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Reconcile these: “Make community involvement more convenient ...LINks should provide more ways for more people to be heard and they will work hard to engage with people who may be easier to ignore.” (LINks Guide no 4, NHS National Centre for Improvement) “The experience of disabled people, people with learning difficulties and people with mental health conditions is a significant resource, so make it clear their experience and knowledge is valued. Think through the implications of your promotional programme so that any venues can meet all access requirements.” (LINks Guide no 8, NHS National Centre for Involvement) Remembering that the people NCI is talking about mainly live on welfare benefits ------- With this: The NHS National Centre for Involvement ANNUAL CONFERENCE INVOLVING, ENGAGING, EMPOWERING - PPI In action. Tuesday 25th November 2008 International Convention Centre, Birmingham “Our annual conference is organised to to bring together everyone (my italics) working with Patie

Got this: Mike cc all other people emailed.   I am sorry that you have chosen to misinterpret the content and spirit of my email. Following my visit to you on 16 th May, we both agreed we could be open with each other. That agreement seems to be interpreted by you in a very one-sided way. In the light of your comments, I see no point in continuing the exchange.   On behalf of the NPA and its Disability Forum, I accept your resignation.   Chris Harding MBE LL.B Solicitor Chief Executive Norfolk Police Authority My reply: Hello Mr Harding. A typical middle class bureaucrat's response and whitewash!! How on earth could I have been more open and straightforward? Mealy mouthing is your province, not mine.  Well let this working class disabled service user tell you: you had no choice mate - my decision. But you can bet your life you've not heard the last of me.  Heddwch Mike.

Today, I received this mail as a result of my pplog entry of 25th September: Mike cc SL   Thank you for keeping Sarah and others in the loop on your experience at the Loddon SNAP meeting held on the 24 th Sept as posted on your Blog.   I sought to follow up your experience given its very negative perspective. I have had a number of different perspectives from various other attendees at the meeting. All of them accept that the meeting was not well run and that, consequently, things were not spelt out at the outset. However, they all seriously challenge the view that the police officer was rude or abusive to anyone. That said, he was, due to the lack of an effective chair, left handling many issues that were not for the police, or them alone.   This combined with the fact that the closure of Loddon Police Station was still a “local” issue and it dominated the anti-attitude of those present even when, in policing terms, crime is down and performance is up with a consequential improvement

Well, we’ve certainly lost an ally with Ivan Lewis’ departure from the Department of Health. Not one generally impressed with MPs and the distance they tend to go to any lengths to keep other people at (Charles Clarke is a scorching example), I met Ivan Lewis at Peter Beresford’s Shaping our Lives 10th birthday party a couple of years ago and found him natural, genuine and caring about the dire level of social care in this country. All of us at the party were service users and Ivan Lewis mingled and nattered without side or affectation. I thought him fighter for people’s rights - probably the reason Brown has had him removed: there is a internal friction there at present around social care finance. Ivan Lewis was Junior Minister. The new guy, Phil Hope, MP for Corby has been made a full Minister for Social Care and he will also carry the Mental Health portfolio. His website tells us his qualifications are in teaching and he has been much involved in learning and skills and particula