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Information for patients
This one-side sheet suggests a series of questions patients can ask their health professional to help them make a decision about their treatment and care.
Tools for clinical practice
This paper briefly describes the stages in using a patient decision aid in a consultation and advice on how to present statistics relating to risk.
Discussion papers
This report is a distillation of learning and discussions from a summit hosted by the Health Foundation which identified that, as champion of patient and carer involvement, the NHS Commissioning Board has a critical role to play in making shared decision making the norm.
Discussion papers
In this article, the President of the American Psychiatric Association sets out a changing model of care, in which there is greater emphasis on involving people with mental health problems in determining the goals of treatment that are meaningful to them and the nature of their care. The article argues that this requires greater shared decision making between the clinician and the patient, and support such as patient education to enable this to happen.
Tools for managers
The Ask 3 Questions campaign is designed to encourage patients to ask questions and play a more active role in decisions about their treatment and care. There are posters and leaflets and other materials which can be displayed to encourage and support people.
This audit tool provides a simple checklist to help services assess how well they are promoting materials that encourage people to Ask 3 Questions.
Case studies
This case study describes how the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation’s MAGIC programme to implement shared decision making worked with pharmacy staff to incorporate shared decision making approaches into their service.
Tools for managers
This audit tool, developed by the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation's MAGIC programme, is designed for use to audit case notes for written evidence that the shared decision making process has been implemented.
Presentations
This presentation sets out findings of an on-line survey of over 500 people with long term conditions. The survey showed that most patients want to be helped to help themselves, and reported that self management courses significantly reduce their visits to A&E, as well as to GP surgeries.
Presentations
Teams working on the Health Foundation's MAGIC programme designed workshops to help health professionals develop the skills and techniques for effective shared decision making. Materials to support the programme include overheads, handouts and pre and post-training self assessment.
Presentations
In October 2013, the Health Foundation hosted a national event to share the practical learning about how teams from its MAGIC programme have embedded shared decision making across the health systems they work in.