ECLN

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK

Choice, Risk and Accountability Event 15th January 2004 Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel

We WantDay

• Arsenal of tools

• How to make PPI permeate organisations and

communities

Policy

• Better patient care

• Making PPIs real and functional

• Getting it outside PPI if groups under represented,

reaching young, reaching too few.

ECLN

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK

Choice, Risk and Accountability Event 15th January 2004 Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel

• Improved fit PPI – choice

+ Strategy planning

+ Commissioning

ECLN

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK

Choice, Risk and Accountability Event 15th January 2004 Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel

• Using the evidence in press releases – local PR

• To encourage people to take responsibility for self

• Cost implications

• Evidence to keep it going

• To build a business case

• To drive involvement

ECLN

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK

Choice, Risk and Accountability Event 15th January 2004 Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel

Health Inequalities reduced to show that it’s cheap:

• get opinions at planning stage

• media engagement

• clear, plain English information – no jargon

• good practice examples – in staff communications,

external communications

• make sure can work up options regarding choice in

realistic terms

• open, honest in communication/engaging people

ECLN

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK

Choice, Risk and Accountability Event 15th January 2004 Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel

• open, honest in communication/engaging people

• need to reach all social groups/engage those with no

health needs

• trend for people to take preventative measures re

health – exploit this