The regions Initially the nationwide structure of the CPPIH consisted of nine regional centres and one national centre in
Birmingham. The nine regions were: • North-east – office in
Gateshead • North-west – office in
Warrington • Humberside/Yorkshire – office in
Leeds • East Midlands – office in
Nottingham • West Midlands – office in Birmingham • East of England – office in
Cambridge • South-east – office in
Guildford • South-west – office in
Exeter • London – office in
London Following the 2006 restructure, these regions were reduced to four: North (previously North-east, Humberside/Yorkshire and East Midlands), West (West Midlands & North-west), East (East of England and London) and South (South-east and South-west). The individual regional offices were maintained due to contractual restrictions; the majority of the offices had been opened on long-term leases that CPPIH were unable to buy-out or cancel.
The forums In order to involve patients and the public in its
statutory mandate, the CPPIH was structured so that each
primary care trust,
ambulance services trust,
mental health trust and
hospital trust had a "Public and Patient Involvement Forum" working with them. The 572 forums were made up of volunteers, initially recruited prior to 1 January 2004. Each forum was initially required to have seven members, with a view to recruiting on to a total of 10 to 15 members. However, again due to budgetary restraints, many forums did not maintain their initial membership, and further recruitment was slowed to allow issues such as diversity and geographic location to be taken into account. ==References==