People-Powered Health: Strengthening Patient and Public Participation in the work of NHS

NHS England has strengthened its commitment to patient and public participation with the publication of a new Patient and Public Participation Policy and Statement of Arrangements.  The policy sets out its ambition to ensure that people are at the heart of everything we do and to make participation part of ‘business as usual.’  The arrangements show how we meet our legal duty to involve the public in commissioning.

Both documents were developed together with NHS England staff, patient and public representatives and other key partners. Over the next year NHS England will review how well the policy and arrangements are working in practice and will gather feedback on people’s experiences of participation in its work.  Comments and suggestions can be submitted through the NHS England website.

To read more, go to: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/patients/ppp-policy/

If you would like more information, please email england.nhs.participation@nhs.net or telephone 0113 8250861.