The Patients Association annual general meeting 2022

Our annual general meeting for 2022 was held online on 26th May. Read more

Events

Improving patient and carer communications for those with complex health needs

We are recruiting participants to join a patient panel for two online workshops that will discuss poor communication within the health service from the perspectives of patients and carers with complex health needs. Read more

The Patients Association annual general meeting 2022

Our annual general meeting for 2022 was held online on 26th May. Read more

Shared decision making: a reality for everyone?

Our event in November brought together NICE, NHS England & Improvement, and the Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication, as well as patient carers, to discuss how to make shared decision making a reality for everyone. The panel looked at NICE's recently published guideline on shared decision making and the recommendations we made in our report. If you missed, it you can watch a video of the event and download the panel's slides. Read more

AGM 2021

Our AGM for 2021 was on 1st July. Read more

Latest

NHS England introduces new decision support tools for patients and explains why they’re so important for patient partnership

Aimee Robson, Deputy Director at the Personalised Care Group NHS England, introduces new decision support tools for patients and explains why they’re so important for patient partnership.
Stop the decline in NHS services - our call to action to the Secretary of State

We watched, aghast, this week at two television reports showing the dire state the NHS is in. The reports, as well as warnings from the NHS Confederation about the threat to patient safety because of staff shortages, prompted us to write to Steve Barclay, the Secretary of State.
Patient Voice is back

Our membership magazine Patient Voice took a break over the worst of the pandemic, but it’s back bigger than before and packed with news, features and stories about our members and us.
Healthcare organisations explained

There are lots of organisations that provide health services. Members of Patient Voices Matter told us that this can be confusing. So we've created a short document to explain some of them.