Hello everyone,

Thank you all for sending your submissions to the Health Select Committee.

Now that you are waiting for the Health Select Committee to visit your town, or for your call-up to speak to your written submission in front of them, you might consider doing the following:

1. Keep an eye on the Parliamentary website for any posted arrangements by the Select Committee as to their itinerary or when they are hearing submissions.

2. Send a copy of your written submission to all the MPs in your area, electorate and List MPs.

3. Make an appointment with any local MPs to discuss the submission you just sent them.

4. If you or a friend are invited to present to the Select Committee, get together to rehearse what you might say and the points you want to make in 5 minutes - that may be all the time you get! Working with someone else is always helpful, especially if you have not submitted to a Select Committee before.

5. Turn up at a Select Committee hearing to support your friends - a crowd always shows the MPs that people are interested.

6. Send your submission to church leaders and community representatives in your area, as well as local MPs.

7. Continue to write letters to the editor of your local paper, quoting bits from your submission - keep the issue alive locally in the media.

Maryan