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Time is running out…. by Liz Forsyth

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Consultation on the Integration Joint Board Draft Strategic Commissioning Plan for Health and Social Care 2022-2025 Click here to go to the plan and survey    

Time is running out for you to influence and shape the future of Health and Social Care in Dumfries and Galloway. We are now more than half way through the consultation period on the draft Strategic Commissioning Plan (SCP). If you haven’t already done so, please complete the survey or submit your comments to us by Sunday 29 August.

The draft SCP has been created by engaging with and involving as many local people as possible, including people who deliver and access health and social care and support across Dumfries and Galloway. Their input is shaping the document into the version that will be presented to the IJB for approval in spring 2022.

A short animation on the SCP is available to be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2KOOGmmds

Engaging during a pandemic has been challenging but it has also presented opportunities for us to find and use new ways of connecting with people. Some of these new ways of engaging have helped break down and address geographical, resource and transport barriers faced by people in the past and enabled them to be involved.

We have worked with partners from across all sectors to create and coproduce a range of resources that support people to access, and engage with the consultation to develop the SCP.

These resources include videos for the Easy Read SCP with British Sign Language translation, subtitles and voiceovers. These can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrSX-aBPel8

Other resources include

  • online engagement sessions and presentations – to groups and individuals (dates are still available)
  • the draft SCP produced in Plain English and Easy Read https://dghscp.co.uk/consultation/strategic-plan/
  • newspaper adverts and press releases
  • all documents available in Word or PDF to enable people with ‘Reader’ software to translate written word into audio or other languages
  • paper copy documents available on request
  • QR code on all posters and documents to take people straight to the Smart Survey via their mobile phone

To join the conversation and help shape the future of health and social care and support you can

Read the Draft SCP orEasy Read Draft SCP on https://dghscp.co.uk/consultation/strategic-plan/  

Share your thoughts and views with us through any of the ways shown below

2nd Floor, South Wing, Mountainhall Treatment Centre, Dumfries, DG1 4AP

  • Or Telephone: 01387 272734

Due to Covid-19 precautions, paper copies of the Draft SCP and Easy Read Draft SCP are only available on request and all engagement sessions are being undertaken online or by phone.

Engagement sessions are taking place on MSTeams on the dates shown below. Please contact us to register or request a presentation for your group about the draft SCP. If these dates are unsuitable, please contact the team and we will try to arrange an alternative date or time.

21/07/21        3 – 4pm

04/08/21        1 – 3pm

09/08/21        3 – 4pm

Please ‘keep the conversation going’