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Consultations Page

If you would like to be kept informed about Consultations which Hereford Council undertake with the public, please visit this page to sign up and receive notification of those you may be interested in.

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The latest c0nsultations will appear at the top of the list, with a brief outline about each of them, along with the closing date

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Herefordshire Health and Wellbeing Survey

The survey goes live on 31st October and will run until Sunday 11 December 2022

Herefordshire Council is working with health services, the voluntary sector and other partner organisations to develop a strategy to improve health and wellbeing in the county over the next 10 years. Twelve priorities have been identified from information already available about the issues that are most affecting the health and wellbeing of residents in our county.

Part of any council’s business is to pay attention to the health and wellbeing of its residents and to take action that will help people to lead healthier and happier lives and with a sense of wellbeing.
All councils are required by law to produce a Health and Wellbeing strategy. This is a document that sets out how a council intends to fulfil its role in promoting health and wellbeing and the actions it will take to do this.

Herefordshire Council is working with health services, the voluntary sector and other partner organisations to develop a strategy to improve health and wellbeing in the county over the next 10 years. 12 priority issues have been identified which will be the main focus of the document. These priorities have been chosen essentially because they are an increasing issue and because of the negative impact that they have on peoples’ health and wellbeing.

However, the Council is keen to hear from its residents about what they think are the important issues for Herefordshire and therefore it is setting up a series of meetings with different groups of people to ask their opinions. Once these meetings have been conducted and the results collected, there will be feedback sessions to let people know the outcomes.

Just to add here – if something is not given priority status, it doesn’t mean that there’s nothing being done about it, there are many projects and services that continue to run, but if it’s a priority then the Council will commit to giving that issue a particular focus according to a timeline. Your opinions are valuable to the Council and will help to shape and possibly re-shape the priorities and ultimately will steer the direction of the document. So please, if you can spare a bit of time to attend one of these meetings, it would be greatly appreciated and we think worth your while to have a say in this important consultation.

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Social Care Charging Policy changes Consultation 2022 till 10th February

Hereford Council say: "We are reviewing how our Care and support charging policy affects people who receive care and support in their own home, in the community,
or have short-term stays in a care home.
We are doing this to make sure we are taking a fair and consistent approach to charging for care, and that everyone pays the appropriate amount for the services they receive, based on their needs and their ability to pay.

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Take part in the consultation - online

The consultation questionnaire asks for your views on our proposed changes and how they may affect you.
Before completing the questionnaire, please:
Read the background and our proposals
Look at the examples which relate to the proposals – and how they may affect what you pay towards care and support
Complete the Care and support charging consultation online
OR download and complete Care and support charges consultation Easy Read questionnaire
OR talk to us about the proposals. . .

We would like as many people as possible who may be affected by these proposals to have their say.
With this in mind we are providing an opportunity for you to ask questions about the proposed changes or request the survey
in another format using the contact details below.

CALL) the charging for care helpline 01432 260009. You will hear an automated message asking you for your name, address, postcode,
contact details and availability for a telephone discussion. We will aim to call you back within three working days.

Alternatively, you can email chargingforcare@herefordshire.gov.uk with your questions or to request a telephone call back
Email chargingforcare@herefordshire.gov.uk to request a paper copy of the questionnaire
Closing date for the survey Our survey will close on 10 February 2022, so please ensure that you provide us with your views before this date".

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Budget Consultation 2021

A live consultation is currently taking place at Hereford Council, and you are invited to participate. Here is the link document. Click here

Mental Health Strategy Consultation events Oct- Nov 2019

This information is provided by the organisers of the consultation, in which HDU intend to participate

Although this is a joint strategy led by Worcestershire's CCG, it is important to residents in Herefordshire to respond so that our voices are heard and thoughts considered too for a new joint mental health strategy!

Across Herefordshire and Worcestershire all local health and care organisations are committed to providing the best mental health care possible. We want mental health and wellbeing to be high on our local agenda, to ensure members of our communities are aware of mental health and are able to recognise issues in individuals, and to be able to support or signpost appropriately. When things get harder or more serious we want our specialist services to be equipped to provide support as early as possible, with a focus and commitment to recovery.

We are interested to speak with local people, staff and partners to better understand your views on mental health, so that we can ensure the new strategy meets the needs of local people. We are hoping to gain a greater understanding of what you think works well and where we need to make improvements.

Your views will build upon previous engagement work that has been carried out, but will provide us with an opportunity to work with patients, stakeholders and the wider community to understand what more we need to consider. This is an opportunity to work together to shape our mental health strategy over the next few years, to ensure mental health awareness is embedded across our communities, and to develop new and existing services so that people can get the help they need to support them in their recovery. We plan to undertake more specific engagement exercises in the near future, allowing us to work together to coproduce solutions.

The aim of the listening event is to explore what staff, partners and organisations think is working well for people with a mental health condition in Herefordshire and Worcestershire (this could be a service, a team, how to access information or help, or anything else that you think works well). We will also be listening to what you think does not work so well or anything else that you think that needs improvement. We will be asking to hear your views on what you think the Mental Health Strategy should focus on.

The aim of the listening event is to explore what staff, partners and organisations think is working well for people with a mental health condition in Herefordshire and Worcestershire (this could be a service, a team, how to access information or help, or anything else that you think works well). We will also be listening to what you think does not work so well or anything else that you think that needs improvement. We will be asking to hear your views on what you think the Mental Health Strategy should focus on.

Please be aware that this listening event is aimed at opening the conversation about the STP Mental Health Strategy and to identify any gaps in the system, across the two counties. Specific engagement and coproduction exercises are planned in the new year. Worcester - Wednesday 23 October 2019, 10am – 12pm. To book a place, please visit: Click here

Hereford - Friday 25 October 2019, 10.30am – 12.30pm. To book a place, please visit: Click here

There are also listening events for patients, carers and members of the public. If you would like more information about these, please contact worcs.engagement@nhs.net or call 01905 681978.

If you would prefer to give your views online, please complete our survey. Open from Tuesday 1 October 2019 until 12.00pm, (midday) Tuesday 11 November 2019.
The survey can be found here: Click here

Consultation until 21st September2018
Council Budget

Adult Social Care is a huge spend for Hereford Council. We should expect cuts in the 2018/19 budget, but to have your say why not complete the survey? To go directly to the link Click here

Consultation until 17th November 2017
Social Prescribing Survey

HDU have received this request from Dr Simon Lennane GP, Alton Street Surgery, Ross-on-Wye and are placing the information on our website to expand the spread of this consultation.

As locality GP Champions, we are developing social prescribing in Herefordshire. If your role involves helping people within Herefordshire, we would like to understand the issues you are faced with. Terms like social prescribing can describe a multitude of interventions, and we would like to focus our efforts on the needs of the people you work with.
Thanks for helping with the survey. It should take no more than 5 minutes or so to complete.

This is by no means an exhaustive list so feel free to suggest further questions. Please forward it to anyone you think would be interested. Social prescribing needs to be accessible to everyone working with people, whether within health or social care, education, faith groups or voluntary organisations, so it will help to spread this further afield. There is a link at the end & it would be helpful to get people, especially from outside health, involved, or you can send them this link: Click here

We ask for your e-mail address only so we can contact people who have requested the results - you can opt out of any communications at the end. It also lets us show you other (anonymised) responses at the end of the survey.
If you would prefer to answer anonymously, please use a fake e-mail, such as 456@anon.com as we can't make the e-mail question optional. You'll have to be creative and choose a random number here as it won't let you use an e-mail address someone has already used.

Consultation until 12th November 2017
Pharmacy Needs Assessment

Herefordshire Council is asking for views on services on pharmaceutical services provided by community pharmacies and dispensing practices. The survey can be completed online at www.herefordshire.gov.uk/pna or within this link you can download a paper questionnaire to complete. Hereford Council would be grateful if you would make this opportunity available to your members/colleagues to complete this as individuals plus providing a response as an organisation. You will also be invited to review the draft PNA when this is available later in the year.
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Completed paper questionnaires can be returned to the council using the Freepost address at the end of the survey by 12 November 2017

Consultation until 15th March 2016
Cutting funding to Herefordshire Carers

Herefordshire Council is continuing to face significant reductions in government funding. As a result they are looking at every service they provide to consider whether it is being delivered in the most effective way to provide a quality service for those who need it.
As part of this approach, they are considering making some reductions in funding to Crossroads Care and Herefordshire Carers Support for delivering services to the county’s carers.
Check out this link to complete the survey if you are a carer in this county.
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The Sustainable Transformation Plan (STP). On-going in 2017

A five year plan between the NHS and socical care, currently being discussed nationally. Herefordshire is teamed up with Worcestershire as a rural "footprint", one of 44 such areas across England.
There are events being planned for members of the public to attend, and to give you an idea of what is involved this presentation maybe useful
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Hereford Council consultation "Help to live at home"

Consultation Results

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The current contractual arrangements with service providers for care at home are due to finish in July 2017. The council sought your views on proposals to make sure that the services the council arranges for people are efficient, provide good quality and help people to live independently

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