Putting Barnsley people first...
How to get involved
You’re the experts – so get involved!
You are the expert on your health. That is why Barnsley CCG is committed to putting the voice of our patients and public at the heart of what we do.
Listening to you and acting on your feedback when it comes to all our decision making and evaluation of health services, is critical in helping us to continually improve services. We need to make sure the health services provided in Barnsley meet the needs of the people who live here, which is why your involvement is so important.
In our role as GPs, we listen to our patients every day and hear about your experiences of the services in our area. We will use this face-to-face opportunity to the maximum when developing and commissioning services.
As a CCG, we speak with patients and the public on a regular basis - both formally and informally. We use a variety of ways to talk to the communities we serve, making sure that everyone has the opportunity to take part. This may be through our OPEN panel and events, Patient Participation Groups, surveys and questionnaires or face-to-face consultations.
We also expect to hear what you have told local providers about their plans for improving and developing services. We work very closely with Barnsley Council too as they play a big role in promoting health and wellbeing and they also commission some services on our behalf.
All this should mean that by working together with everyone involved in health and wellbeing in Barnsley, your feedback will make a difference, wherever you get involved. In this section you can find out more about:
How you can get involved and have your say about your local healthcare services
- Current opportunities to get involved
- Giving feedback and getting involved
- Receive our regular newsletter with latest news and opportunities to get involved
How we work with local residents, groups and organisations interested in health and wellbeing
- Our approach to involving you
- How we involve the public in governance
- Our legal duty to involve patients, public and partners
- Our involvement strategy and annual report & film
- Our work with Healthwatch and voluntary and community sector organisations
- How we provide information in formats appropriate for our diverse community
How we monitor equality, quality and health inequalities
- Our commitment to equality, diversity and health inequalities
- How we ensure that staff are assessing quality, equality and engagement as part of the commissioning process
- How we hold our providers to account on patient and public involvement
How your involvement has influenced our work
- Feeding back to you
- Patient stories - listening to our population to improve services
- Our consultations and surveys
There are lots of ways you can get involved with your local NHS and help it work better for you and our local community.
- Contact us by email, post or phone
- Join OPEN our mailing list and sign up for our newsletter
- Attend an event or meeting
- Attend one of our Governing Body or Primary Care Commissioning meetings
- Have your say in one of our latest consultations
- Share your views and experiences
- Share your feedback with Healthwatch Barnsley or become a Healthwatch Champion
- Join your local GP patient participation group
- Compliments and complaints
- Getting involved and talking about health with local groups