Cosham Communities Day

The LINk was represented at the Communities Day event held in Cosham High Street on Friday 22/07/2011. The day was very full with over 150 people attending the Stand. 37 people left their email addresses in order to receive additional information about the Portsmouth LINk (via the Blog). People who stopped at the Stand, and expressed an interested in Health and Social Care, were very interested when they learned that LINk representatives were actually meeting with senior staff at Queen Alexandra Hospital almost at the very point in time when they were discovering the LINk and what it does. If you were one of the people who visited the Stand on that day, and if you still want to get involved, please make contact (via email or telephone) to find out just how simple it is to become involved. The other 100 or so people making general points identifying neighbourhood priorities did so by being given 3 voting cards which were then used to identify the priorities for improvement within their local area – the options and results of the 116 people who voted appear on the Neighbourhood Forum Blog.

Armed Services Weekend

The LINk recently helped to staff a Stand at the Armed Services Weekend event held on Southsea Common. The Stand was set up by the Veterans Outreach Support Group (VOS) which provides an outreach service for ex-service personnel in need of support. The LINk has contacts with VOS by attending the regular “drop in” sessions held at the Royal Maritime Club in Queens Street Portsmouth. A clear theme which has emerged from visits to these sessions is that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] is a common experience amongst people attending the drop in. Following the relationship the LINk has built with VOS a request was made for the LINk to assist with staffing the Stand on Saturday 02/07/2011 and Sunday 03/07/2011. Both Volunteers and Local LINk Support provided cover. The time spent at the event was filled with a mixture of both the concentration needed to listen to the points made by people attending the event and the admiration for the ex-service personnel (of all ages) who paraded with pride during the day. An aim of the LINk is to set up a group of people who have experiences of PTSD. The purpose of the group would be to gather information about the issue and establish if the LINk process can help this section of the community. If you are interested in helping with this project please contact the LINk

Portsmouth Hospitals Trust Quality Accounts 2010/11

In 2010 the Portsmouth Hospitals Trust published its first Quality Account, providing details of the quality of services the Trust provides and priorities for improvement in 2010/2011, the Trust has published its second Quality Account. 

To read the Quality Accounts click here