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What is person-centred care and why is it important
This brief document provides an overview of what person-centred care is and why it is important. It sets out how person-centred care is a way of thinking and doing things that sees the people using health and social services as equal partners in planning, developing and monitoring care to make sure it meets their needs and argues that it is a key component of developing high quality healthcare.
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Powerful people: reinforcing the power of citizens and communities in health and care
This report argues for giving citizens greater control over their own health and care, so that services are redesigned around their needs and aspirations, to improve health outcomes and to save money by supporting people better to manage their conditions themselves.
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A guide for CCGs: engaging the public in difficult decisions on health service change
This report focuses on the need to successfully engage the public in difficult decisions about changing services. It begins with case studies sharing the experiences and learning from three different reconfiguration projects, followed by a series of top tips on how to get public engagement right.
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The eight principles of patient-centred care
This webpage summarises findings from work by researchers from Harvard Medical Shool on behalf of Picker Institute and The Commonewalth Fund. It draws on a literature review and wide range of focus groups to identify 8 Principles of Patient Centred Care that are needed to meet the Institute of Medicine's definition of patient-centred care.
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Person-centred Care Around the World
This directory of person-centred care organisations around the world was produced as part of an international environment scan of the field of person-centred care undertaken by Health Policy Partnership.
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Person-centred care Health Foundation resources
This document links through to all Health Foundation programmes and publications related to Person-centred care.
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Patient activation
Empowering patients to manage and shape their own health and health care is crucial if we are going to realise the vision of a more person-centred NHS.
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Putting patients in control: incentivising uptake
This docuement provides support for commissioners to implement programmes at a local level that put patients in control of their own healthcare.
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Every moment counts: a narrative for person-centred coordinated care for people near the end of life
This resource sets out how good, coordinated – or integrated – care looks to people near the end of life and is written from their point of view.