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What's a LINk?

What's a LINk

A LINk has been set up in every area of England to help local people influence or change the way their local NHS and social care services are planned and delivered.

By being part of your local LINk you can make your voice heard and improve services.

A LINk is made up of individuals and community groups who work together to improve local health and social care services
The job of a LINk is to find out what people like and dislike about local services, and to work with the people who plan and run them to help make them better
This may involve talking directly to health and social care professionals about a service that is not being offered, or suggesting ways that an existing service could be made better
LINks also have powers to help them do their job and to make sure that changes happen

How we've helped

How we've Helped

Since its inception, Luton LINk has been actively engaging with the community to ensure Health and Adult Social care services are meeting the community needs. To do this, Luton LINk has built excellent working relationships with NHS Luton, GP practices, L&D Hospital, Luton Borough Council and Mental Health Services. Work has been done to improve GP Access and to Improve Patient Experience at L&D to name just a few. To read more please click our achievements.

Get involved now

Get Involved

Becoming a Luton LINk member is easy and free. Membership is also totally flexible and you can commit as much time as you want to the project. All members will be automatically added to the Luton LINk members database and will receive regular updates of information, news, meetings, events, free training and work plan ideas.

“Becoming involved as a volunteer and being able to directly contribute towards improving the quality of service is a very rewarding and satisfying experience.” Chair of Luton LINk Elderly and Carers Focus Group

You can also get involved just by passing us some comments on services that you have had experience with. Whether it's positive or negative, we want to hear your story. To do so please click on Tell us your views. Please note that all comments are treated with the strictest confidence.

News...

No access to prostate cancer drug

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

Advanced prostate cancer patients in Scotland will not be given access to a drug which could extend their lives.
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Go-ahead for right-to-die hearing

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

A paralysed man who wants a doctor to be able to lawfully end his life can proceed with his "right-to-die" case, a High Court judge rules.
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Call to reduce suicide in young men

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

Call for more awareness of suicide in young men
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Building the Six-Million-Dollar Man

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

Can we use machines to build a superhuman?
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School nursing shake-up planned

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

Pupils in England should have better access to their school nurses and be able to text them to make an appointment, the government says.
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Sign language 'turned into text'

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

Technology aimed at translating sign language into text is being developed by Aberdeen scientists.
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Clegg defiant despite NHS defeat

Sun, 11 Mar 2012

Nick Clegg says he remains committed to seeing through changes to the NHS despite being defeated by Lib Dem party members over the issue.
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VIDEO: Lib Dem anger over NHS bill

Sun, 11 Mar 2012

Lib Dem activists have voted at their spring conference to oppose government changes to its controversial bill to reform the NHS in England.
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GPs 'refuse' to visit care homes

Sun, 11 Mar 2012

Some GPs are refusing to visit elderly patients in care homes, sometimes offering only a telephone diagnosis for sick patients, the BBC reveals.
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VIDEO: Clegg: NHS bill 'not outrageous'

Sat, 10 Mar 2012

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told party members at the Liberal Democrat spring conference in Gateshead that the controversial NHS bill has changed "out of all recognition", and making GPs more responsible was "not an outrageous idea".
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Man admits hacking abortion site

Sat, 10 Mar 2012

A 27-year-old man from the West Midlands who admitted to hacking into the website of Britain's biggest abortion provider is remanded in custody.
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Coke and Pepsi alter ingredient

Sat, 10 Mar 2012

Coca-Cola and Pepsi change how they make an ingredient in their drinks in the United States to avoid having to put a cancer warning label on the bottle.
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VIDEO: Coke and Pepsi make recipe change

Sat, 10 Mar 2012

Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing the ingredients in their world-famous soft drinks to avoid being legally obliged to put a cancer warning label on their bottles.
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Living with long-term memory loss

Sat, 10 Mar 2012

Why memory is fundamental to our sense of self
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VIDEO: 'Legal highs': I thought teeth would fall out

Fri, 09 Mar 2012

David Cameron is promising a further crackdown on so-called 'legal highs'.
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Shaping Luton LINk to a Local Healthwatch

By April 2013, Luton LINk will Evolve into Luton Healthwatch. Healthwatch will have a key role in influencing the commissioning and provision of services in Luton. To best prepare existing and future LINk members, we will be providing a series of training sessions.

A short questionnaire has been compiled to identify the areas that members would like to receive further training. It is our aim to regularly provide training based on the needs of the LINk members.

Please click the following LINk to access the online short questionnaire. It should not take more than a few minutes and all information collated is anonymous. Thank you for your continued support

To access the questionnaire please click this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D8FSNZ3

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