Join the national debate on patient and public involvement and its influence on the NHS. How can the NHS become more responsive to the population it serves?
The NHS Alliance – the independent voice bringing together everyone in primary health care - is looking for diverse views around the UK from patients, carers, NHS board members, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and of course members of the public whose taxes pay for our most important public service. The debate will continue with regional meetings and the Alliance will bring your ideas together at the end of the debate.
To stimulate your thinking Download Whose NHS is it anyway - a discussion paper prepared by the NHS Alliance. What do you think about its six questions on NHS accountability set out below, and the practical suggestions for patient and public involvement in the NHS “with teeth”.
1. Is there enough local accountability in the NHS? 2. What would be gained by greater accountability? What might be lost? 3. Are elections the best way to deliver greater accountability? 4. What role should local authorities play, if any, in promoting local NHS accountability? 5. What kind of accountability is needed and is it different for those who commission services and those who provide services? 6. How can the inevitable tensions be managed?
The new NHS Constitution says “The NHS belongs to the people”. Help us find out what that really means by saying what you think it really means to be one of the owners of the NHS. Click on the "Comments" link now.