Local Involvement Networks (LINks) have been set up to give everyone a say in how their health and social care services are planned and provided. Recent evidence has shown that:

‘Local health and social care services tend to improve if peoples’ views are listened to and acted upon’. (National Centre for Involvement, 2008).

LINks replace the Public and Patient Involvement Forums (PPI Forums). The Lancashire LINk is overseen by a Board made up of lay representation from the Lancashire public including former PPI Forum members, voluntary organizations and community groups. The work of the LINk is supported by a LINk Support Organisation which is the Black Health Agency.

The people of Lancashire owe it to themselves and their community to help improve the health of their residents. The Lancashire LINk offers you a way to achieve this – join the LINk and help to make a change. You can decide how active you want to be – from just receiving the Newsletter and responding to occasional consultations to being a member of one of the groups and standing for election to the LINk board.