Help health and social care and have your say

If you are an unpaid carer, a community council member or use health and social care services, there is a role you can play to help plan for them in Argyll and Bute.

Argyll and Bute Council and NHS Highland work together as the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

They need to find people to serve on their locality planning groups (LPG) and the integrated joint board (IJB) which plan, run and resource the services.

The service is divided into four groups, Bute and Cowal, Helensburgh and Lomond, Oban, Lorn and Isles and Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islands.

These groups bring together NHS and council staff, community members, carers, representatives from the third and independent sectors and community-based groups who work together to improve the health and well-being of the community in which they live.

Each planning group needs a voluntary carer and a community councillor – could you help?

You must be able to commit to four meetings a year and these each last approximately two hours.

Members

Argyll and Bute IJB is looking for unpaid carers and service users to become board members.

The board comprises Argyll and Bute elected councillors, NHS Highland board members, stakeholder groups, third and independent sectors, patients and service users, trade union staff and carers.

You need to be able to commit to attend and participate in six board meetings and up to six board development sessions in a year.

As well as this you will attend and participate in the business committees of the IJB as appointed by the board with a further time commitment of between four to six meetings a year.

This all includes undertaking personal preparation prior to the meetings including identifying any issues in advance of the meeting.

For more information and how to apply, email Charlotte Craig, business improvement manager, at charlotte.craig@ argyll-bute.gov.uk or telephone 01436 658839.

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