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The Commission met over 4 sessions in April 2011:
- Wed 6 April 5.30-8pm Pre-meet – getting to know you, project briefing and key skills
- Sat 9 April 9.30am-5pm Evidence day 1
- Sat 16 April 9.30am-5pm Evidence day 2
- Wed 20 April 5.30-8pm Postmeet – agreeing the report
The Wednesday evening sessions took place at the Phoenix Centre in Oldham town centre and the Saturday daytime sessions took place at Talking Point in Scouthead.
The format for the evidence sessions was 20 minutes evidence followed by 20 minutes questions and then 20 minutes debrief after 2 or 3 sessions.
The basic idea was that it is possible, with expert help and support for ordinary members of the public to develop sufficient understanding of the issues in a 2 week period for them to make meaningful recommendations on the matter under consideration - in this case how to commission NHS services fairly.
The support came in the form of presentations or 'evidence' from a series of experts or 'witnesses'. This was supported by structured discussions helping to pick out the key points and debate their merits.
The points which came out of the discussions were captured and these were listed in a draft report which was then gone through line by line by the participants to refine, agree or throw out of the final report.
The report is shortly to be presented to the Board of the Commissioning For Oldham Group. This report is 'provisional' in that it is being opened up for comment by the wider public on this website for six months (i.e. until 31 October 2011) and a synopsis of the comments will be appended to the final report. After 31 October, comments will be tuned off and the site maintained until April 2013.