The Stockport LINk have moved offices to Graylaw House in Chestergate.

Our new address is:

The next LINk Briefing Session will be taking place on Thursday 26th January at Walthew House, Shaw Heath, Stockport. The agenda for the day will be as follows:

10-11.15: Gillian Miller, NHS Stockport talking about the new 111 telephone service and out-of-hours healthcare.

11.30-12.45: Angela Beagrie, NHS Stockport & Sue Clark, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust feeding back on their Equality & Diversity assessment.

If you would like at attend, then get in touch.

The next LINk Briefing Session will be taking place on Wednesday 21st December at Walthew House, Shaw Heath.

10-11am: Paul Hayes, Stockport Council updating on the ‘Delayed Discharges’ Vanguard project at Stepping Hill Hospital.

11.15-12.15: Gill Walters & Sarah Newsam, Stockport Council updating on the Health & Wellbeing Board and HealthWatch.

12.15-1pm: An opportunity to attend the Community Health Stockport showcase of services at Pinewood House, Stepping Hill or discuss HealthWatch further at the LINk.

If you would like to attend, please let us know.

Do you want a say on equality in the NHS? Would you like to know what the NHS in Stockport is doing to help improve access to services?

Then come along to our free event!

The event is being held in two parts, workshops from 1.30pm-4pm and drop-in sessions from 4-8pm. Food will be provided between the two.

The focus of the day will be for the community to inform the NHS on how they are doing in meeting the needs of the people in Stockport. The event will be attended by prominent figures from the NHS in Stockport.

The event will be held at Stockport Guildhall, 169 Wellington Road South (A6) SK1 3UA

No need to book, just come along!

The Next LINk Briefing session will be held on Monday 24th October 2011, 10am-1pm at Walthew House, Stockport.

1. Rashda Tabassum from Stockport Council will be updating you on the work being done around Black & Minority Ethnic Groups in Stockport and

2. Nicole Alkemade from NHS Stockport will be updating you about the Dementia Strategy for Stockport

If you would like to attend, then please contact the LINk Support Office, details avaliable here.

Earlier this year, we worked with Disability Stockport and NHS Stockport on issues around access to Mobile Breast Cancer Screening Units. We are now conducting a survey to discover how successful this work was. If you have used the units in the last six months, we would be grateful if you could complete this anonymous survey.

The next LINk Briefing Session will be held on Wednesday 21st September 2011, 2pm-4pm at Walthew House, Stockport.

Dr. Ranjit Gill will be in attendance to answer your questions on GP Commissioning.

If you would like to attend, please contact the LINk Support Office, details to the left.

Stockport LINk, Stockport’s publicly supported health and social care watchdog has been selected to become a local HealthWatch pathfinder.

This means that they will be one of the first LINks in the country ready for the creation of HealthWatch, the new local independent champion for NHS patients and social care consumers.

The organisation submitted a joint bid with Stockport Council in May and the pathfinder status will last until October 2012 when other LINks around the country will follow the Stockport LINk by seeking to become the local HealthWatch.

Chair of the LINk, John Leach said, “We are thrilled by the news that we will be helping to lead the way in patient and public involvement in Stockport. As the Stockport LINk we have already made a big difference on health and social care services in Stockport and with this new status we can only grow and improve.”

Recent successes of the LINk have included working with Stockport Council’s Adult Social Care and NHS Stockport on ensuring people in care are treated with dignity. They have worked with Stepping Hill Hospital, supporting a review of their discharge procedures by outside consultants. LINk members also sit on several strategic boards where many of the big decisions on health care in Stockport are made.

Councillor John Pantall, Executive Member for Adults and Health said, “We are very pleased with the Government’s decision to give Stockport LINk pathfinder status. We are committed to maintaining and developing the skills of the LINk membership, who have made the considerable contribution John Leach describes. The Pathfinder year will offer an excellent opportunity for joint work to draw upon opportunities for learning and the further development of a local consumer voice for health and social care.”

This complements the range of other partnership work being done in Stockport with regard to the early implementation of the NHS reforms.

Subject to parliamentary approval Local HealthWatch will feed into the new HealthWatch England, a statutory but autonomous part of the Care Quality Commission. They will be a core element for securing a much wider degree of public and community engagement.

Each month service providers and commissioners are invited to come along to LINk Briefing Sessions to discuss any new, upcoming or current services. LINk Briefing Sessions are your opportunity to ask service providers and commissioners questions about the services in Stockport.

The next LINk Briefing Session will take place on Wednesday August 24th 2011 10.00am-1.00pm at Walthew House, 112 Shaw Heath Stockport SK2 6QS. The topics will be as follows:

• Immunisation - Pam Southcombe from Immunisation services will be in attendance to talk to members about Flu.

• Extending the choice of healthcare provider - Angela Beagrie from NHS Stockport will be in attendance to discuss extending the choice of healthcare provider. This could mean when a GP refers a patient for treatment, as well as the local NHS hospital and/or community clinic, the GP would provide an option of choosing a local private health provider. From April 2012 the Government want NHS Stockport to start doing this in 3 new service areas.

A special LINk Briefing session looking at Mental Health Services will be held on Tuesday August 23rd 2011 1pm-4pm at the Disability Stockport meeting room, Disability Stockport, 23 High Street, Stockport SK1 1EG

The LINk will be joined by Karen Maneely, Service Line Manager Adult Services - South Division, Pennine Care Foundation Trust and Clare Mullins, Community Development Manager, Age UK Stockport amongst other guests.

If you would like to attend, call us on 0161 477 8479 or click here to send an e-mail.

The next LINk Briefing Session will take place on Thursday 21st July, 10am-1pm. Please note a change of venue for this session, which will take place at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Cooper Street, Stockport SK1 3QL.

Joining us this month will be:

10.00-11.15 - Jane Ankrett from Community Health Stockport
Jane will be requesting your views on a change of service and telling you more about her role as Associate Director Long Term Conditions, Rehabilitation and Reablement.

11.30-12.45 - ICAS (Independent Advocacy Service)
ICAS offers support to people wishing to raise concerns about NHS funded care or treatment. They do this by providing information to individuals, assisting clients with writing letters and attending any meetings that might arise as a result of the complaint. This service is provided under a Department of Health contract.

If you would like to attend, call us on 0161 477 8479 or click here to send an e-mail.

Members of the Stockport LINk were joined by distinguished guests at our third Annual General Meeting.

The LINk is holding its Annual General Meeting and YOU are invited along. We will have guests including service providers, commissioners and local political figures. The LINk AGM will be held:

The next LINk Briefing session will take place on Tuesday 24th May 2011, 10am-1pm at Walthew House, 112 Shaw Heath, Stockport SK2 6QS.

Speakers this month are as follows:

10.00-11.15am – Jude Wells, Service Manager for Personalisation, Adult Social Care, Stockport Council. Jude will be updating you and taking questions on the latest developments in Stockport in terms of personalisation (personal budgets) and the emerging ‘Market Place’ where service users can ‘purchase’ their care.

11.30-12.45 – Dr. Diane Jones, Associate Director of Commissioning - Planned Care of Stockport Managed Care /Stockport PCT and colleagues. Dr. Jones and her colleagues will be providing information on the future of ‘tier 2’ services at Kingsgate and is seeking your views on proposed changes to services

If you would like to attend, get in touch.

The ‘NHS Future Forum’ has asked that NHS Stockport consult with the public around proposed changes to the NHS structure, to allow as many people as possible to take part in this review and feed in their opinions.

NHS Stockport want to hear your views on the modernisation of the health service and use them to feed into Stockport’s GP Commissioning organisation.

You can feed back to NHS Stockport ‘NHS Listening Exercise’. The deadline for responses is Friday 19th May.

If you would like a paper version of the survey please contact Shirley Hamlett on 0161 426 5895.

You can complete the survey by clicking here.

The Stockport LINk are compiling a response from our members and if you would like input in this response, please let us know.

Health specialists are urging people in Stockport to talk about dying to their family and friends - because it could change their life.

The Stockport LINk will be joining Community Health Stockport in leading a campaign in the town to tackle people’s fear and embarrassment towards discussing dying and bereavement. The plan is to get people to fill in a survey that captures their thoughts and feelings and use the results to make sure the right services are available at the right time. This will mean better end of life care enabling people, were possible, to die where they want and in the manner they want. Previous surveys have shown that seven out of ten people say they’d prefer to be able to die at home and yet most of us actually die in hospital.

As I am sure you know by now, in April 2012, local LINks will transform into local Healthwatch.

This document highlights key issues for Local Involvement Networks (LINks), their host organisations and local authorities during 2011/12, prior to the establishment of HealthWatch.

You can read the Transition Plan by clicking on Key Documents and then National, or just by clicking here.

If you have any comments on the transition plan, then contact the LINk Support Office on 0161 477 8479 or email links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk.

LINk Development Officer Kirsty Bagnall will be at Age Concern Stockport's Pop In Social Centre on Lower Hillgate in Stockport on 23rd February 11am-1pm.

Kirsty will have LINk information and is happy to talk to you about any issues you have with health or social care services. You can find a map to the Pop In Social Centre on Age Concern Stockport's Website. Come along and have a chat.

The next LINk Briefing Session will be on Wednesday 16th March. Coming along to talk to you and answer your questions this month will be Judith Morris, Head of Nursing and Midwifery at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust along with Laurel Simmons from the Trust on the NHS Foundation Trust's Quality Accounts 2011. If you are interested in attending, call us on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk.

Stockport Council, in partnership with NHS Stockport, the LINk (Stockport Local Involvement Network) and other health and social care organisations, is supporting national Dignity Action Day on Friday 25th February.

Stockport Council is committed to improving dignity in care for its residents.

An awareness event at Stockport Market on 25th February, from 9am-3pm, is keen to hear people's own experiences on how they were treated when using all kinds of services including health, housing, social care, and transport.

Everyone is welcome to visit the stall on the Market and become involved with the Dignity in Care campaign. Residents will have the chance to find out how local organisations are working together to ensure dignity is a reality for all.

If you care about making services better for people, treating people as individuals and getting the basics of care right then you can become a Dignity Champion - visit www.stockport.gov.uk/dignityincare to find out more.

Councillor John Pantall, Executive Member for Adults & Health, said: “I am pleased that the Council and other organisations are working hard together to improve the quality of care and other services for people living in Stockport.

"Most of us at some point will be in contact with care services, be that in our work, as a service user, carer, relative or friend, and when we do we hope we will be treated with dignity and respect. All of us have good and bad experiences - we want to make sure that increasingly you see improvements," Cllr Pantall added.

The latest issue of LINk News is now available on our website under LINk Documents. You can read it directly by clicking here.

Topics in this issue include LINk members’ involvement in a consultation on social care, a summary of some of the changes coming to the Stockport LINk and information about our latest Briefing Sessions. Also included are a Jargon Buster and a special report on the Community Toilet Scheme. We also have all the latest local service news as well as a list of the best health & social care events happening near you!

The next LINk Briefing Session will be on Tuesday 16th February. We will have talks from Stockport District Nurses, Angela Beagrie the Equlity & Diversity Coordinator at NHS Stockport and a representative from the Lesbian & Gay Foundation. If you are interested in attending, let us know.

Throughout January, members of the Stockport LINk worked together with Stockport Adult Social Care to find out how they could best measure the services they provide.

The aim of the event was to discover how service users, carers and members of the public thought Adult Social Care should measure what they do. There was also the opportunity to let the LINk know what they thought of current services and how they felt they could be improved.

LINk member David Atkinson will be at Age Concern Stockport's Pop In Social Centre on Lower Hillgate in Stockport on 19th January 11am-1pm.



David will have LINk information and is happy to talk to you about any issues you have with health or social care services. You can find a map to the Pop In Social Centre on Age Concern Stockport's Website. Come along and have a chat.

We are holding a LINk Briefing Session on 18th January 10am-12.30pm. Gill Frame from Community Health Stockport and Dr Kate Fallon from Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Community Trust will be talking about the Transforming of Community Services. Also, Paul Hayes, service manager will be talking about Intermediate Care. Let us know if you would like to attend.

We are holding a LINk Briefing Session on 17th December 10am-1pm. Vincent Fraga from Stockport Council Adult Social Care will be providing a spending review update, Sarah Wood from the Care Quality Commission and a representative from NHS Stockport Finance will also be in attendance. Let us know if you would like to attend.

In this issue, we report on the work the LINk have been doing in the last year. We update you on our latest Briefing Sessions as well as the work we did on user involvement.

We have an update on HealthWatch and a look at the spending review. Our LINk members update you on their work including Hearing Aids and Discharge from Hospital.

Stockport residents Joyce Drummond and Clem Beaumont have helped to cut waiting times for hearing aid repairs by over half.

The campaigning duo are members of the Stockport LINk, a grassroots run health and social care watchdog.

Joyce, who uses a hearing aid said “We got a lot of feedback from LINk members and the public telling us about the long waiting times for hearing aid repairs.

“Some people had to wait as long as six weeks to get their hearing aids repaired which obviously caused them real problems but even the average wait of 15 days we felt was still much too long.

“Working with NHS Stockport, we have helped to bring this waiting time down to an average of seven days.”

We have been very busy at the LINk over the past month. Here are just a few of the things we have been working on.

LINk members worked hard on their response to the Government White Paper Liberating the NHS: read their response.

We urged NHS North West to engage with us on changes made in services in this letter from the LINk & their response is available here.

We asked the Foundation Trust why our comments were not included in their Quality Accounts Report. A copy of our comments is available by clicking here and our letter asking why they were not included is available by clicking here.

We wrote a letter to NHS North West with a successful request for increased timescale for Transforming Community Services in August. You can read our letter by clicking here.

We wrote a letter to ask where money given for hospital discharges will be used. You can read our letter by clicking here and the original letter by clicking here.

Finally, our response to the Government’s announcement of £2 billion for social care; where we warn that it must all go to offering social care services. You can read that by clicking here.

You can read more LINk reports and letters by visiting our LINk Document page. If you would like a hard copy of any of this information, call the LINk on 0161 47 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk .

In this issue, we report on the event we hosted with the Health & Wellbeing Partnership looking at people's priorities for health & wellbeing in Stockport.

We also look at the new Government White Paper 'Liberating the NHS' and its implications for the LINk as well as health and social care services in Stockport.

Our Next LINk briefing session will take place on Wednesday 20th October 10-12 midday at Walthew House.

On 23rd September, the LINk co-hosted an event with the Health & Wellbeing Partnership looking at the health and social care priorities in Stockport which was attended by 152 people.

Our Next LINk briefing session will take place on Monday Saturday 18th September 10-11am at Walthew House.

During Enter & View visits the LINk representatives are developing positive relationships with local nursing and residential homes. Enter & View powers give the LINk the right to send trained representatives to places where care takes place to view the quality of care provided.

Over March and April this year, representatives visited 7 care homes in the Stockport area. Reports from all 7 of these homes are now available on the LINk Documents Page under reports.

The homes visited on this wave of visits were:

• The Grange Care Home, Reddish


• The New Windsor Nursing Home, Marple


• Marple Dale Nursing Home


• Grosvenor Hall Care Home, Lancashire Hill


• Davenport Manor Care Home


• Clifton House Residential Home, Heaton Moor


• Belmont Care Home, Cheadle

In this issue, there are reports from both our June and July Briefing Sessions, where we received presentations around the cost of services in the NHS, the Health & Well Being Partnership, transforming community services, Right to Control and reward & recognition.

The issue also includes information on LINk involvement in podiatry services as well as reporting on the quality of services in Stockport.

There is information about the event the LINk are co-hosting with the Health & Well Being Partnership in September as well as other events happening soon.

There is a lot more in the Newsletter and we hope you enjoy reading it.

You can download our latest Newsletter by clicking here.

Our Next LINk briefing session will take place on Monday 16th August 10-12.30pm at Walthew House and will be on the following topics:

1. 10.00am-11.15 Stockport Public Health Services – Dr. Steve Watkins, Director of Public Health, NHS Stockport
Dr. Watkins will be updating the LINk about Public Health Services and it will be an opportunity for you to raise any questions regarding public services and the New White Paper.

2. 11.30-12.30pm Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and LINk - Emma Dowsing, Policy Manager, Adult Social Care, Stockport Council
Emma will be talking about the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. A summary of this can be read here.

The briefing sessions are open to all LINk members. Please let the LINk Office know on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk if you would like to attend the LINk Briefing Information Session.

Minutes from previous Briefing Sessions are avaliable on the LINk Documents Page under Minutes.

The documents, Commissioning for Patients and Local Democratic Legitimacy in Health provide further detail on the principles of the policies set out in the White Paper, and seek views from the public and external partners on some of the questions arising out of them.

Both documents seek views on a number of questions by 11 October. You can feed directly back to the Department of Health, or get in contact with the LINk. We are looking to create a task group to look at the consultations. If you are interested in joining this group, call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk.

All documents are available in the Key Documents area of our website.

You can view the documents directly by clicking on the following:

Liberating the NHS White Paper

Written ministerial statement on the NHS White Paper consultation

Liberating the NHS - Commissioning For Patients consultation document

Liberating the NHS - Local Democratic Legitimacy in Health consultation document

Among many other points, the papers include discussion over the future of the LINks. The White paper, release on Monday 12th July announced that local LINks would become HealthWatch, an independent consumer champion within the Care Quality Commission.

Local HealthWatch will ensure that the views and feedback from patients and carers are an intergral part of local commissioning across health & social care as the LINks do currently.

Local HealthWatch may be able to offer advocacy and support, which the LINks do not currently offer.

Local Healthwatch will feed into a National HealthWatch, which will strengthen the relationship between national and local services.

Due to the financial pressures on the NHS in general and the efficiency savings which need to be made, NHS Stockport are looking to decommission 3 pilot services and urgently review 2 others.

NHS Stockport has notified the LINk of the following developments happening in the organisation.

Services to be decommissioned are: The Family Nurse Partnership, Active Case Management and the Community Falls Service. Services undergpoing review are The Parkinson’s Disease Nurse and The Early Intervention Service .

You can read about this in more detail in our report by clicking here.

The Stockport LINk has responded to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Quality Report 2009/2010.

The LINk congratulated Stockport NHS Foundation Trust on achieving a rating of excellent for financial management by the Care Quality Commission.

The LINk urged Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to engage with the LINk on a more regular basis around public engagement events and the planning and developing of services.

The LINk shared feedback gained on the trust in the past year and urged the trust to share any information with them. Further recommendations were also made.

You can read the response by clicking here.

Copies of all the LINk reports, minutes and newsletters are avaliable on the LINk Documents page. Copies of documants by other organisations and services are avaliable on the Key Documents page.

The Stockport LINk has contacted local service providers Stockport Adult Social Care, NHS Stockport, Stockport Foundation Trust (Stepping Hill Hospital) and Pennine Care (Mental Health) inviting managers from all the providers to visit LINk members once a month to discuss any new, upcoming or current services for feedback.

Speakers on Friday 16th July will be: The Real Cost of Services, presented by Nicola Baker, Director of Practice Based Commissioning, NHS Stockport & Stockport Managed Care and Voice Policy Development on Reward & Recognition and an update on Right To Control presented by Catriona Duncan-Rees, Policy and Intelligence Manager, Adult Social Care, Stockport Council.

The date for the next briefing session is Friday 16th July 2010 between 10am and 12.30pm at Walthew House.

The briefing sessions are open to all LINk members. Please let the LINk Office know on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk if you would like to attend the LINk Briefing Information Session.

The Stockport LINk photo gallery has undergone a transformation.

You can now click on any of the images in the photo gallery to view them at their full size.

You can either use the navigation bar on the left or click here to get to the photo gallery.

The photo gallery is updated any time a LINk member attends a public event, so why not check back regularly to see where the LINk has been?

The Stockport LINk have responded to The Christie Quality Report 2009/2010.

The LINk congratulated The Christie in all the hard work it has done to raise its already high quality and standards.

The LINk said they are very happy with the excellent way The Christie has engaged with the organisation, inviting the LINk and its members to open days/evenings and providing the LINk with as much information needed to ensure the public is aware of new developments within the organisation.

You can read the response by clicking here. A copy of the Christie's Annual Report is avalilable by clicking here.

Copies of all the LINk reports, minutes and newsletters are avaliable on LINk Documents page. Copies of documants by other organisations and services are avaliable on the Key Documents page.

The Consultation took part in the Alma Lodge in Stockport on 17th June where guests, which included LINk members were asked for their input on what opportunities are presented by people living longer.

This new special edition includes just some of the many ways the Stockport LINk has influenced decisions made by service providers.

In the issue, LINk members talk to Dr. Jane Rossini from NHS Stockport about Values and Prioritisation as well as talking to Jude Wells from Adult Social Care about Transforming Social Care.

The issue also outlines our involvement in the new Right To Control Trailblazers as well as introducing you to your representatives for the new Decision Making Boards.

And that's only the first half of the Newsletter!

You can download our newest Newsletter by clicking here.

The Stockport LINk has contacted local service providers Stockport Adult Social Care, NHS Stockport, Stockport Foundation Trust (Stepping Hill Hospital) and Pennine Care (Mental Health) inviting managers from all the providers to visit LINk members once a month to discuss any new, upcoming or current services for feedback.

Speakers on Thursday 17th June will be: Transforming Community Health Services, presented by Gill Frame, Director of Public Health and The Health & Wellbeing Partnership presented by Susie Wright, Policy Manager, Health & Wellbeing, Stockport Council.

The date for the next briefing session is Thursday 17th June 2010 between 10am and 12.30pm at Walthew House.

The briefing sessions are open to all LINk members. Please let the LINk Office know on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk if you would like to attend the LINk Briefing Information Session.

The LINk Enter & View team visited Ashbourne House in Gatley to view the quality of care in the home and acquaint themselves with the manager and staff. You can read the report here

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk to find out about our next Enter & View training.

The new LINk News is now out, you can view the Newsletter by clicking here to go to the LINk Documents page.

Following public feedback, the LINk are looking into the discharge procedures for Stepping Hill Hospital and how well it is being followed. The LINk are looking for feedback from the public on how they were treated when it was time to leave the hospital.

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk to let us know of your experiences or to request a feedback form.

On Saturday 6th March, the LINk are holding our second Annual General Meeting.

The meeting will be held at Hazel Grove Civic Hall. Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk to book your place. Lunch and refreshments provided.

The new LINk News is now out, you can view the Newsletter by clicking here or by going to the LINk Documents page.

The LINk are looking for people who have been through Complaints Procedures in Health & Social Care Services. We want your view on the process whether good or bad.

Following public feedback, the LINk also are looking into the discharge procedures for Stepping Hill Hospital and how well it is being followed. The LINk are looking for feedback from the public on how they were treated when it was time to leave the hospital.

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk to let us know of your experiences or to request a feedback form.

The Stockport LINk are getting involved in all sorts over the next few weeks and we're inviting all our members to join us! Please click here to see the events page for more information.

There have been many updates to the LINk Website in the past few weeks, including editions to the gallery, documents, events page and you can now apply to the LINk online!

The new LINk News is now out, you can view the Newsletter by clicking here to go to the LINk Documents page.

Our events page is brimming with activities and things to do around the Stockport area.

The Photo Gallery has recently been updated with pictures from our BIrthday Party. These pictures have joined ones taken at the events we have attended this summer

Finally, you can now join the LINk online, simply by clicking the Join Here tab on the aside bar and filling in the application form linked at the bottom of the page.

Don't forget that we are also on facebook and twitter.
Find our facebook page by clicking here and our twitter feed by clicking here.

The Stockport LINk turns one year old today and what a lot we've accomplished in a year!

We are working on nearly 30 issues of importance to the Stockport community and our Core Group meet once a month to discuss and move our work forward.

We have been getting feedback from all over the community to help us know where issues are with services and our membership has just hit 200 individuals, not including all the groups signed up and our reach from our Newsletter.

The Stockport LINk Annual Report is now avaliable online by clicking here or going to LINk Documents.

The new LINk News is now out, you can view the Newsletter by clicking here to go to the LINk Documents page.

Come along to this open forum about the provision of dental health services in Stockport. Light refreshments provided
Free. No need to book.

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk for more information.

The LINk are co-hosting an event with Stockport MBC and for LINk Members and anyone from the Community to find out about Social Care.

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk for more information.

Have you been treated unfairly in health care or social care because of your age? Come and talk to us, tell us about your experiences at our free listening event on Friday 17th July.

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk for more information.

The LINk will have it's own stall and parachute for Brinnington Fun Day on the 11th July in Brinnington Park from 1-5pm.

The LINk will have a stall at Age Concern Stockport's "Better Safe Than Sorry" Event. Why not come along and say hello.

A Member Development Day for members of LINks from Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Stockport & Tameside has been announced.

Call the LINk on 0161 477 8479 or email us at links@pebbleenterprises.co.uk for more information.

There are eight confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK. Read the latest official advice and find out about the simple steps you can take to help protect yourself and others

The Stockport LINk has now offically elected its Core Group of 30 members and a Steering of 5.