All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
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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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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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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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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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This document links through to all Health Foundation programmes and publications related to Person-centred care.
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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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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.
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This overview examines how the NHS in England has performed during the last parliament in relation to indicators that reflect person-centred care. It considers progress made against a range of measures including: dignity, respect and compassion; patient involvement in decisions; support for self-management and care planning.
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Every Moment Counts: a narrative for person centred coordinated care for people near the end of life sets out how good, coordinated – or integrated – care looks to people near the end of life and is written from their point of view. It draws on surveys, the testimonies of bereaved carers, the experience of end of life care charities and the reflections of professionals that highlighted failures in coordinating and personalising the different elements of end of life care.
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This briefing is aimed at commissioners and providers considering developing an outcomes-based commissioning approach that includes community health services and is particularly relevant to providers of community services. It explains outcomes-based commissioning and outlines how it might help enable service transformation.