We have had two healthcare focus group meetings already and have looked very generally at how people with disabilities are treated within the healthcare services.
The next upcoming meeting will be held on:
Date: Wednesday 24th August 6.30 –9.30 pm
Location: The Green Room, the Macros Resource Centre, 1 Green Street, Dublin 7.
Refreshments will be provided.
We are setting a more defined agenda in order to give people a chance to think about the topics we hope to discuss beforehand. To begin we hope to look at specific male and female health areas particularly around the areas of cancer checks. To do this we will divide the group into a male only group and a female only group to cover these areas.
After these discussions we will move forward towards getting ideas from people on how they think the healthcare services can be improved for people with disabilities – by looking at all the different areas we have covered from GPs, Chiropodists, Dentists, A & E, Hospitals, Outpatient Appointments etc. We would like to create something of a "wish list" of what people want, that could be used in creating some kind of charter for what people with disabilities want from their healthcare services and that can be presented at the conference we plan to hold as a result of these meetings. Again we do not expect to come up with answers or solutions from this meeting but we do plan to run a number of information evenings following the conference that will focus on answering questions that people may have on particular topics.
Please let us know if you would be interested in attending this event so that we can cater for numbers. You can rsvp directly to me at sineaddunne@gdil.ie or on 01-8737039 and ask for Sinead or Annie.
Regards,
Sinead Dunne
Greater Dublin Independent Living Ltd
Macro Resource Centre,
1 Green Street,
Dublin 7
01-8737039
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