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Shared Decision Making Month Contributor Spotlight: The Health Foundation
The Health Foundation is an independent charity working to continuously improve the quality of healthcare in the UK. The Foundation wants the UK to have a healthcare system of the highest possible quality -- safe, effective, person-centred, timely, efficient and equitable. The organization believes that in order to achieve this, health services need to continuously improve the way they work. The Foundation is here to inspire and create the space for people to make lasting improvements to health services. Working at every level of the system, The Health Foundation aims to develop the technical skills, leadership, capacity and knowledge, and build the will for change, to secure lasting improvements to healthcare. Visit The Health Foundation website. Follow The Health Foundation on Twitter: @HealthFdn. Continue reading
Shared Decision Making Month Contributor Spotlight: Angela Coulter
Angela, who is based in Oxford, England, coordinates the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation's international work. She is also a senior research scientist at the University of Oxford's Department of Public Health. Her previous roles include chief executive of Picker Institute Europe, executive director of policy and development at the King's Fund in London, and director of the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Oxford. Continue reading
Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
View all results of this resource type.Putting Patients First
In response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) guidelines on patient experience quality standards, the authors aim to provide an overview of the guidance. This editorial discusses key points of the NICE guidelines, as well as the benefits of implementation and the challenges that remain. Continue reading
Posted in SDM Implementation
Tagged Angela Coulter, health care, NHS, NICE, patient experience, patient-centered care, shared decision making, UK
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Implementing Shared Decision Making in the UK
What about policy regarding SDM? SDM is on the national policy agenda and has been prioritised as part of the health reform bill currently going through the Houses of Parliament. The NHS Constitution emphasises patients' right to be involved in decisions and this is reinforced in standards set by professional regulators. What about tools - Decision support for patients? The UK governments have invested in patient information and a few decision aids are freely available on public websites. Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Policy, SDM Implementation
Tagged Angela Coulter, decision aids, Glyn Elwyn, health care, health care policy, NHS, shared decision making, UK
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