11 March 2009

HEALTHCARE

Local healthcare commissioning: grassroots involvment? A national survey of health advocacy groups (18th February 2009)
This report, from National Voices and Royal College of Nursing Local Healthcare Commissioning, reveals that many patients feel local healthcare commissioning (LHC), the process intended to ensure health and care services effectively meet the needs of the local population by engaging with patient representatives, is not working effectively. The report also identifies specialist nurses as the best placed healthcare professionals to make the commissioning process a success.
Press Release
Report
Appendix

Healthcare in Europe (18th February 2009)
Discussions are ongoing in Europe to decide new rules that should apply to patients seeking healthcare in other European countries at the expense of their home system. The NHS European Office carried out a consultation exercise to assess potential implications of the proposed legislation for the NHS. This Briefing summarises NHS views on some key aspects of the EU proposals.
Briefing

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