As NHS organisation members of the Patients Association, your Trust or Practice can benefit from our expertise to ensure patients are included in decision-making.

By becoming members of the Patients Association you are demonstrating your commitment to listening to patient voices and developing your service to ensure it meets patients needs.

Membership benefits

We are happy to discuss the needs of your particular organisation and tailor our support to address those needs. Typical benefits of becoming members of the Patients Association can include:

• Up to 12 days per year of Project Management time from the Patients Association, for projects to improve patient involvement, patient experience, complaints handling or for training and facilitation 
• Access to Patients Association feedback tools for gathering patient feedback, including the 'Reaching for Gold Standards' tool and our Patient Participation Group pack
• Access to networking opportunities for sharing of best practice and access to our distribution networks
• Up to ten hard copies of any Patients Association publications and our weekly e-newsletter
• Access to additional support from the Patients Association, from the allotted 12 days or additional time agreed at preferential rates for:
  • additional project management time
  • organisation of a conference
  • facilitation for training/workshop – eg dignity and compassion, carer awareness, complaints process, communication, shared decision making, Patients Participation Groups
  • administration of an independent questionnaire to gather patient feedback
  • production of a film using Community Reporter material
  • access to support for complaints, training or a peer-learning process.

Feedback from members

"Excellent knowledge and experience amongst the facilitator and members of the group."

"Discussions very open and honest - best practice shared."

"Good to see outcome. Clear evidence of change in procedures for the better. Great learning experience."

"Excellent, thought provoking, and clearly leads you to identify areas for improvement."

Current NHS members and partners

We're proud to be working currently with:

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust

You can also find out here about the other companies, organisations and individuals who support our charitable work

Contact us

If you are interested in finding out about NHS Membership or other ways in which your organisation could work with the Patients Association, then please fill out the enquiry form here.