Dear Neil,
There may be some members of the public, health and care professionals, and organisations in the UK interested in the UK NHS (National Health Service) that may have missed the news that the UK Government has launched a national consultation called ‘Change NHS: help build a health service fit for the future’.
The gov.uk website say that this will help the UK government develop a 10 Year Health Plan:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-nhs-help-build-a-healt...
The website for this Change NHS consultation is: https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/
The website encourages the public, the NHS workforce and other organisations to share their experiences.
The public can share their responses here: https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/folders/organisations
Health and care professionals can share their responses here: https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/your-experiences-workforce
Organisations can share their responses here: https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/folders/organisations
This may an opportunity to raise the importance of access to reliable healthcare information and/or other issues that HIFA members or the organizations that they work for may wish to highlight.
To me, this seems an opportunity to help improve the NHS that is not to be missed.
Best wishes
Julie
HIFA profile: Julie N Reza is a UK-based specialist in communications for biosciences, global health & international development (www.globalbiomedia.co.uk). She predominantly works with NGOs and not-for-profit organisations. Previously she was the senior science editor at TDR, based at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva; prior to this she worked at the Wellcome Trust, UK, leading educational projects on international health topics including trypanosomiasis and trachoma. She has a PhD in immunology and a specialist degree in science communication. She also has several years research and postgraduate teaching experience. She is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and HIFA Social Media Working Group. www.hifa.org/people/steering-group
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