East Riding LINk publishes 'Enter and View' Reports into hospital wards

COMMUNITY HEALTH WATCHDOG the East Riding of Yorkshire Local Involvement Network - or ERYLINk - has published its first reports resulting from 'Enter and View' visits into health services.

LINks were set up by an Act of Parliament in April 2008 and funded through Local Authorities in England. One of the activities carried out by LINks is 'Enter and View'. This activity includes training individuals from the community to visit hospitals and care homes, on behalf of patients and the public, to observe and assess service provision. These should then lead to positive recommendations to improve services.

The ERYLINk has published six reports on its website as a result of visits to hospital wards at Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary; and residential care homes Lindum House and Old School House in Beverley, and Wold Haven, Pocklington.

The reports are available to download from the ERYLINk website.