The job of a LINk is to:

• Give everyone the chance to say what they think about their local health and social care services – what's working well and what's not
• Give people the chance to check how services are planned and run
• Feedback what people have said about services so that things can change for the better

The LINk will have a range of powers so that they can say how local services should improve. It will be able to:

• Make reports and recommendations and get a reply within a set amount of time
• Ask for information and get a reply within a set amount of time
• Go into some types of services to see what they do
• Tell elected politicians on an Overview and Scrutiny Committee what they have found and get a response