Get Involved - Public Partnership Forum (PPF)
Public Partnership Forums usually involve a range of people, such as members of local community planning structures, community groups or voluntary organisations, and interested individuals. They are set up and supported by Community Health Partnerships.
Primary care and community health services are managed by Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) or Community Health and Care Partnerships (CHCP). In Lothian there are three CHPs, one each in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian; and one CHCP in West Lothian. Edinburgh CHP has two Public Partnership Forums (PPFs) - North Edinburgh PPF and South Edinburgh PPF.
Public Partnership Forums have three main roles:
- To support the Community Health Partnership to inform local people about the range and location of services and information that the Community Health Partnership is responsible for providing.
- To involve local people in discussing how to improve health services.
- To support wider public involvement in planning and making decisions about health services.
To find out how you can get involved in your local Public Partnership Forums contact the relevant Public Involvement Coordinator in your area.
North and South Edinburgh Public Partnership Forums - contact Lesley Baxter at lesley.baxter@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 537 9290.
Midlothian Public Partnership Forum - contact Catherine Evans at catherine.evans@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 01968 671365.
West Lothian Public Partnership Forum - contact Julie Cassidy at juliecassidy@nhs.net or telephone 01506 771883.
East Lothian Public Partnership Forum - contact Meriel Deans (Patient & Community Involvement Worker) at meriel.deans@nhs.net or telephone 0131 536 8025.
Public Partnership Forums do not deal with individual cases or complaints about services. For information about pursuing individual cases or complaints, contact your local NHS Board or Citizens Advice Bureau.
To find contact details for your local NHS board:
- look in the phone book under ‘health services’
- call the NHS helpline on 0800 22 44 88 (textphone 18001 0800 22 44 88), or
- look on the internet at www.hris.org.uk
- your local citizens advice bureau (find your nearest bureau on the website at www.cas.org.uk or in your local phone book).