Helpful websites
page contains a number of related links to websites that we feel would be of interest to visitors to the WandsworthLINk website. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the WandsworthLINK.
Disclaimer: the WandsworthLINk is not responsible for any of the content featured on external websites.
National Policy and Good Practice about LINks
Local Involvement Networks (Department of Health)
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/PatientAndPublicinvolvement/DH_076366National Centre for Involvement
www.nhscentreforinvolvement.nhs.ukThe LINks exchange (LX) is run by the NHS Centre for Involvement (NCI) as a network for sharing best practice and supporting and developing those implementing Local Involvement Networks (LINks). The network provides access to information and guidance and will enable those involved in implementing LINks to share best practice.
www.lx.nhs.ukThis section includes the website addresses and online links to each Local Involvement Network’s individual website. If you spot anything on these sites that you think Wandsworth should be doing let us know!
www.lx.nhs.uk/resources/links-websites/The Care Quality Commission brings together three regulatory bodies – the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission. They have promised ‘to put the rights and interests of people who use services and their carers at the heart of our work’.
www.cqc.org.uk
Other Sources of Health and Social Care Involvement Information
Public Involvement Blog
www.publicinvolvement.org.ukPatient Opinion
www.patientopinion.org.ukPicker Europe
www.pickereurope.orgInvolve
www.peopleandparticipation.netHealth Consumer Powerhouse
www.healthpowerhouse.comNational Association for Patient Participation (NAPP)
www.napp.org.uk
Wandsworth Health and Social Care – Statutory
Wandsworth Teaching Primary Care Trust (WtPCT)
www.wandsworth-pct.nhs.ukLondon Borough of Wandsworth Council (LBW)
www.wandsworth.gov.ukSt George’s Healthcare NHS Trust (SGHT)
www.stgeorges.nhs.ukSouth West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTGMHT)
www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk
Wandsworth Health and Social Care – Third Sector
Wandsworth Care Alliance (WCA)
www.wandcareall.org.ukWandsworth Voluntary Sector Development Agency (WVSDA)
www.wvsda.org.ukWandsworth Community Empowerment Network (WCEN)
www.wcen.org.uk
National Social Care Policy and Good Practice
“Putting People First” – personalisation of social care services (Department of Health)
www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/Socialcarereform/Personalisation/index.htmDepartment for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
www.communities.gov.ukSocial Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
www.scie.org.ukNational Health Care Policy and Good Practice
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.ukNational Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
www.nice.org.uk
Standards and Inspection of Health and Social Care
Healthcare Commission
www.healthcarecommission.ukCommission for Social Care Inspection
www.csci.org.ukMental Health Act Commission
www.mhac.org.uk(NB – the Health and Social Care Bill before Parliament proposes that the above regulators be merged by April 2009 into the Care Quality Commission).
Useful Support and Advice Services
Mesothelioma is a type of lung cancer with no cure, which results from asbestos exposure. Furthermore, this illness can take decades to finally develop, mainly affecting older patients when it does set in. At www.MesotheliomaTreatment.net, we want to show individuals that early detection is crucial to beating this disease. However, once diagnosed, we also want to make sure individuals living with mesothelioma are aware of all their treatment options and how they can maintain a high quality of life while living with this terminal illness.
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/
The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help.
