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Please click the link below (or access via the drop down menu) to see our selection of the latest news items related to health and social care. If you know about a story we have not included then please contact us and we will add it to the page.

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The following news bites are from our network of user-led and other voluntary and community organisations, as well as individuals and groups.
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Use of Body Maps in GP Surgeries - Update
10 January 2012

At the end of 2010 Suffolk LINk Community Development Officers visited the Young Voices Youth Parliament and learnt about issues that the young people with additional needs had accessing health and social care services...

"Patients Not Paperwork"
09 January 2012

On 5th January 2012 the Prime minister, David Cameron, made a number of announcements designed to address concerns about care standards...

Government Announces Additional Funding for Local HealthWatch Development
06 January 2012

On 3rd January 2012, the Secretary of State for Health announced that...

A New Delayed Start for Local HealthWatch
06 January 2012

Further to the announcement of further funding for Local HealthWatch, the Government has also extended the start date for Local HealthWatch bodies...

Carers Assessment Work Update
01 November 2011

In bulletin 20 (May 2011), we reported on a meeting which took place between Suffolk LINk, Suffolk County Council and Customer First to discuss our Carers Assessments survey results and Board recommendations...

Suffolk LINk Board Vacancies (November 2011)
01 November 2011

Volunteer to make a difference and become a Suffolk LINk Board member...

084 Telephone Numbers - A LINk Success
01 November 2011

The Suffolk LINk received comments from members of the public about the cost of calling their GP surgery, which operates an 084 premium rate telephone number...

Suffolk LINk Membership Milestone
27 July 2011

As recently reported in the East Anglian Daily Times and in our Annual Report 2010/2011; the Suffolk LINk total membership figure has now reached over 1,500 people. The total figure currently stands at..........

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