"Increasing democratic legitimacy in health" (Or how should patients be involved in the NHS?)
Title of consultation: Increasing democratic legitimacy in health
What's it about: How patients and the public should be involved in holding health services to account (and what should happen to your LINk!)
Closing date: 11 October 2010
Download it here:Department of Health website
From the Department of Health website:
This consultation builds on the proposals in the White Paper to increase "local democratic legitimacy in health".
This will be achieved through local authorities:
- being given a stronger role in supporting patient choice and ensuring effective local voice;
- taking on local public health improvement functions, and;
- promoting more effective NHS, social care and public health commissioning arrangements.
This document links closely to the consultation on commissioning for patients. Taken together, these two documents set out the strategy for commissioning of health, care and wellbeing. They set out how the new system will work together to provide improved outcomes for patients, users and the public.
More information
For more information, visit the page for this consultation:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_117586