Help us to refresh the South Yorkshire Start with People Strategy - January 2024
To make our services the best they can be we need to hear from and work with the people who use them. To achieve this we involve our citizens in a number of different ways.
We are required to have a document (or Strategy) that explains how and why we will involve citizens. In South Yorkshire it is called: Start with People: South Yorkshire.
We wrote it over a year ago and a lot has changed since then so we are asking staff, citizens and partners to give us their views to help update our Strategy.
You could tell us how you think we should involve you, what you think to our previous strategy, what you think of the changes we’re thinking about making to our strategy, what you think should be included in our strategy or all of these things.
We are providing a range of ways to give us your views, including a survey, email address, MS Teams online meeting, drop-ins in each of our places, a readers panel and an offer to attend your existing meeting.
You can read all about our involvement plans in our Citizen Involvement Plan here
Who we want to hear from:
If you want to give us your views on how we should involve you and what we should include in our strategy then we want to hear from you.
We know that some communities in South Yorkshire can find it hard to give us their views so we will work hard to ensure we hear from people living in those communities.
We want to listen to the views of our citizens on how we should involve you and include you in our strategy. We will work hard to ensure that all communities in South Yorkshire have the opportunity to be heard.
How to share your views
Email us
If you have read our strategy and want to share your thoughts on what you think we should change in the refresh please email syicb.involve@nhs.net. You may also want to give us your views on the ideas in this document.
This method of responding is for people who prefer open-text responding and do not wish to be guided by questions.
Survey
If you prefer questions that guide you to respond please fill in our quick online survey https://re-url.uk/WUZI.
Online meeting
If you would like to have a discussion to contribute your views please join us at our online session on Wednesday 21st February at 6pm. Email us at syicb.involve@nhs.net for login details.
Drop in sessions
If you prefer in-person we are holding a series of drop-in sessions in each of our places as follows:
- Barnsley - Wednesday 21st February, 10am-12pm, BHF Priory Centre, Pontefract Road, S71 5PN
Help to get to BHF Priory Centre can be found here: https://www.bhfpriorycentre.co.uk/contact-us
- Doncaster - Tuesday 27th February, 10am-12pm, Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, DN1 3BZ
Help to get to Danum Gallery, Library and Museum can be found here:
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/danum-gallery-library-and-museum-dglam
- Rotherham –Thursday 22nd February, 10am-12pm, The Spectrum, Coke Hill, S60 2HX
Help to get to The Spectrum can be found here:
https://www.varotherham.org.uk/how-to-find-us
- Sheffield – Thursday 29th February, 10am-12pm, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, S1 4FW
Help to get to The Circle can be found here:
https://www.thecirclesheffield.org.uk/how-to-find-us/
Refreshments will be available at each drop-in.
If you would like to attend a drop in and need additional support to do so, please contact us at syicb.involve@nhs.net or ring 0114 305 1713 and leave a message for a member of the Involvement Team to get back to you to discuss your needs and how we can help.
Invite us to an existing meeting
If you are part of an existing meeting where you think the other participants would like to contribute, and you are meeting during Jan/ Feb/ March 2024 please email syicb.involve@nhs.net to ask us to attend.
Readers’ Panel
If you would like to be part of a Readers’ Panel to review the entire strategy when it has been refreshed please email syicb.involve@nhs.net
Timeline for involvement
It is planned for the refreshed Strategy to go to the NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) meeting on 1st May 2024.
The proposed timeline for involvement is as follows:
- 15 January – 15 March – Active citizen involvement activity
- 16 March – 29 March – Strategy re-writes
- 30 March – 12 April – Readers’ Panel invited to review refreshed strategy
- 15 April – 19 April – Final amendments to strategy and papers prepared for Board meeting
*Please note these timescales may change
Current Start with People Strategy
To view our Start With People Involvement Strategy from July 2022 click here.
To view the involvement report that helped us develop the strategy in July 2022 click here.
