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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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This series of booklets summarises evidence from 779 systematic reviews on ways to make person-centred care happen. The booklets cover: self-management support; shared decision making; enhancing experience of healthcare; improving information and understanding; and promoting prevention.
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People with multiple health and social care needs often receive a very fragmented service, resulting in less than optimal care experiences, outcomes and costs. This report presents the findings from a two-year research project to understand the key components of effective strategies employed by studying five UK-based programmes to deliver co-ordinated care for people with long-term and complex needs.
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This article argues that person-centred care is a multi-stage process and that caregivers, particularly for older people, need to be integrated into every stage.
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This paper reviews the case for change in the English health and care system and considers how to move towards a ‘whole person care’ approach. It sets out broad themes on creating a health and care system that is fit for the future, including the importance of coordinating care around individuals over and above integrating structures, and how this can be achieved.
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This evidence scan describes approaches to measuring patient and carer experiences of healthcare based on evidence from 328 empirical studies. It describes a range of approaches, their benefits and limitations.