Democracy Involvement and Accountability in Health
These documents relate to a wide policy area which includes governance and influence on decision making, participation, involvement and consultation of both the public and patients. As we have been discussing these issues for many years policy documents listed here may not represent our current thinking. See also Health Scrutiny and Accountability
Liberating the NHS: Increasing democratic legitimacy in health - consultation Closing date: 11 October 2010
Monitoring the NHS - very useul summary by Patient UK of the present state and recent history of organisations across the UK which
- Represent the views of patients and the public to the NHS.
- Monitor how well NHS bodies perform in taking account of these views.
- Support patients who are having difficulty with NHS services, for example, in finding a service or in making a complaint.
Local Involvement Networks powers
LINk's websites - all over England
- A 2020 Vision for Britain’s governance Alan Milburn May 2007
- Abolition of Welsh Health Authorities 2/2/2001
- Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation (1969)
- The Big Society
- Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
- Bring back Community Health Councils May 2006
- Campaign for a Democratic Health Service - Proposals for Reform 1969
- Campaign for Health Service Democracy (preserved site 2008)
- Centre for Public Scrutiny
- Citizens, Consumers and the NHS - book by Christine Hogg 2008
- Code of Practice on Written Consultation (archived)
- Comensus Project
- Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH)
- Complaint handling in the NHS - Ombudsman
- Consultation on the regulations for Local Involvement Networks (LINks)
- Creating NHS Local: a new relationship between PCTs and local government Jon Glasby, Judith Smith and Helen Dickinson September 2006
- Democracy and Accountability in the new NHS SHA policy statement
- Democracy and Accountability Conference SHA/MPU/NHSCA 2000
- Democracy in the NHS SHA Conference 1990
- Democracy in the National Health Service DHSS 1974
- Democratic Health Network
- Department of Health Briefing on Patient Representation January 2001
- Dignified Revolution - campaign for old people to be treated decently
- Effect of democracy on health: ecological study - BMJ 2004
- Elect patients to GP commissioning boards, says NHS Alliance 2010
- The Expert Patient: A New Approach to Chronic Disease Management for the 21st Century
- Government response to the consultation exercise about the future support arrangements for patient and public involvement in health 2005
- Growing from the Roots: Public Involvement after CPPIH Conference 2005
- The Health and Social Care Act 2001
- Health Committee report on Patient and Public Involvement in the NHS 2007
- Health Expectations An international journal driving developments in patient-focused health care and health policy
- Health Watch: A Conservative Proposal for Patient and Public Involvement November 2006
- Healthy Democracy - The future of involvement in health and social care Involve December 2006
- Healthtalkonline
- Healthy future? - Have your say Local Government Association 2008
- How patients use access to their full health records: a qualitative study of patients in general practice 2009
- International Alliance of Patients' Organisations
- Invest in Engagement
- INVOLVE - promoting public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research
- Involving Patients in Commissioning SHA Conference May 2006
- Involving patients in the NHS SHA Conference 29th November 2002
- Involving patients and the public in health - Official Guidance
- Irish Patients’ Association
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
- Localism - speeches by Alan Milburn
- Making a Difference: A guide to evaluating public participation in central government
- Minorities within minorities: beneath the surface of community participation
- National Association for Patient Participation
- National Association of LINks Members
- National Civic League - an American organisation dedicated to strengthening citizen democracy by transforming democratic institutions
- New Mutualism - The Third Way Peter Kellner 1998
- NHS 2010 - 2015: from good to great - Patient Involvement aspects 2010
- NHS Centre for Involvement
- NHS Constitution
- NHS Membership Scheme Hub
- Now for Health 1946 Democracy in the Health Service
- Office of Public Services Reform
- On Our Own Terms survey of Mental Health User organisations - summary 2002
- Our health, our care, our say Making it happen October 2006
- Out of Our Control? The case for better health accountability Local Government Information Unit 2008
- Participative democracy Julian Tudor Hart 1994
- Patients should be more involved in NHS treatment decisions 2010
- People and Participation.net
- Patient and public involvement - Department of Health
- Patient & Public Involvement in the NHS - Health Committee enquiry 2007 Transcripts of the oral evidence sessions.
- People Power and Health: A Green Paper on Democratising the NHS DHN 2003 (pdf file - and you must pay)
- Patient and Public Involvement in Health : The evidence for policy implementation
- Patient and Public Involvement Forum Organisation
- Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library
- Patient Focus and Public Involvement (Scotland)
- People Power: Reforming QUANGOs – Is this Applicable to Health Agencies? Bow Group
- PP Eyes
- PPI Forums need to take the initiative Stuart Copeland September 2004
- Public accountability in today's health service Guy Daly 1996
- Public Administration Select Committee: Inquiry into the role that “customers” or “users” should have in shaping or even helping to provide public services. 2008
- Public Agency and Community Empowerment Strategies
- Public and Patient Involvement In Wales
- Public involvement in health care Florin and Dixon 2004
- Resource Centre for Patient and Public Involvement
- Running out of patience 2009
- Scottish Health Committee supports introduction of Health Board elections Jan 2007
- Scottish Health Council
- SHA Conference - Are LINKS the way forward? June 2007
- The sham of NHS consultation on service provision Sean Boyle & Roger Steer 2008
- Social Anthropology - an autobiographical piece by Professor Peter Townsend which has much wisdom about visiting institutions and finding out what is really going on
- Squaring the Circle Democracy in the NHS: SHA policy statement 1996
- Stafford General Hospital: Daily Telegraph report of goings on at the Patient Forum
- Ten Great Myths of Patient & Public Involvement Trevor Gay 2006
- Together We Can: the Government Action Plan on Civil Renewal 2005
- Unlocking the talent of our communities 2008