PiP Activities
Promoting Patient Involvement
Conference, 5th October 2011
The PiP Group in association with the Patient
and Client Council, and supported by GlaxoSmithKline, hosted a
Conference on Promoting Patient Involvement on 5 October 2011 in
Lisburn. The event featured a keynote address on the future
of patient participation in primary care by the new Health
Minister, Edwin Poots MLA and was attended by sixty delegates.
Speech of
Health Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, to Conference
Attendance at RCGP National Conference
To promote the work of PiP in Northern Ireland
and to forge links with other Patient Participation Groups
throughout the UK, Mr Drew Boyd, Vice Chair PiP, attended the RCGP
Annual Conference on behalf of the PiP Group in Liverpool from
20-22 October 2011 and Mr Alan Braiden, Chair of PiP, attends a
quarterly teleconference with other the other RCGP Patient
Groups.
PiP engagement with the Department of Health
Following the PiP response to the Department of Health Patient
Involvement Consultation in April, and subsequent letter to Dr Jim
Livingstone (Director of Safety, Quality and Standards), a meeting
was held between PiP and Dr Livingstone on 12 September 2011. Mr
Alan Braiden (Chair PiP) and Mr Drew Boyd (Vice Chair PiP)
represented the Group.
Following up on PiP’s meeting with Dr Jim
Livingstone, a representative of the Group has been asked to sit on
the Department of Health’s review team which is looking at revising
the Government guidance on promoting patient involvement in health
and social care. The next meeting of the working group is on 30
November 2011.
Responses to Government consultations
Recent months have seen the PiP Group respond to two Government
consultations on the promotion of patient involvement: