Co-production is for life, not just a week

Debs is a member of our helpline team, a patient, a carer, and a member of her local co-production group. In this article, she reflects on Co-production Week. Read more
Our role in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry

The Patients Association is as a core participant in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. In this article, we explain our involvement. Read more
Making the availability of quality care a national priority

Seize this general election as the moment to be ambitious about health and care. Read more
The importance for two-way communication

Patients tell us poor NHS communication has a real impact on their health and well-being. That’s why genuine two-communication between the NHS and patients is one of our election demands. Read more

Opinion and analysis

Co-production is for life, not just a week

Debs is a member of our helpline team, a patient, a carer, and a member of her local co-production group. In this article, she reflects on Co-production Week. Read more

Our role in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry

The Patients Association is as a core participant in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. In this article, we explain our involvement. Read more

Making the availability of quality care a national priority

Seize this general election as the moment to be ambitious about health and care. Read more

The importance for two-way communication

Patients tell us poor NHS communication has a real impact on their health and well-being. That’s why genuine two-communication between the NHS and patients is one of our election demands. Read more

Ensuring the NHS has the workforce patients deserve

In our general election manifesto we call on the next Government to pledge to fund and deliver the existing NHS workforce plan in full. Here’s why that’s important. Read more

First stage of crucial work on health inequities published

Social and economic conditions affect people’s health. Our latest project looks at their impact on people living with blood disorders and cancers. Here’s what we’ve found so far. Read more

Other than experiences of waiting, we measure but we don’t act

Patients Association Trustee Alf Collins and Richard Sloggett, Freelance Health Consultant and Programme Director at Future Health Research, make a simple plea: that all aspects of patient experience – not just their experience of accessing services – is taken seriously. Read more

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Empowering patients as equal partners in care

Why aren't patients treated as equals in their own care? In this webinar, Prof Havi Carel will discuss why some healthcare professionals ignore, dismiss, or explain away patients' testimonies about their health.
Joining services around patients: the role of data

Patients recognise the potential for data to improve their care. But there are concerns about privacy and safety of patient data. Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at NHS England joins this webinar to discuss the potential of data and safeguards.
Implementing shared decision making in practice

Join our webinar about how to make shared decision making standard practice across the whole of healthcare. Hear from our Trustee Prof Alf Collins, former national director for personalised care.
Health and social care’s critical friend

This week Healthwatch England published a report showing that 1.5 million working-age disabled people in England are missing out on social care. In this article, member Chris Orchin, who was Chair of Healthwatch Isle of Wight for nearly a decade, explains the work the organisation does.