LTCA working for people with long-term conditions
LTCA is the umbrella body for national voluntary organisations in the UK working to meet the needs of people with long-term health conditions
Our Vision A world where people affected by long-term conditions have control over their lives and can live them to the full.
Our Mission To ensure people affected by long-term conditions have access to the services and support they need and can be active participants in determining their care.
News
LTCA to transform into National Voices
LTCA held an Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 October 2008 where members were asked to vote on the resolution to transform LTCA into National Voices by amending the Memorandum and Articles of Association to provide the necessary legal framework.
In order for the resolution to be passed, 75% of those voting (either by proxy or in person) had to vote in favour. LTCA is pleased to announce that 93% of voters endorsed the Board's recommendation and work will now progress on developing National Voices.
Since its inception in 1989, LTCA has been a highly effective campaigning voice for patients in the UK. National Voices can be even more effective. It will work to ensure that health and social care policy-makers listen to the voices of service users at an early stage. Politicians, professions and regulators will now be able to hear the voices of a very wide and diverse range of people who use public services.
If you have any questions regarding membership, please contact Mark Leach on 020 7813 3641, or email markleach@ltca.org.uk
A copy of the press release that was sent out yesterday is available here
LTCA Commissioning Project
In conjunction with Diabetes UK, the British Heart Foundation and Asthma UK, LTCA is collaborating on a project to support improved commissioning of services for people with long term conditions. A commissioning toolkit was launched by Diabetes UK, BHF and Asthma UK last year specifically for commissioners in England. LTCA now wishes to explore how it can support further improved commissioning at a local level and ensure that the work is relevant and accessible to voluntary organisations and patient and public involvement structures and organisation. Further information, including the scoping proposal which specifies the work required ia available here.
Finding the Balance
A LTCA/ABPI paper and consultation document. The key issues involved in balancing, for ourselves as patients and carers, the benefits and risks of medical treatments and a consultation on the way forward.
The document lays out central themes that lie within the larger concept of benefit and risk in our personal health decision making. It translates these themes into practical examples and suggests ways forward through a range of manageable initiatives involving a variety of stakeholder partnerships.
An electronic copy of the document may be accessed here. Paper copies may be obtained by contacting either the LTCA or the ABPI.
Job vacancies in the Alliance
Some job opportunities with LTCA's member organisations are listed here.