Why has Hull LINk been set up?
There have been many changes in recent years in how health and social care services are delivered. People are being offered more choice in these services. Health and social care services are working more closely together, and service providers are being urged to listen more to people about their needs. Over the years there have been different ways for people to have a say in health services. The most recent system was Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Forums. In 2006 a Government report said that people should have ‘more choice and a louder voice’ in both health and social care. It said there should be new organisations called Local Involvement Networks (LINks). As a result LINks were created by a law passed by Parliament – the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. The Act also abolished the PPI Forums. LINks are now being set up across England in every local authority area that has social services responsibility.
