your help. This could be caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or substance misuse problems.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group strategic commissioning strategy for 2012-2015

7 Dec 2012 - 10:50 by michelle.foster

The commissioning strategy sets out South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group’s vision and commissioning priorities for the coming years. It includes an outline of the South Manchester area in terms of population and need as well as explaining the financial picture in South Manchester.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Commissioning
Health and Wellbeing

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment - Deadline for new topics.

29 Nov 2012 - 10:44 by mary.duncan

REMINDER : JSNA Deadline

This is a reminder from Neil Bendel (Public Health Manchester) The deadline for submitting suggested topic themes for the refreshed Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is Friday December 7th.
There are additional areas tabled for consideration from the Director of Public Health :

Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Exploring perspectives on care for Multiple Sclerosis

28 Nov 2012 - 15:43 by michelle.foster

Researchers at the University of Manchester are looking for people to discuss what it is like to live with Multiple Sclerosis and their experiences of health care services.

Male and female participants living in Greater Manchester aged over 18 with any type of Multiple Sclerosis are invited to participate.

If you have any questions or would like to take part contact a researcher on: [email protected]
 

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Key Facts about the future of the NHS in Manchester Event Report

15 Nov 2012 - 10:21 by michelle.foster

In co‐production with Macc and Manchester Local Involvement Network, the event was an opportunity for people to:
• Find out more information about the three Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups and their visions and plans
• Find out how as individuals or community groups/organisations they can engage with the Clinical Commissioning Groups and their Patient and Public Advisory Groups
• Find out more about the Voluntary and Community Sector services in Manchester, how they are ready for the challenge of clinical commissioning and development work taking place

Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Key Facts about the future of the NHS in Manchester Event Report

15 Nov 2012 - 10:19 by michelle.foster

In co‐production with Macc and Manchester Local Involvement Network, the event was an opportunity for people to:
• Find out more information about the three Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups and their visions and plans
• Find out how as individuals or community groups/organisations they can engage with the Clinical Commissioning Groups and their Patient and Public Advisory Groups
• Find out more about the Voluntary and Community Sector services in Manchester, how they are ready for the challenge of clinical commissioning and development work taking place

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

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