East Sussex Local Involvement Network (LINk)

The East Sussex Local Involvement Network opened its doors for business on the 1 April 2008. The LINk has replaced the PPIH (Patient and Public Involvement in Health) with a broader remit for health and social care.

East Sussex is one of the first counties in the country to have completed the process necessary to appoint an organisation, called the Host, to support the LINk. We are delighted to be able to announce that this will be the East sussex Disability Association (ESDA). The office for the LINk support will be based at the ESDA office in Eastbourne with a dedicated telephone number and website.

The contact details for East Sussex LINk are:

1 Faraday Close
Eastbourne
BN22 9BH

Phone: 01323 514510

info@thecountylink.net

www.thecountylink.net

The LINk will continue to meet in public and all of those on its mailing list will be kept regularly informed at all stages. Currently information about the development of the LINk can be found on the East Sussex Strategic Partnership website, www.essp.org.uk or on the Hastings Voluntary Action website, www.hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.

A LINk or Local Involvement Network is designed to be a network of networks, organisations and individuals who have an interest in health and social care and who wish to influence the way in which that care is delivered. To work effectively this needs to be as diverse a group as the population and geography that it covers.

We would welcome anyone wishing to be involved, if you are interested please contact:

Janet Colvert at janet@colvert.demon.co.uk

Jan Cutting on 01424 204685
janet@hvauk.org