The coalition government outlined plans (following consultation) to increase patient involvement in decisions about their care and treatment. Patients would be able to choose from any provider in England when they were first referred to see a specialist in secondary care. People who used mental health services would, for the first time, have a choice about where and how they received National Health Service treatment.
Source: Liberating the NHS: No Decision about Me without Me – Government Response, Department of Health
Link: Hansard
Note: All links to documents were trashed by Department of Health on the move to its new website in March 2013.
Date: 2012-Dec
A report examined how workforce culture in the National Health Service needed to change to enable co-production between clinicians and patients.
Source: Working towards People Powered Health: Insights from practitioners, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Links: Report
Date: 2012-Nov
An article examined the development of health panels in one county (Somerset) during 1994-2003, as a way of promoting public involvement in health service design and delivery.. It looked at their design, their management and organization, the impact of National Health Service reconfiguration and policy, and changes and relationships within the research team.
Source: Nicola Coe, 'Health panels: the development of a meaningful method of public involvement', Policy Studies, Volume 33 Number 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2012-Jun
An article examined the potential impact of narrow conceptualizations of the inclusion (or participation) of service users in mental health policy development and implementation. It highlighted the value of service user groups considering alternative forms of involvement, rather than those prescribed by 'Third Way' or 'Big Society' thinking.
Source: Sue Cowan, David Banks, Paul Crawshaw, and Andrew Clifton, 'Mental health service user involvement in policy development: social inclusion or disempowerment?', Mental Health Review Journal, Volume 16 Number 4
Links: Abstract
Date: 2012-Jan
