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Key Issue 5:

Greater involvement of patients and the public in individual treatment, planning services and addressing local needs.


Aim
:

Expand patient and public involvement.


Objective:
To ensure that individual patients and their carers are fully involved in their care and treatment.
Action
  • Complete two Expert Patient Programmes.
Lead Partner
Derwentside Primary Care Trust.
Impact by 2010
  • By 2010, we will have mechanisms in place to enable the views and experience of patients and members of the wider public to be reflected in most, if not all, health and health care planning.

Objective:
To ensure that patient and public involvement is included at all levels of planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of health services.
Action
  • To produce and consult on a strategy for patient and public involvement.
  • Implement an action plan with partner agencies that incorporates involvement at all levels of planning and delivery of service.

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