Fay Haffenden Email & Phone Number

Cambridgeshire

Pinpoint Cambridgeshire is the Parent Carer Involvement Forum for families with additional needs and disabilities. I became a trustee in December 2013 and Chair October 2016 - 2019. I have sat as a parent rep on the Partners in Commissioning group and Eastern Regional Parent Carer Forum for pinpoint www.pinpoint-cambs.org.uk I am also a volunteer parent with the Parent Partnership Service / Information Advice and Support Service; I trained as a volunteer Independent Supporter (IS) to support parents of children and young people in the Education, Health and Care planning process. This has been very interesting with 2 days of IS training and 2 days of Legal training on the Children and Families Act, the Code of Practice and the Health and Social Care Act. I have been a Trustee for PaCDDA (Peterborough and Cambridgeshire District Dyslexia Association) since 2012. www.pacdda.org.uk

I had been a trustee in the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire District Dyslexia Association for several years and in November 2015 was voted on to B.D.A. Management Board as a Local Association member. With a family of both diagnosed and undiagnosed dyslexics, I am passionate about raising awareness of the strengths as well as the difficulties faced by dyslexics and empowering dyslexics to achieve their potential in the education system, in the workforce and in life!

Flimwell, East Sussex

Arc4Health is a wearable Micro-Current Technology device, certified as a Class IIa Medical Device for chronic pain and tissue repair; it is commercially available but we want it to be available and used in the NHS so we need to set up and find funding for high quality research trials with NHS and academic collaborators. There is lots more info about the underlying science on the website as well as case studies. We have a briefing pack and draft research protocol so please contact me if you want to know more! www.arc4health.com

Cambridgeshire County Council

I covered the children's Public Health agenda for 8 months including:- the transfer of Health Visiting and School Nursing from the NHS to the LA - setting up school based Orthoptic-led vision screening programme with dedicated screeners- the introduction of the SEND reforms and EHC planning process.From August 2016 I oversaw JSNAs for New Housing Developments and Migrant Populations as well as a Health Inequalities Impact Assessment commissioned from Public Health in the LA by the CCG.

Hertfordshire

Part time consultancy with Hertfordshire County Council to develop a Strategy for Autism - cradle to grave across all services. I worked with local staff, service users and families to bring together and build on a wide range of excellent services and developments, identify gaps and areas for improvement, and develop key principles, priorities and an overarching strategy. I also undertook a survey with the Herts Parent Carer Involvement Forum on the experiences in Herts of people with autism and their families and received a massive 450 responses. Based on this, discussions with professionals and reviews of services, I developed 7 strategic objectives as a framework for improving outcomes for those with autism. Local Task Groups are now developing action plans to move the strategy forward.

Master Of Science (Msc), Public Health

Mbchb, Medicine