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NHS Tayside ask public for views on future of health services

Health board holding fair at Ninewells Hospital on Tuesday.

24 August 2010 10:57 GMT

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NHS Tayside ask public for views on future of health services

NHS Tayside are asking the public, patients and staff to give their views on the future of their local healeth service.

The health board are holding a health fair in the grounds of Ninewells Hospital on Tuesday.

A variety of health promotion and information stalls are on site including Hearty Lives, Dundee Healthy Living Initiative, Energy Efficiency, Organ Donation and Early Years Nutrition.

There is also the opportunity to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables and take part in demonstrations with Dundee City Council sports development team.

Central to the fair will be the opportunity for the public to give their views on their experience of NHS Tayside and ideas they may have to improve the current service.

Chairman of NHS Tayside, Sandy Watson, said: "One of the aims of the health fair is to make the people of Tayside aware that it is only by working together that we can make a difference to the future of our NHS.

"We have ambitious plans to work with local communities and we are focused on four main aims - to contribute to closing the health inequalities gap, to improve healthy life expectancy by supporting people to look after themselves, to ensure that services meet quality standards, especially patient experience and to be cost effective in all decisions, actions and services.

"We would encourage patients, visitors and staff to come along and give us their views on their NHS experience and how we can build on and improve their experience in the future."

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