PATIENT CHOICE
What is patient choice?
“For some health care services, you
have the legal right to choose and
must be provided with choice by law.”
Department of Health – NHS 2014/15 Choice Framework
“If you need to see a consultant or specialist
as an outpatient for a physical or mental
health condition, you can choose the
organisation that provides your NHS care and
treatment anywhere in England for your first
outpatient appointment.”
Department of Health – NHS 2014/15 Choice Framework
Why provide patient choice?
“Giving people more choice is a priority
of the modern NHS. This is because
research in the UK and overseas has
shown that treatments are more
effective if patients choose, understand
and control their care”
Department of Health – NHS 2014/15 Choice Framework
Question: How important is it to you to be
offered choice in where you receive
treatment?
81% Extremely Important
Question: Before you visited your GP, did you
know that you could choose where you are
referred and treated?
No = 60.1%
Next Steps:
1. Present Healthwatch report and findings
to Governing Body (July)
2. Raise public awareness of patient choice
3. Support GP’s to offer patient choice