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Under the legislation that establishes LINks (Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007), local authorities have been given £84 million in funding to support LINk activities between 2008 - 2011.

Its up to each community, with the support of a host, to decide how they want their LINk to be run and what issues they want to focus on.

To enable LINks to carry out their role, the legislation also gives the Secretary of State a power to make regulations imposing duties on commissioners and certain providers of health and social care services to respond to LINks (to request for information and to reports and recommendations made to them by LINk) and to allow entry by LINks to premises under certain conditions.

North West LINks

Annual Report 08/09

Advice for professionals-Engaging and responding to communities LINks - DoH

Manchester City Council and Manchester LINk protocol