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Independent Advisory Group

Independent Advisory Group

Our Independent Advisory Group are a strategic partner to the Executive team, bringing added independent lay insight, and overview regarding delivery of the annual strategic workplan, and contributing to safeguarding the probity and transparency of Local Healthwatch.

Our Independent Advisory Group Members

Helen Grimwood (Contractual Lead)

Carrie Duran (Health and Care Programmes Lead)

Ellie Whitfield (Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull Delivery Manager)

Jim Chase (Lay Representative)

Membership

The Independent Advisory Group, in line with national guidance, is made up of the Healthwatch Chief Executive, the Healthwatch Delivery Manager, and independent members, who will be selected for their specific skills and experience, in the following areas:

  1. Patient and public engagement
  2. Marketing and communications
  3. Health and Social Care
  4. Volunteer management
  5. Strategic leadership

Core Responsibilities

With information provided by the Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull staff team, the Independent Advisory Group takes responsibility for:

  1. Developing strategic plans for Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull and other projects developed under the Healthwatch initiative that are informed by the needs and experiences of Hull residents.
  2. Reviewing plans for the delivery of Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull
  3. Monitoring progress against Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull delivery plans and advising on amendments to meet identified need
  4. Making recommendations to the management of Hull CVS regarding maintaining and safeguarding the independence, probity and transparency of Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull
  5. Championing the public and patient views

Meetings

The Independent Advisory Group meets in person four times a year and the meetings are open to the public, who are welcome to ask pre-agreed questions. The role of these meetings is to set the strategic workplan for Healthwatch Kingston upon Hull and to check the delivery against that workplan at key stages. 

The IAG provides the overview, scrutiny and challenge to the plans and actions of the delivery team. Dates and venues of meetings are published in advance on our website.