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On 6 Mar 2008, at 12:57, Hayman, David wrote: Hello Mike,   I checked with the 'man from ESPO' who replied.   'The"round robin" email is unfortunately mis-quoting comments I made at the  Norfolk stakeholder meeting on 20 February.  I understand Jane Waring has already written to you to acquaint you with information on the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation and the fact that it is jointly owned by Norfolk County Council.  I have personally been a Senior Local Government lawyer for over 30 years and fully understand and appreciate the whole range of public sector statutory requirements including but not limited to Health and Safety, Race, Equality non-discrimination etc. The comment I made at the stakeholder meeting was intended to give comfort particularly to voluntary sector bodies that the documentation would be structured so as to enable ease of the application process with guidance and advice on how questions should be answered....

This is my February blog for the NCI Patient Citizen Exchange. It was submitted on 19.02.08. and I had to prompt on 25.02.08. for an acknowledgment that it had been received. It had. But it still hasn’t been published on PCX and we are now into March! I suspect that the blog is not to the taste of the civil servants at NCI and is on the verge of being censored. Beyond incompetence, I cannot see any other reason for the delay. The February PCX blog: Resulting from comments I have made on the PCX forums about service user exclusion from major conferences which at which it is essential to include service users, Paul Emmerson asked if I could offer more on the subject. I have broadened it and made it the topic of my February blog. So “What’s up Doc?”....... What’s up is that the fundamentals of Local Involvement Networks - what they are all about - are service users or consumers or survivors (your term ‘patients’). ...it is essential that we put the needs and preferences of patients and s...