Framework for Patient and Public Participation in Primary Care Commissioning: please can you help us?

The views of patients and the public, and our staff, are very valuable to us in shaping our future approach to participation - The deadline for completing the questionnaire is Friday 12 February 2016. We would be really grateful for your views.

A working group including internal and external stakeholders has developed a draft Framework for Patient and Public Participation in Primary Care Commissioning. We are now seeking comments on the draft from patients and the public, including the voluntary and community sector.

The Framework is available here along with a short set of questions.

https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/participation-framework/consult_view

You may find it helpful to first look at the  overarching NHS England Patient and Public Participation Policy (easy read version is available here) and Statement of Arrangements and Guidance on Patient and Public Participation in Commissioning.  These documents set out our commitment to participation and outline how we will work with patients and the public to enable them to influence the health services they use.  The primary care framework has been drafted to take account of this context and aim not to duplicate existing information.

The deadline for completing the questionnaire is Friday 12 February 2016, and we will welcome responses prior to this date. All feedback received by this date will be considered and incorporated as appropriate into the framework, which will be presented to NHS England’s Commissioning Committee (a sub-committee of the Board) for approval in March 2016. 

Should you have any queries, please contact the NHS England Public Participation Team in the national support centre:  england.nhs.participation@nhs.net or telephone 0113 8250861.