Politics and elections

2023 - Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Sir Robert Francis KC and our Chief Executive wrote to the Health Secretary in January calling on the Government to show clear leadership and declare a national incident in the NHS, with clearly communicated plans that protect patient safety and reduce the number of excess deaths related to the crisis.

2022 - Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Our Chief Executive wrote to the Health Secretary in September to welcome her to her new role.

2022 - Letter to the Secretary of State on Health and Social Care
Our Chief Executive wrote to the Health Secretary in July asking him to take action to prevent a deterioration in NHS services that we warned would lead to unnecessary deaths.

2021 - Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Our Chief Executive wrote to the Health Secretary in November, calling on him to act to protect the NHS. We made three specific suggestions on what ought to be done.

2021 - Letter to the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Our Chief Executive wrote to Sajid Javid to congratulate him on his appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and affirm our willingness to work with the Department.

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Developing GP practice patient groups

We've been working with patient participation groups in Hertfordshire and West Essex for more than a year now. In this workshop, the team review progress to date.
Patients Association statement on planned strike action by junior doctors

Festive season strikes will strike fear into patients waiting for care. We urge both parties to return to talks.
Understanding changes in primary care: your wider general practice team

In this webinar, we’ll look at some of the new professionals patients may see in general practice, such as social prescriber, paramedic and mental health practitioner.
Changes in primary care, understanding the role of the reception team

We had a great panel join us to talk about the plan to recover access to primary care and talk about the new reception team.

Research shows patients want more control over how their health data are shared

More than a million people opted out of sharing their GP data when NHS Digital announced its GP Data for Research and Planning programme in 2021. This report explors why patients were so concerned and what should be done to improve confidence.
Letter to the Secretary of State

On 6th January our Chief Executive Rachel Power, and Sir Robert Francis KC, wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asking him to declare and national incident in the NHS. Here is the text of the letter.
The long road to recovery

The number of people waiting for hospital treatment is now 6.1 million, including 300,000 who have been waiting a year. We analyse the elective recovery plan and the integration white paper from a patient point of view.
Act now to protect the NHS

The Patients Association calls on Sajid Javid to prevent ‘catastrophic winter’ in a letter to the Health Secretary
Pandemic Patient Experience II

Our second survey of patients' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medicines and treatments

The importance of safe and effective medicines and treatments being available to patients.
Workforce

Issues relating to the health and social care workforce, including doctors, nurses and other professionals
Ethical and societal issues

Challenging and wide-ranging issues that have a bearing on health and care, as well as other aspects of society.
Technology

Digital and other technologies have the potential to transform how patients experience care.
Engagement and coproduction

How patients can be involved in decisions, from their own care through to designing entire systems.