Energizing the NHS: The Implications in BME Communities: 

• The implications of the proposed changes to the NHS on black and minority communities, individuals and organisations.
• Devolving power & responsibility for commissioning services to local consortia of GP practices who will commission majority of NHS services for their patients.
• Promoting patient & carers involvement via embedding principle of “shared decision-making” to become the norm: no decision about me without me, creating HealthWatch, enabling patients to rate services and other measures.
• Your response and feedback to the issues raised in the NHS White Paper.

The event will:

• Raise awareness of the prospective changes to the NHS landscape
• Recognise & discuss important issues from workers from black & minority ethnic perspective
• Help to identify further opportunities to engage & contribute in the emerging NHS background
• Provide direct feedback to the Department of Health on the Consultations
• Understand Self Directed Care & Race equality
• Develop BME Health and Social Care Providers & Launch BME Consortium