London Ambulance Service Patients Forum put on notice by London Ambulance Service

The London Ambulance Service Patients Forum is meeting tonight with discussions on London’s homeless, carry chairs, forthcoming scrutiny of the London Ambulance Service by the London Assembly’s Health and Public Services committee, and the delay in going over to Foundation Trust status until November. The LAS has also informed us that we can no longer use their Board Room for meetings from April, on grounds of health and safety (too many members of the public attending) and that they will withdraw recognition of the Forum once Foundation Trust status is granted – thus removing Forum members from LAS committees etc.



With currently no access to public funds the most immediate problem for the Forum is to try and find a low cost meeting place in central London from April onwards. The Forum is currently one of the most successful pan London public and patient involvement bodies.



Joseph Healy

Patients Forum Chair

London Ambulance Service Patients Forum

Chair: Joseph Healy, Vice Chairs: Malcolm Alexander, Sister Josephine Udie, Lynn Strother

Secretary: Alison Buick

AGENDA – Patients’ Forum Meeting

Monday February 14th 2010, 5.30–7.30pm

Conference Room, LAS Headquarters, 220 Waterloo Road, SE1

Nearest Tube and Rail: Waterloo

Buses1,4,26,59,77,68,139,168,171,172,176,188,507,243,341,381,507,21

BSL signers will be available

1) Minutes of Meeting held January 10th 2010

2) Matters arising and action points

3) Chair’s Report – Joseph Healy

4) The Ambulance Service and London’s Homeless – Eleanor Levy, Complex Needs Manager, St Mungo’s North and East London.


5) Carry Chairs – Robin Kenworthy

6) LAS Trust Board Report – Barry Silverman andSafeguarding Committee Report – Lynn Strother

7) Target performance and turnaround times

Press Reports

Correspondence

The meeting will close at 7.30pm