"Choosing your Hospital" leaflets and poster (20th January 2010)Leaflets and posters with information on patients right to choose which hospital they attend.
Information
Choice at the point of referral. Early results of a patient survey (4th November 2009)England to ask them about their experience of referral and choosing a hospital for treatment.
This report summarises survey findings on:
- whether patients were offered a choice
- patients’ opinions on choice and awareness
- which patients travel away from their local hospital for treatment
- the information and support used by patients to help them choose
- factors that influenced patients choices.
Report
Supporting patients to make informed choices in primary care: what works? (2nd June 2009)This report, from Health Services Management Centre, found that while most patient information is provided in the form of written leaflets or via the internet, around one in five British people do not have basic literacy and struggle to read, and one thirs of households do not have a home internet connection.
Most people prefer to get information about local services from a health professional, such as their GP but the report found that many health professionals are not adequately fulfilling this role.
Report
Choice Matters – working with libraries (published 1st April new to website 4th April 2008)
An update on the implementation of patient choice in the NHS focusing on the work that has been done with library staff.
Click here for the Document
Patient Choice – King's Fund Briefing (29th January 2008)
Patient choice has been a major theme of the Labour government’s public sector modernisation programme. This briefing looks at the development of reforms to give patients a choice of provider for their planned hospital care.
Click here for the Briefing
