Involve Me
September Highlights 2017

What we're doing at the moment

Have you signed up for the
Patient Participation Group Network Meeting yet?

If you're a member of a Patient Participation Group across Sheffield, be sure to book onto our next network meeting.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to meet with fellow PPG members from across Sheffield to talk about some of the pressing issues and developments of health care in Sheffield.

You can book your place online today or give us a call on 0114 305 4609.

Could you represent local people in health commissioning?

We are looking to recruit two volunteers to represent the voice of local people at our Public Engagement, Experience and Equality Committee (PEEEC).

PEEEC is a committee of the Governing Body whose purpose is to assure that engagement, patient experience and equality and diversity activity is being carried out in line with statutory requirements and to a high standard, and that information from this activity is used appropriately to influence commissioning. The committee also assures that work in these areas is effectively joined up with partners and champions the patient, carers and public voice within commissioning.

The Public Engagement, Experience and Equality Committee meets for two hours, every 6 weeks, at the CCG offices – 722 Prince Of Wales Road, Sheffield, S9 4EU.

More information can be found here.

To express your interest in this role, please complete this form and send to sheccg.engagementactivity@nhs.net or to Engagement Team, NHS Sheffield CCG, 722 Prince of Wales Road, Sheffield S9 4EU by Monday 2nd October 2017.

Join us at our Annual Public Meeting as college students quiz our Execs

Join us for our Annual Public Meeting on:

Thursday 28 September 2017
2 - 4pm (registration from 1.30pm)
Sheffield United, The Ambassador Suite (entrance via John Street)

Our panel of Directors and GPs will be quizzed by students from Sheffield College as we look at the future of health care in Sheffield for our next generation.

The meeting is part of the CCG's statutory duty to inform local people of what has been achieved over the past year, how money was spent and to give members of the public a chance to meet and ask questions of the organisation's senior management.

We will also be presenting our Annual Report at the meeting - this year formatted as a photo album.

Book your place

If you would like to attend our Annual Public Meeting please sign up using Eventbrite here.

If you have any problems booking on please call the Communications Team on 0114 305 1398.

Got a question for our panel?

If you would like to ask a question to our panel of Directors and GPs please email your question to sheccg.comms@nhs.net by 21 September 2017.

Prescribing Gluten Free Foods to adults in Sheffield

We want to hear your views about the prescribing of gluten free foods for adults

We’re running a consultation from 8 September 2017 to 20 October 2017 about the prescription of Gluten Free foods for adults.

Our local NHS has a limited budget and with an increasing demand for services we have to evaluate every service very carefully.

Manufactured Gluten Free foods have been available on NHS prescription to patients diagnosed with Coeliac disease since the late 1960s.

This service started when manufactured Gluten Free foods were not widely available in supermarkets, as they are today, and when the range of other foods which are naturally gluten free was smaller.

Consequently, we are now reviewing the guidelines on Gluten Free food. We are proposing to change the guidelines to ask GPs to discontinue prescribing it to adults aged over 18.

However, GPs would still be able to prescribe Gluten Free foods if they felt there was a genuine risk that a vulnerable individual would become undernourished without the prescription.

Please let us know your thoughts on this proposal – whether you live with Coeliac disease or not - using our online survey.

More information can be found on our website here.

Our partners

Help the voice of local people be heard across South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw agencies involved in health and social care are starting to work in closer partnership to improve care for you, your family and community. As their work develops, it’s vital that the voice of local people is at the heart of the work.

They’re looking for people to be a part of a Citizens' Panel across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw that can offer an independent view and critical friendship on matters relating to the work of Health and Care Working Together, which is an Accountable Care System (ACS).

The role will help to ensure that the voice of the local population is heard and influences any developments. With other members of the Panel, you will do this by making sure engagement opportunities are created for citizens, patients and carers and that they are meaningful, targeted and relative to the changes suggested.

If you're interested in this role, you can find more information here.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter by email to helen.stevens11@nhs.net or by post to: Helen Stevens, Health and Care Working Together, c/o NHS Sheffield CCG, 722 Prince of Wales Road, Sheffield S9 4EU.

The deadline for applications is Friday 13 October 2017.

National consultation on items which should not be routinely prescribed

Last year 1.1 billion prescription items were dispensed in primary care at a cost of £9.2 billion. This cost coupled with finite resources means it is important that the NHS achieves the greatest value from the money that it spends.

We know that across England there is a significant difference in what is being prescribed and to whom. Often patients are receiving medicines which have been proven to be ineffective or in some cases dangerous, for which there are other more effective, safer and/or cheaper alternatives.

CCGs asked for a nationally co-ordinated approach to the development of commissioning guidance in this area to ensure consistency and address unwarranted variation. The aim is that this will lead to a more equitable process for making decisions about guidance on medicines but CCGs will need to take individual decisions on implementation locally.

You can find out more, and have your say, on the national consultation here.

Who are NHS Sheffield CCG?

We are made up of 85 GP practices and are the organisation responsible for planning and buying many of the healthcare services for our local population of approximately 580,000 people.

We work with healthcare professionals, patients and the public, to deliver high quality, efficient and cost effective healthcare services for people across the whole of Sheffield.

What is Involve Me?

'Involve me' has been set up as a way of involving people who care about their local NHS and who would like to be kept up to date, or get involved and have their say, on commissioning decisions for the benefit of Sheffield people.

Thank you for your continued interest in NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and health and social care services across the City. We hope that you find this information interesting and would like to contribute to our work. We'd love to hear your thoughts about our newsletter.

Thank you once again for getting involved with healthcare services locally and don’t forget to pass the message on so we can reach as many people as possible!

Thanks,
Engagement team
NHS Sheffield CCG

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Involve Me September Highlights 2017