Simon Fogell

Experience

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  Derby City Council

  Apr 2005 - May 2015

  • Policy and Strategy Manager

    Apr 2011 - May 2015

  • Project Manager - Policy and Communications

    Apr 2005 - Mar 2011
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  HEALTHWATCH WALSALL

  Jun 2015 - Mar 2018

  Chief Officer
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  Engaging Communities (ECS)

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

  Executive Director
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  Engaging Communities Solutions (ECS) CIC

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  Chief Executive Healthwatch Stoke-on-Trent / Chief Operations Officer ECS
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  Engaging Communities Solutions (ECS)

  Jan 2022 - now

  Chief Executive Healthwatch Stoke-on-Trent / Engaging Communities Solutions (ECS) CIC

  ECS is an independent Community Interest Company that specialises in Community Engagement and Consultation, Social Research, Independent Advocacy and Healthwatch services. We are one of the largest providers of local Healthwatch services in the country, supporting hundreds of thousands of people every year to have their voices heard.We play a key role in challenging and influencing social policies and practices to make our communities better places and help empower people to have a voice and influence in decisions about health and social care services which affect their lives. We work with a wide range of clients including Local Authorities and the NHS, The Prison Service and Social Housing and Education sectors. Our bespoke offer helps our clients gather evidence and insight to improve the services they deliver to the public. Our servicesWe offer a range of services and facilities for our clients as we want everyone to benefit from the best possible health, social care and wellbeing services. We are flexible and responsive in our approach, delivering quality solutions that are tailored to your requirements. We focus of the following four service areas.Social Research & Insight: Providing the Evidence you NeedAs a member of the Market Research Society (MRS), we use a range of methodologies to deliver reports to our clients that contain the quality insights they need to improve their services. Using a combination of tailored in-depth and high-level research techniques, i.e. questionnaires, surveys, focus and discussion groups, our aim is to help you put the public’s voice at the heart of every decision. Community Engagement and Consultation: Make Better Informed DecisionsEngaging Communities - it’s in our name and is central to what we do. The more our clients engage with their communities to find out what they think and what they want, the better the decision making. Healthwatch ServicesECS has been delivering Healthwatch since its inception in 2013 Show less