Helping local people improve health and social care services

What is the LINk?

The purpose of the LINk is to represent the interests of all the people in the Borough of Southwark, and to involve them by carrying out the following ‘LINk activities’:

• obtain the views of people about their needs for, and experiences of, health and social care services.
• make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing or scrutinising those services
• scrutinize outcomes of commissioning and provision and hold services to account

The LINk has powers to:

• get replies to questions and recommendations from those who plan and run services;
• enter and view services where publicly funded care is provided;
• refer issues to the Council’s overview and scrutiny committee and get a response.