Friends of Oldham Community Health Services

'Friends of Oldham Community Health Services' is an initiative designed to enable people who care about their local health services (whether users/patients, carers or the general public) to get involved in our activities.

‘Friends’ can work with us in a number of ways and they are free to choose the level of involvement that they wish. Whatever, their level of involvement we are committed to working with them to improve the quality of local healthcare services provided by Oldham Community Health Services.

Level 1: INFORMED

Being 'informed' can mean:

  • Receiving information about Oldham Community Health Services e.g. our newsletter, new or developing services, new initiatives
  • Responding to surveys on the range of services we offer (if they have used these services, or knows someone who has)
  • Receiving invitations for future events

Level 2: INVOLVED

Being 'involved' can mean:

  • Being 'informed'’ as described above and 
  • Participating in workshops, focus groups designed to provide us with views on how to take service changes forward, make quality improvements etc 
  • Joining existing groups to add weight to the patient’s view

Level 3: ACTIVE

Being ‘active’ can mean:

  • Being ‘informed’ and ‘involved’ as described above and
  • Attending formal meetings of OCHS where you will get first hand information about our business and activities e.g. board meetings (held every two months)
  • Acting as an ambassador for OCHS at public events e.g. conferences (local and national)
  • Assisting us in recruiting 'Friends'
  • Working with us on our quality agenda e.g. taking part in formal audits, reviews and evaluation of services across a range of key activities, becoming a 'Quality Champion' in relation to your area of interest

Interested?

To become a 'friend' please complete the attached application form and return to Gaynor Murgatroyd, senior executive secretary at Oldham Community Health Services, Ellen House, Waddington Street, Oldham, OL9 6EE.  Alternatively, if there’s anything you would like more information about you can contact her on 0161 622 6574, or email gaynor.murgatroyd@nhs.net

We would love to hear about any ‘health-enhancing’ activities that you’ve been involved in, or your experience of any of our services.

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