Welcome to the Scottish Health Council website

 

Welcome to the Scottish Health Council website. Our role is to ensure that NHS Boards take account of your views when they make decisions about Scotland’s health services. We know that health services that listen and pay attention to the patients and communities they serve deliver better care.

This website tells you who we are, what we do and how your participation can help the NHS work more effectively. You can view copies of our reports, on how well each Health Board in Scotland is working with patients, carers and communities and find examples of the good work that is happening already.

Brian Beacom
Chairman
Scottish Health Council

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14 May 2008

Building Strong Foundations 2008

Building Strong Foundations is a resource to help people engage with the public and people who use health services.

The Scottish Health Council has commissioned Outside the Box to update the toolkit, and a working version is now available for you to try out on their website. Please try it out and then comment on what you want to see in the final version.

• Building Strong Foundations toolkit (draft) and more information
• Leave feedback and comments

 

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7 May 2008

Invitation to Tender: Independent Review of the Scottish Health Council

The Scottish Health Council is inviting interest from research organisations into conducting an independent review of the organisation. Download the Invitation to Tender (PDF).

All enquiries should be directed to Richard Norris, Scottish Health Council Director, via email: richard.norris@scottishhealthcouncil.org or by telephone: 0141 241 6307.

Tenders should be submitted by email to the above address by 5pm on Thursday 15th May 2008. We will hope to meet with interested parties in the week commencing 19th May.

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11 April 2008

The Scottish Health Council commissioned the Scottish Council Foundation to write a report on "Enhancing Public Involvement in Major NHS Service Change". Download the full report (PDF format).

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4 April 2008

The Scottish Government invited responses to a public consultation on the Local Healthcare Bill.  Download the Scottish Health Council's response (PDF format).

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17 March 2008

The Scottish Health Council commissioned FMR Research to write a report on "Public Partnership Forums: what direction and support is needed for the future?"

• Download the Executive Summary (PDF format).
• Download the full report (PDF format).

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30 January 2008

The Scottish Health Council was invited by the Scottish Government to respond to a public consultation on Independent Scrutiny: the Independent Examination of Proposals for Major Change in NHS Services. Download a copy of the response (PDF format).

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17 January 2008

We are pleased to announce the release of a new on-line resource, Evolving Practice shows real-life examples of Scotland's commitment to improving health services through involving patients and the public. Find out more about Evolving Practice.

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14 December 2007

Following our Annual Review on 10 October 2007, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing sent a letter to our Chairman.  Download a copy of the letter (PDF format ).

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