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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:02 pm
I don't want to spoil the flow of this forum so have just created this thread for a comment on the people who sit in the meetings
Are any groups beyond the city limits attending
My only concern with these groups is (despite their value) they are very local and the concerns of someone living in the 'tolerant' metropolis or those who can afford to travel miles to it, are unlikely to be those perhaps with a mass of views about how their care doesnt tally well with rural living or less tolerant towns and cities elsewhere. CX still takes the lion's share of visitors who travel miles to see them. But they are effectively silenced or are communicating with Chinese whispers with the groups that are there. The most vocal again may not necessarily be the best placed to influence policy.
Just a thought.
A perfect example is perhaps a postal 'census style' questionnaire or opinions form that attendees can fill out and return autonomously - as not to affect their care plan could be useful.
A sort of tell us how it is form and wishlist.
As they can only get the form by attending but the clinic have no idea who filled it out.
Often it is post op people who tend to face down such clinics, because they have got nothing to lose by doing so. Someone depending on 'keeping 'them sweet' is unlikely to rock the boat even if they are appalled by the service. Alumni coming back many years after they have had their care are not actually in the loop so are very much outsiders looking in - unless they are still attending for mental health care and treatments many years later down the line.
Are any groups beyond the city limits attending
My only concern with these groups is (despite their value) they are very local and the concerns of someone living in the 'tolerant' metropolis or those who can afford to travel miles to it, are unlikely to be those perhaps with a mass of views about how their care doesnt tally well with rural living or less tolerant towns and cities elsewhere. CX still takes the lion's share of visitors who travel miles to see them. But they are effectively silenced or are communicating with Chinese whispers with the groups that are there. The most vocal again may not necessarily be the best placed to influence policy.
Just a thought.
A perfect example is perhaps a postal 'census style' questionnaire or opinions form that attendees can fill out and return autonomously - as not to affect their care plan could be useful.
A sort of tell us how it is form and wishlist.
As they can only get the form by attending but the clinic have no idea who filled it out.
Often it is post op people who tend to face down such clinics, because they have got nothing to lose by doing so. Someone depending on 'keeping 'them sweet' is unlikely to rock the boat even if they are appalled by the service. Alumni coming back many years after they have had their care are not actually in the loop so are very much outsiders looking in - unless they are still attending for mental health care and treatments many years later down the line.