We?...All Links in the Chain

Another fairly hectic day with a team meeting followed by a quick briefing on the Links meeting I am due to attend this afternnoon followed by a management meeting and then hitting (again) the coast train to Lewes for the LInks steering group. This is an initiative to get the public involved with the NHS and is a replacement for the Public Patient Involvement Forums which, in turn were a replacement for the old Community Health Council. Anyway the Government's bright and new public involvement approach is coming - so long as it receives Royal Assent in the next parliamentary session. This is expected but I hear talk of a General Election coming from the Labour Party Conference which would delay any parliamentary programme for a while - and possibly forever if there is a change of government . There is a steering group looking at the structure and process for East Sussex and the best and most transparent way of tendering for this service. Despite the best efforts of all involved it is desperately boring as we discuss the pre tendering qualification process and the contract specification. A redeeming factor is that I discover a really old pressing of a live Eva Cassidy album in a charity shop in Lewes which I listen to as I write this. Anyway our lyric comes from the late Tupac Shakur (2Pac) who was one of the grittiest hip-hop artists, a significant talent cut short by being the victim of a drive by shooting for his pains. His unique take on the urban world is to be found found here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xIMfbjhw6k

Tommorow a meeting of the East Sussex Strategic Partnership beckons so goodness knows what I am going to use as a lyric reference!! Answers on a postcard please.