Snapshot of health professionals' attitudes to shared decision making

Read the report Shared decision making from the perspective of clinicians and healthcare professionals

Posted 20th June 2022

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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 to support Future Health’s campaign, 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.
Prioritising patient partnership: A call to action for the next Government

The British Social Attitudes survey showed public satisfaction with the NHS is at an all-time low. We’re calling on the next Government to treat patients as true partners in their health as a key way to improve patients’ experiences of healthcare.

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