Public Engagement Network (PEN)
@supportpen.bsky.social
We support people whose voices are not usually heard to engage with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), England's health and adult social care regulator.
About us 👉 https://linktr.ee/support_pen
About us 👉 https://linktr.ee/support_pen
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Choice Support's Public Engagement Network (PEN) gathers the voices of those who are not usually heard by Care Quality Commission, England’s independent health and adult social care regulator.
PEN is made up of community groups and charities and from across England.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2s3bcv2m
PEN is made up of community groups and charities and from across England.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2s3bcv2m
It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek led by @Place2Be
Learn how we work to hear children and young people’s voices in Mental Health Care: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
#CMHW2026
Learn how we work to hear children and young people’s voices in Mental Health Care: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
#CMHW2026
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek led by @Place2Be
Learn how we work to hear children and young people’s voices in Mental Health Care: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
#CMHW2026
Learn how we work to hear children and young people’s voices in Mental Health Care: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
#CMHW2026
Did you know 1 in 5 children face mental health challenges?
Learn more from @Place2Be this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek!
#CMHW2026
Learn more from @Place2Be this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek!
#CMHW2026
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Did you know 1 in 5 children face mental health challenges?
Learn more from @Place2Be this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek!
#CMHW2026
Learn more from @Place2Be this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek!
#CMHW2026
🌎 It’s World Cancer Day and this year’s theme is United by Unique, highlighting the importance of person-centred cancer care.
We value feedback on care across England from those whose voices are not usually heard.
Share yours: bit.ly/4qZ5TOo
We value feedback on care across England from those whose voices are not usually heard.
Share yours: bit.ly/4qZ5TOo
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
🌎 It’s World Cancer Day and this year’s theme is United by Unique, highlighting the importance of person-centred cancer care.
We value feedback on care across England from those whose voices are not usually heard.
Share yours: bit.ly/4qZ5TOo
We value feedback on care across England from those whose voices are not usually heard.
Share yours: bit.ly/4qZ5TOo
The LeDeR Annual Report (Learning from Lives and Deaths: People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People) has been updated and released.
Read the revised version here: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets...
Read the revised version here: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets...
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The LeDeR Annual Report (Learning from Lives and Deaths: People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People) has been updated and released.
Read the revised version here: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets...
Read the revised version here: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets...
📰 In our January newsletter:
- Hearing Children and Young People’s Voices in Mental Health Care
- Pinpoint have joined PEN
- Dates for your diary
Read it: mailchi.mp/58c1d6781233...
- Hearing Children and Young People’s Voices in Mental Health Care
- Pinpoint have joined PEN
- Dates for your diary
Read it: mailchi.mp/58c1d6781233...
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
📰 In our January newsletter:
- Hearing Children and Young People’s Voices in Mental Health Care
- Pinpoint have joined PEN
- Dates for your diary
Read it: mailchi.mp/58c1d6781233...
- Hearing Children and Young People’s Voices in Mental Health Care
- Pinpoint have joined PEN
- Dates for your diary
Read it: mailchi.mp/58c1d6781233...
👩⚕️It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2026
Cervical cancer is preventable and all women and people with a cervix must be included in preventative healthcare
See The Eve Appeal to learn more about cervical screening for trans men and non-binary people: tinyurl.com/hr8hav8r
Cervical cancer is preventable and all women and people with a cervix must be included in preventative healthcare
See The Eve Appeal to learn more about cervical screening for trans men and non-binary people: tinyurl.com/hr8hav8r
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
👩⚕️It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2026
Cervical cancer is preventable and all women and people with a cervix must be included in preventative healthcare
See The Eve Appeal to learn more about cervical screening for trans men and non-binary people: tinyurl.com/hr8hav8r
Cervical cancer is preventable and all women and people with a cervix must be included in preventative healthcare
See The Eve Appeal to learn more about cervical screening for trans men and non-binary people: tinyurl.com/hr8hav8r
Every day in the UK, two women and people with a cervix lose their lives to cervical cancer.
We can change this through raising awareness this Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Find out more at eveappeal.org.uk/campaigns/ce...
#CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth
We can change this through raising awareness this Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Find out more at eveappeal.org.uk/campaigns/ce...
#CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth
January 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Every day in the UK, two women and people with a cervix lose their lives to cervical cancer.
We can change this through raising awareness this Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Find out more at eveappeal.org.uk/campaigns/ce...
#CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth
We can change this through raising awareness this Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Find out more at eveappeal.org.uk/campaigns/ce...
#CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth
Choice Support's Public Engagement Network (PEN) gathers the voices of those who are not usually heard by Care Quality Commission, England’s independent health and adult social care regulator.
PEN is made up of community groups and charities and from across England.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2s3bcv2m
PEN is made up of community groups and charities and from across England.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2s3bcv2m
January 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Choice Support's Public Engagement Network (PEN) gathers the voices of those who are not usually heard by Care Quality Commission, England’s independent health and adult social care regulator.
PEN is made up of community groups and charities and from across England.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2s3bcv2m
PEN is made up of community groups and charities and from across England.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2s3bcv2m
🎆Happy New Year from all at the PEN team!
Join us in 2026 to hear the voices of people with protected characteristics who have lived experience of using health and adult social care services in England.
Learn more about PEN: bit.ly/45xQdXj
Join us in 2026 to hear the voices of people with protected characteristics who have lived experience of using health and adult social care services in England.
Learn more about PEN: bit.ly/45xQdXj
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🎆Happy New Year from all at the PEN team!
Join us in 2026 to hear the voices of people with protected characteristics who have lived experience of using health and adult social care services in England.
Learn more about PEN: bit.ly/45xQdXj
Join us in 2026 to hear the voices of people with protected characteristics who have lived experience of using health and adult social care services in England.
Learn more about PEN: bit.ly/45xQdXj
✨ 2025 has been particularly rewarding for Choice Support’s Public Engagement Network (PEN) as the network has grown and as CQC has been making changes to how it works as well ~ Brittany Hutchings, PEN Communications Officer
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
December 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
✨ 2025 has been particularly rewarding for Choice Support’s Public Engagement Network (PEN) as the network has grown and as CQC has been making changes to how it works as well ~ Brittany Hutchings, PEN Communications Officer
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
✨ This year, I have enjoyed working with a really supportive team here at PEN ~ Ellen Brown, Community Engagement Officer for the South of England
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
✨ This year, I have enjoyed working with a really supportive team here at PEN ~ Ellen Brown, Community Engagement Officer for the South of England
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
✨ I have been engaging with PEN members across the area, and also managed to get invited to a couple of their Christmas celebrations! ~ Emma Noon, Community Engagement Officer for London and the East of England
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
December 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
✨ I have been engaging with PEN members across the area, and also managed to get invited to a couple of their Christmas celebrations! ~ Emma Noon, Community Engagement Officer for London and the East of England
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Wishing a very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and happy holidays to all from everyone here at the PEN team!🎄
This year’s card was designed by James Clark at Tuck by Truck in Aylesford, the winner of this year’s Christmas card competition at Choice Support.
This year’s card was designed by James Clark at Tuck by Truck in Aylesford, the winner of this year’s Christmas card competition at Choice Support.
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Wishing a very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and happy holidays to all from everyone here at the PEN team!🎄
This year’s card was designed by James Clark at Tuck by Truck in Aylesford, the winner of this year’s Christmas card competition at Choice Support.
This year’s card was designed by James Clark at Tuck by Truck in Aylesford, the winner of this year’s Christmas card competition at Choice Support.
'Throughout 2025 we have been working to rebuild CQC to get us back to our purpose of providing effective regulation of health and adult social care services'
🗓️An end of year message from CQC's chief inspectors: bit.ly/3MRBrGC
🗓️An end of year message from CQC's chief inspectors: bit.ly/3MRBrGC
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
'Throughout 2025 we have been working to rebuild CQC to get us back to our purpose of providing effective regulation of health and adult social care services'
🗓️An end of year message from CQC's chief inspectors: bit.ly/3MRBrGC
🗓️An end of year message from CQC's chief inspectors: bit.ly/3MRBrGC
✨ I’ve heard peoples’ lived experiences of care to gain real insight into the health and social care experiences of people who have protected characteristics ~ Diane, Community Engagement Officer for the Midlands
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✨ I’ve heard peoples’ lived experiences of care to gain real insight into the health and social care experiences of people who have protected characteristics ~ Diane, Community Engagement Officer for the Midlands
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
✨ My highlight for 2025 has been joining Choice Support as part of the Public Engagement Network team and having the opportunity to connect with and learn from PEN members ~ Josie, PEN Team Leader
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
✨ My highlight for 2025 has been joining Choice Support as part of the Public Engagement Network team and having the opportunity to connect with and learn from PEN members ~ Josie, PEN Team Leader
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Read more: bit.ly/49pVfZx
#2025highlights
Our December newsletter is now out! ✨
- Read our team's highlights for 2025
- New PEN members announced and
- See our upcoming events in the new year!
Read it: bit.ly/4s6mdxE
- Read our team's highlights for 2025
- New PEN members announced and
- See our upcoming events in the new year!
Read it: bit.ly/4s6mdxE
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our December newsletter is now out! ✨
- Read our team's highlights for 2025
- New PEN members announced and
- See our upcoming events in the new year!
Read it: bit.ly/4s6mdxE
- Read our team's highlights for 2025
- New PEN members announced and
- See our upcoming events in the new year!
Read it: bit.ly/4s6mdxE
We are delighted to welcome CamSight to our network!
CamSight is a local charity that has been supporting people with low vision and blindness across Cambridgeshire since 1912.
Visit: www.camsight.org.uk/
CamSight is a local charity that has been supporting people with low vision and blindness across Cambridgeshire since 1912.
Visit: www.camsight.org.uk/
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are delighted to welcome CamSight to our network!
CamSight is a local charity that has been supporting people with low vision and blindness across Cambridgeshire since 1912.
Visit: www.camsight.org.uk/
CamSight is a local charity that has been supporting people with low vision and blindness across Cambridgeshire since 1912.
Visit: www.camsight.org.uk/
Missingness is the repeated tendency not to take up offers of care and where this has a negative impact on a person and their life circumstances.
What we learned from The Patients Association: gqr.sh/hsCG
What we learned from The Patients Association: gqr.sh/hsCG
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Missingness is the repeated tendency not to take up offers of care and where this has a negative impact on a person and their life circumstances.
What we learned from The Patients Association: gqr.sh/hsCG
What we learned from The Patients Association: gqr.sh/hsCG
🙋Have your say on how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assess and rate health and adult social care providers
Consultation closes tomorrow at 5pm
Find it: gqr.sh/m4nW
and in Easy Read: bit.ly/4pvg3oY
Consultation closes tomorrow at 5pm
Find it: gqr.sh/m4nW
and in Easy Read: bit.ly/4pvg3oY
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🙋Have your say on how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assess and rate health and adult social care providers
Consultation closes tomorrow at 5pm
Find it: gqr.sh/m4nW
and in Easy Read: bit.ly/4pvg3oY
Consultation closes tomorrow at 5pm
Find it: gqr.sh/m4nW
and in Easy Read: bit.ly/4pvg3oY
Read how Anxiety UK members shared lived experiences of care with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to help improve mental health regulation and services
👉 shorturl.at/Wmv1y
👉 shorturl.at/Wmv1y
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Read how Anxiety UK members shared lived experiences of care with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to help improve mental health regulation and services
👉 shorturl.at/Wmv1y
👉 shorturl.at/Wmv1y
It's International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD2025
We work to hear the voices of people with disabilities who use health and adult social care services, including at our advisory group for autistic people and people with a learning disability
www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
We work to hear the voices of people with disabilities who use health and adult social care services, including at our advisory group for autistic people and people with a learning disability
www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD2025
We work to hear the voices of people with disabilities who use health and adult social care services, including at our advisory group for autistic people and people with a learning disability
www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
We work to hear the voices of people with disabilities who use health and adult social care services, including at our advisory group for autistic people and people with a learning disability
www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
Our November newsletter is out now! 📰 This month read
* Anxiety UK's webinar to engage with the CQC
* Have your say on 'How the CQC Assess and Rate Providers'
* Missingness in Healthcare
mailchi.mp/4323ac2629fc...
* Anxiety UK's webinar to engage with the CQC
* Have your say on 'How the CQC Assess and Rate Providers'
* Missingness in Healthcare
mailchi.mp/4323ac2629fc...
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our November newsletter is out now! 📰 This month read
* Anxiety UK's webinar to engage with the CQC
* Have your say on 'How the CQC Assess and Rate Providers'
* Missingness in Healthcare
mailchi.mp/4323ac2629fc...
* Anxiety UK's webinar to engage with the CQC
* Have your say on 'How the CQC Assess and Rate Providers'
* Missingness in Healthcare
mailchi.mp/4323ac2629fc...
“I feel like I went from being able to care for my mum to being a visitor overnight.” Steve, carer
Together Against Dementia Everyday (Tide) explores experiences of shared care for unpaid carers who support a person with dementia 🤲
Read more: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
Together Against Dementia Everyday (Tide) explores experiences of shared care for unpaid carers who support a person with dementia 🤲
Read more: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“I feel like I went from being able to care for my mum to being a visitor overnight.” Steve, carer
Together Against Dementia Everyday (Tide) explores experiences of shared care for unpaid carers who support a person with dementia 🤲
Read more: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
Together Against Dementia Everyday (Tide) explores experiences of shared care for unpaid carers who support a person with dementia 🤲
Read more: www.choicesupport.org.uk/public-engag...
November is Men's Health Awareness Month #Movember 🥸
This includes a focus on men's mental health.
Find a conversation guide for talking about mental health from Mental Health UK: euc7zxtct58.exactdn.com/wp-content/u...
This includes a focus on men's mental health.
Find a conversation guide for talking about mental health from Mental Health UK: euc7zxtct58.exactdn.com/wp-content/u...
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
November is Men's Health Awareness Month #Movember 🥸
This includes a focus on men's mental health.
Find a conversation guide for talking about mental health from Mental Health UK: euc7zxtct58.exactdn.com/wp-content/u...
This includes a focus on men's mental health.
Find a conversation guide for talking about mental health from Mental Health UK: euc7zxtct58.exactdn.com/wp-content/u...