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About Plymouth Local Involvement Network (LINk)

Background to LINks

The idea for LINks was developed to replace the previous Public and Patient Involvement Forums (PPIFs), which ended in March 2008.

 

LINks were introduced to:

• Cover both health and social care services
• Reach a wider range of health and social care service users
• Build on the work previously carried out by the PPIFs

To see if LINKs would be effective, several early adopter sites were chosen across the country and each one looked at how the LINKs could work.  These ideas formed the basis of the LINks.

 

Getting LINks going

Local organisations were asked to tender for the contract to host their Local Involvement Network in December 2007/January 2008 and LINks began on 1st April 2008

Health & Social Care Services Are………

Family Doctors

NHS Direct

Hospitals

Screening

Health Visitors

Social Workers

Domiciliary Care

Nurses

Opticians

Ante-Natal Clinics

Pharmacists

Family Planning

Consultants

Midwives

Chiropodists

Occupational Therapy

And Many More………