Funding and sustainability

2021 - Written submission - Representation to HM Treasury ahead of the Budget
For Budget 2021, we re-submitted our submission to the cancelled 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review, as our analysis remained unchanged and our advice applied broadly across fiscal policy.

2020 - Written submission - Representation to HM Treasury for the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review
We recommend that the Comprehensive Spending Review should be used to allocate funds for a cross-governmental, strategic response to health and care challenges, including the impact of COVID-19.

2020 - Written submission - Representation to HM Treasury for the March 2020 Budget
Our submission reiterates our key calls from the 2019 spending round: social care, the NHS and a strategic approach to health, care and wellbeing.

Latest

Prioritising patient experience: 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.
Supporting patient engagement and revitalising Patient Participation Groups

We have completed an exciting initiative in partnership with the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) to support patient engagement and revitalise Patient Participation Groups post pandemic.
New project focuses on improving health equity

Bristol Myers Squibb awards the Patients Association grant to research how to improve access to healthcare for patients affected by health inequalities.
The Untold Patient Stories: Shedding the light on the realities of life with a long-term condition

The Patients Association is running a webinar following the publication of Future Health’s recent report: The Forgotten Majority. This important campaign aims to raise awareness among policy representatives from Government and other political parties, as well as other key stakeholders, about the real life every day challenges faced by people with long-term health conditions and advocate for meaningful policy change as we approach the General Election.

New project focuses on improving health equity

Bristol Myers Squibb awards the Patients Association grant to research how to improve access to healthcare for patients affected by health inequalities.
Patients Association response to the British Social Attitudes survey

The results from this year’s measure of public attitudes are concerning but come as no surprise to us. Patients are in despair over the state of healthcare.
Martha's Rule - a major step for patient partnership

The Government has confirmed Martha's Rule will be introduced in 100 NHS sites across England beginning in April 2024.
The Patients Association launches general election manifesto

The next Government must ensure people are able to get the care they need. Reversing the normalisation of the crisis the NHS faces and rebuilding the service's relationship with patients must be addressed. Our manifesto spells out how to make that happen.
Patients can't wait - our letter to the Prime Minister

Our letter to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asks him to intervene to ensure the NHS has the resources it needs to deal with winter pressures and that patients get the treatment they need.
We must act to prevent unfair care

State of Care, the annual review of health and social care in England, describes services in decline and inequality on the rise. The decline must be halted.
Government roll back on funding for social care a disgrace

We deplore the Government's announcement that it is reducing the amount of money it promised to social care.
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.

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