How to Make Person Centred Care Happen

National Voices, the health and care charity coalition, has launched a new set of take-away resources, which set out the best ways to engage people and make person centred care happen.

Entitled Evidence for Person Centred Care, the resources are designed to make it easy for commissioners and providers to access, understand and make use of the best evidence for various approaches to involving people in their health and healthcare.

Five booklets aim to make value cases for patient, service user and carer involvement. The booklets, which draw on information from 779 systematic reviews worldwide, offer practical ways forward based on accurate evidence so commissioners, health professionals and service-user groups can see what works best and how to invest resources. Users can also look up what has been tested and how, its impact on outcomes and experience as well as the potential to improve service usage.

The materials are focused on five areas, all key components in person-centred care, which are supporting self-management; supporting shared decision-making; enhancing experience of healthcare; improving information and understanding; and promoting prevention.

To download the resources visit www.nationalvoices.org.uk/evidence.