Chairman, Sir Paul Ennals and Programme Manager, Neil Mackenzie opened the event.
The event included talks from various guest speakers including, Public Health Consultant,Alice Wiseman and GP Chair of Newcastle CCG, Guy Pilkington on the Strategic Group’s perspective. Steve Gilbert from Northumbria Probation spoke from the Operational Group’s perspective and CEO of Tyneside Mind, Stuart Dexter and Neil Shashoua from CVS Newcastle on a Host’s perspective. Members of the Fulfilling Lives team spoke from a staff member’s perspective before everyone discussed how to make the programme better and shared their views.
“We’re grateful to everyone who got involved in the event and really engaged with the challenging questions of the day. To see such a rich and diverse mix of service users, frontline staff, partner agencies and commissioners sharing their thoughts and views was really exciting and sets a positive tone for further work into 2015/16” – Programme Manager, Neil Mackenzie
