Local Healthwatch free master classes

Free master classes will be held by the LGA to equip key officers with the tools and techniques needed to set up robust and credible local Healthwatch organisations, the bodies that will hold commissioners and providers of services to account, under the new Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Topics to be covered include:

• Options for procuring Healthwatch
• Working with elected members to deliver success
• Good governance
• Working with local stakeholders
• Developing sound transition plans and ensuring sustainability
• Working productively with Healthwatch England (the national consumer champion)
• Options for developing Healthwarch as a social enterprise.

A free masterclass will be held in Birmingham on Thursday 24 May. See details.