Useful links

In this section you will find links to other related websites.

If you would like your organisation listed here, then please contact us. 

Time to change

http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-us Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems. The visio is to make lives better for everyone by ending mental health discrimination. Time to Chnage will do this by inspiring people to work together to end the discrimination surrounding mental health. Time to Change is a programme of 35 projects led by Mind, and Rethink.

The LINks exchange
http://www.lx.nhs.uk/ The LINks exchange (LX) is run by the NHS Centre for Involvement as a network for sharing best practice and supporting and developing those implementing Local Involvement Networks (LINks).

The NHS Centre for Involvement

http://www.nhscentreforinvolvement.nhs.uk/ The NHS Centre for Involvement supports and encourages the NHS and other organisations to involve patients and the public in health and social care decision-making.

UKPHA

http://www.ukpha.org.uk/ Aims to be a unifying and powerful voice for the public's health and well being in the UK, focusing on the need to eliminate inequalities in health, promote sustainable development and combat anti-health forces.

NHS Library

http://www.library.nhs.uk/ppi/ This site is the home of health's patient and public involvement specialist library.

East Sussex LINk

http://www.thecountylink.net This is the website of East Sussex LINk

Help and Care

http://www.helpandcare.org.uk/join-us/local-involvement-networks-li.aspx Help and Care are the host organisation for the West Sussex LINk.

Healthcare Commission

http://engage.healthcarecommission.org.uk This site is designed to help patient and public groups, as well as LINks, contribute and feed in the views and experiences of people into the Healthcare Commission's regulatory systems, particularly the annual health check.

LINks

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HealthAndWellBeing/
HealthServices/PractitionersAndServices/DG_071867
A simple explanation of LINks.

Government Policy

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/PatientAndPublicinvolvement Information about government policy.