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ANNUAL REPORT 1999 - 2000.
The Patients Forum
The Patients Forum is a network of national and
regional organisations with a concern for the healthcare interests of
patients and their supporters.
Full membership is open to voluntary organisations
representing the interests of users of health services and their
families and carers. Subscribing (non-voting) membership is open to
other bodies such as professional and academic organisations and
statutory management and regulatory bodies. The Patients Forum is
independent of its member and subscriber organisations.
The remit of The Patients Forum is to:
- promote wider discussion of current health issues
among the whole range of organisations representing patients and
carers;
- improve arrangements for communication, timely
consultation and liaison between the health consumer network and
Government and relevant statutory and professional organisations.
The aims of The Patients Forum are to:
- provide a forum for national and regional
organisations representing the interests of people who use health and
related services and their supporters to share experiences,
information and ideas, to strengthen their work and to participate in
informing and influencing decision-makers;
- promote information exchange and discussion among
members and subscribers, and through meetings with colleagues from the
statutory sector, the professions and the academic world.
The Patients Forum Steering Group 1999-2000
Francine Bates, Carers National Association (Chair)
Barbara Meredith, Age Concern London (Vice Chair)
Dr Eva Jacobs, Consumer Member on the UKCC (Treasurer)
Geraldine Amos, Home from Hospital
Gary Fereday, Association of Community Health Councils for England &
Wales
Gerda Loosemore-Reppen, Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
Brain McGinnis, MENCAP
John Tait, The Relatives and Residents Association
Judy Wilson, Long-term Medical Conditions Alliance
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