CHSWG
Have you ever heard of CHSWG (pronounced chizzywig) ? - You haven't ?
Its initials stand for Childrens Hearing Services Working Group.
Our local group is called Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole Children's Hearing Services Working Group.
It is a working group made up of people representing all the services involved supporting hearing impaired children, including Audiologists, Hearing Support Service, Teachers of the Deaf, Speech and Language Therapists, Community Paediatricians, ENT, School Nurse, Health Visitors, NDCS, Social Services and parents. It meets twice a year and is an opportunity for all the services to highlight any problems and to keep up to date with each other. The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme has been one of the main discussion points.
CHSWG is a forum for YOU - the parents of hearing impaired children to be able to voice any problems you have and this is done through your parent representative.
Your parent representatives are:
Shirley Sorbie - 01202 571089
Kelly Sherman - 01202 601284
Peter and Lesley Copestake - 01202 330182
Jo Ridout - 01308 863990
If you have anything you would like to bring to the attention of CHSWG please contact them.
Forthcoming meetings:
Tuesday 8th May 2012
Tuesday 20th November 2012
To give you an idea of the issues they discuss the minutes of the last meetings are available by clicking the link below:
Minutes CHSWG meeting 22.11.2011
Minutes CHSWG meeting 10.5.2011
Minutes CHSWG meeting 11.5.2010
Minutes CHSWG meeting 23.11.2010