Tuesday, 8 July 2008

‘A Polish Debate’

Welcome to the ‘Health and Diversity’ Blogsite for south
Warwickshire where you will be able to participate in a special
online event specifically designated for the polish community.

This is an ideal opportunity for you to voice your experiences,
opinions and concerns of mental health provision in South
Warwickshire with regards to the polish community. We want
to know what is working, and what is not? What needs to
change? How can services deliver a service that is culturally
more competent?

This is a great opportunity to communicate with the BME Health and
Diversity team with regards to what you think is lacking or
working in the area of mental health provision. We need you to
come forward and to share either the good or really bad
experiences. This way you can shape the services you receive.
Share your thoughts through stories, or anecdotes, or however
you feel appropriate. Please be creative – it could be through
art, poetry, animation or even creative writing. You choose!

The Blog is open now for postings and will remain open for a
period of just over two months; the deadline - August 31st.
Please get your thoughts to us quick and we shall have a post
event review shortly following the closing date.
We look forward to hearing from you!













































1 comment:

Stas said...

With respect to the emerging Polish community, one of the complaints is that the NHS is less generous with medication than the Polish equivalent. This seems to be partly explained by the privatised and therefore more customer-focussed nature of the Polish Health Sevice. Whether this is good thing or not from a medical perspective is open to debate, but it explains why so many people go home to Poland for treatment. There is also the obvious language difficulty, when dealing with the British NHS.