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LINKs - Local Involvement Networks

Local Involvement Networks (LINks) are made up of individuals and community groups, such as faith groups and residents' associations, working together to improve health and social care services.

These pages explain how LINks work and how you can influence services in your area.

Your rights

LINks can help you make your voice heard, bring about change and influence your own health and social care.

Service providers

Health and social care providers encourage people to join LINks. They use the information LINks provide to shape the services they deliver.

Support your LINk

Supporting your LINk can help to improve health and social care services in your area.

Support your LINk

Real stories

LINks members share their stories of successfully influencing their local health and social care services.

FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about LINks.

Find your LINk

Different ways of finding your nearest LINk.

Finding your LINk

Last reviewed: 12/12/2011

Next review due: 12/12/2013

Find and compare services

NHS Choices has improved the way you can look up information about local NHS healthcare services and compare performance between them. You can now search by long-term conditions to see information about GPs, PCTs and hospitals. You can also create a bespoke list of hospitals from anywhere in England that will allow you to make meaningful comparisons about how well your local NHS performs. For example, you could compare hospitals from areas with a similar age profile to yours or perhaps create a list of specialist cancer hospitals to compare.