| • | We hold user-controlled
meetings for service users in various localities across the county |
| • | We support users to be involved in all
levels of health and Care planning, both county wide and in local Primary Care Trusts |
| • | We hold meetings for older people
based in Trowbridge, Pewsey, Devizes, Marlborough, South Wiltshire and Swindon |
| • | We hold "Our Time To Talk"
meetings of local users of Mental Health Services |
| • | We facilitate meetings of people with learning difficulties, to feed into local
planning forums, and the implementation of the new "Valuing People" legislation |
| • | We support users to meet regularly with
key Councillors before Social Services meetings |
| • | Some members are involved on the Wiltshire County Council’s Best Value Reviews,
and led the Best Value Review of Direct Payment |
| • | Users join interview panels for staff appointments to Social Services, and the
Mental Health Trust |
| • | We have been commissioned to bring service users together to discuss the future
management of Health and Social Care in North Wiltshire and Kennet |
| • | We campaigned to change the Social Services
policy towards the privatisation of home Care services |
| • | We provide direct input from users into staff development and training within Social
Services, Health Trusts, and Social Work courses in Universities and Colleges |
| • | We have links with national policy developments,
particularly in relation to the National Service Frameworks |
