As previously reported, the Healthwatch “Chatty Van” is touring west, north and east Cumbria and will be visiting a town/place somewhere near you during November to help raise awareness of, distribute and support people to respond to the NHS consultation document, ‘The Future of Healthcare in West, North and East Cumbria’.
This important consultation document sets out a number of options for health service delivery.
HWC is an independent organisation whose role is to ensure that people’s views and experiences of health and care services can inform service delivery and improvement. Our staff will be on the Chatty Van to enable people to access copies of the document by whatever means they require; easy read versions will be available as will electronic versions on iPads that will enable the user to respond immediately to the consultation.
David Blacklock the Chief Executive of Healthwatch Cumbria said: “It is very important that people from across West, North and East Cumbria take up the opportunity to consider and respond to the options that are outlined in the consultation document. We know that people have strong views about how and where services should be delivered and Healthwatch Cumbria’s role is to help as many people as possible to be able to understand, discuss and respond to the consultation”
The times and venues where you can visit the Chatty Van are:
Wednesday 09/11/2016
Coop Supermarket Car Park, Egremont 10am – 12noon
Civic Hall Market Square, Cleator Moor CA25 5AR, 1pm – 3pm
Thursday 10/11/2016
Castlegate GP Surgery/Community Hospital, 10am – 12noon
Workington Town Centre Hub, 1-3pm
Friday 11/11/2016
Tesco Supermarket, Warwick Road, Carlisle, 10am – 12noon
Aldi Supermarket, Dalston Road, Carlisle, 1pm-3pm
Saturday 12/11/2016
Maryport Coop, Curzon Street, Maryport, 10am–12noon
Tuesday 15/11/16
Keswick town Centre – Outside Brysons shop, 10am–12noon
Sainsburys Supermarket Caldewgate Carlisle, 2pm–4pm
Wednesday 16/11/16
Wigton Medical Practice Car Park, Wigton 10am–11:30am
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Whitehaven 1pm–3pm
Thursday 17/11/16
Keswick Town Market, Keswick 9:30am–12noon
Thursday 17/11/16
Workington Community Hospital, park Lane, Workington, 1pm–3pm
Friday 18/11/16
Carlisle City Centre, outside Primark, 10am–1pm
Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, 2pm–4pm
Wednesday 23/11/16
Morrisons Supermarket, Penrith, 10am–12noon
Sainsburys Supermarket Penrith, 1pm–3pm
Thursday 24/11/16
Tesco supermarket, Millom, 11am–3pm
Friday 25/11/16
Market Square, Kirby Stephen, 10am–12noon
Appleby Town Centre, (outside the information Centre), 1pm–3pm
Saturday 26/11/16
Workington Hub, Workington, 10am–12noon