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

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

Take your chance to shape the future of medical practice

The General Medical Council (GMC) is consulting on an updated version of Good medical practice, its overarching ethical guidance for all doctors working in the UK. Neil Tester, deputy chair of the GMC’s Good medical practice advisory forum, explains why it’s important for patients to have their say.
Snapshot of health professionals' attitudes to shared decision making

Our latest report, Shared decision making from the perspective of clinicians and healthcare professionals, is based on the views of more than 1,400 professionals. We highlight our findings in this infographic.
Patients ability to work with health professionals undermined by current crisis in the NHS

Doctors, nurses and other health professionals practice and support shared decision making. But, as our latest reports lays out, there are many obstacles preventing them for working this way with patients on a daily basis.
Health professionals back patient involvement in their own care, Patients Association survey finds

But workforce crisis prevents patients from participating fully in decisions about their care