Appendix
1 - Questionnaire
Name:
Position: Organisation:
Date:
Introduction to the project, what is the project
about, what is this baseline about, why it is important for the
Project that the group / person is consulted.
‘Commissioning’
is the process used by the NHSSB to assess the range of health
and social services needed by local people and then ‘buying’
or ‘purchasing’ these services with annual funding from
the Government from organisations that ‘provide’ health
such as Causeway Trust, hospitals and some GP practices.
1.
What does health and social wellbeing mean to you?
2. What
does being healthy mean to you?
3. What
affects your health?
4. What
does ‘taking responsibility for your own health’ mean?
5. How
confident would you feel about talking to somebody in the Board
or in other agencies about your health needs?
6. How
confident would your group feel about approaching the Board, Trust
and other agencies?
7. Why
is this?
8. As
a community group, do you have any contact with the NHSSB in relation
to health and social wellbeing?
9. If
yes, what has the contact been about and who did you contact?
10. What happened when
you contacted them?
11. How helpful
was the contact and the outcome?
12. What can you tell
me about the structure of the NHSSB and the Trusts?
13. Do you know who
commissions services for your area and how it is decided where
and how to spend the funds?
14. Do you know how
the NHSSB budget is divided up?
15. What are the major
items of expenditure?
16. What factors influence
the way the budget is divided up?
17. How much are community
groups and individuals able to influence the allocation of the
budget?
18. Who should be included
in the commissioning process?
19. How do you think
this should be put in place?
20. Would you know whom to
approach if you had a problem or an issue that you needed to raise
or discuss with somebody in relation to health and social wellbeing?
21. Have you ever contacted
other groups about health and social wellbeing?
22. If yes, what was this
contact about and how did it help?
23. How has the health and
social services provided information on the services they provide,
contacts and how to go about approaching the relevant agencies?
24. Who would you talk to
about health and wellbeing if you needed advice and information?
25. Would you ever go directly
to the Board, Trusts, local GPs etc?
26. Have you collected or
shared information with any statutory agency, especially Health
and Social Services?
27. What form has this taken
eg in the form of a submission, taking part in a forum, attending
a forum or put forward your ideas through a department or individual?
28. Do you think it influenced
decisions, policies or any of the issues you were concerned with?
29. Is there an exchange
of information or does the information flow one way?
30. Is the information feeding
back to the health service is sufficient?
31. What do you think
are the problems that stop information feeding both into the agencies
and to groups and individuals?
32. Can you suggest any ways
that this could improve?
33. Do you think that local
communities believe that they can influence and have an impact
on decision making?
34. Are there any examples
that you know of where communities or individuals have contributed
to and influenced decision making?
35. What are these examples?
36. How did the communities
know that they had made an impact?
37. Does the Board let communities
know when they have had an impact on the decision making?
38. What channels does the
Board use to do this?
39. Do you know how the Board
ensures that they takes into account the views and needs of local
communities?
40. How do they do this?
41. Does your community
group or yourself let others know if a contribution by a group
has influenced decision making?
In summary
42. Does the current method
work?
43. What should be developed
and put into place so that the decision making process works better?
44. Overall, do you think
that there are sufficient channels of communication between
a) and
among community groups and individuals about health and social
wellbeing?
