Annex 6
RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE VOLUNTARY
SECTOR
Key features of the relationship between the
Department of Health and the voluntary sector include:
— "Making Partnership Work for
Patients, Carers and Service Users—A proposed strategic
partnership agreement between the Department of Health, the NHS
and the Voluntary and Community Sector". The aim of this
document is to optimise the contribution of the voluntary and
community sector (VCS) to genuinely patient-centred service
delivery in a reformed NHS, where patient choice is the driving
force for change, and to adopt and apply the principles of the
Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and
Community Sector in England in all working arrangements between
the NHS and VCS.
— Section 64 of the Health Services
and Public Health Act 1968. The Report of a Review Group Established
to Examine the Use of the Power to Make Grants Under Section 64
of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 was published
on 10 September 2003. The Department of Health is developing a
stronger strategic relationship with the VCS and the review was
carried out with the help of the VCS as a whole.
— The Compact on Relations between
Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector in England,
launched in 1998, provides a framework to help guide the relationship
between Government and the voluntary and community sector. It
recognises that Government and the sector fulfil complementary
roles in the development and delivery of public policy and services
and that the Government has a role in promoting voluntary and
community activity. The Compact is underpinned by five Codes of
Good Practice which centre on Black and Ethnic Minority groups,
Volunteering, Consultation and Policy Appraisal, Community Groups
and Funding.
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