Breaking down barriers to shared decision making

This webinar on 26th April shared the findings of a co-production project in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) to remove barriers to shared decision making.

The partners in the project were the ICB’s Personalised Care Team, the My Life Choices lived experience panel, the Patient Information Forum (PIF), and us, the Patients Association.The webinar shared the findings of the project and featured contributions from all the partners in the project.

We have also published a report on the project, which includes the recommendations.

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