Have your say about health and social care

Ever wanted to speak up about a health or social care service in your area but not known how?

It might have been to offer an opinion on how things could be improved, or talk about an experience – good or bad. Now you have the opportunity to speak out.

A LINk (Local Involvement Network) is a network of local people and groups. It listens to what you have to say about health and social care services in your area, and tells councils and the NHS what it has discovered. The NHS and councils are legally obliged to give the LINk any information it asks for and to respond to any recommendations the LINk makes, so that services can improve.

Help and Care is the Host Organisation for a number of LINks across the South of England and is therefore responsible for the establishment, maintenance and support of the LINks in each of the local authority areas.