Dear Sir,
As many will be aware, following a recent procurement exercise, Durham County Council has awarded the contract to deliver the Healthwatch service in County Durham to another provider.
HWCD Community Interest Company (CIC) employees and service will be transferred into the new provider which is a consortium led by Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) with Citizen Advice County Durham and Durham Community Action.
This means that the CIC which was set up in April 2015 to solely deliver the service will no longer be running this provision and we are in the process of transferring staff and service to the new organisation. The new contract commences 1st July 2016.
In order that Healthwatch continues to deliver the service in a seamless manner it is our intention to pass details of our members, supporters and interested individuals and organisations to PCP.
If you do not want to have your details transferred to the Pioneering Care Partnership please let us know before Thursday 30th June. A new Healthwatch County Durham Board will be set up within the next few weeks and the PCP’s Chief Executive, Carol Gaskarth has requested that anyone interested in receiving a recruitment pack for the new Healthwatch County Durham Board to please contact Kath Ferry kath.ferry@pcp.uk.net or 01325 327462.
Many thanks for all your support of Healthwatch
Sam Palombella, Chief Executive, Healthwatch Co. Durham CIC