Response to greater patient involvement consultation

The Government has published its response to its consultation on proposals for greater patient involvement and more choice has been published.

The change will mean that for the first time, people who use mental health services will get more choice about where and how they get their condition treated by the NHS.

The Government’s response to the Liberating the NHS: No decision about me, without me consultation outlines how patients will be able to choose from any provider in England when they are first referred to see a specialist in secondary care.

In addition, the response outlines plans more broadly to increase patient involvement in decisions about their care and treatment and to increase patient choice, and sets out the next steps to be taken to make no decision about me, without me a reality in the NHS.

For further information and to download the consultation response visit www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/12/choice-response.