YOUR SERVICE IS NEEDED SOS SAVE OUR SERVICES MEETING 8 Th December 1:30 pm Manchester City Council Joint Health & Scrutiny Committee Have Invited Manchester User’s Network (MUN) to attend a seminar to be held Wednesday 9th December at 10am in Committee Room 2, Level 2, Town Hall. The purpose of the seminar is to […]
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To: Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust and all concerned parties including Manchester City Council Joint Health & Scrutiny Committee, under the present chair of Manchester City Councillor: Bev Craig.
We would like this statement read out at the Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust: workshop meeting at the Trust HQ at Chorton House, on Monday 9th November 2015 and that copies be made available to all present.
What I want to focus on at this moment is the importance of listening to users of services – particularly at a time of change. Over the years Macc has had strong involvement in mental health work with the public and voluntary sector (all led by my former colleague John Butler who left us only a few weeks ago following funding reductions).
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