Welcome to The Patients Association

The Patients Association is a national charity providing patients with an opportunity to raise concerns and share experiences of healthcare.

Through our Helpline, correspondence and research we learn from patients the issues that are of concern and work towards improving the healthcare we all receive.

What are your views on Polyclinics and Co-Payments?

The last few weeks have seen the issues of Polyclinics and Co-Payments at the forefront of patient concerns with substantial media publicity.

In light of these recent topical issues, the Patients Association has created a short questionnaire. We would like YOUR views on what you think of Polyclinics and the Co-Payment System and how you understand them, by completing this survey. This will help us to understand patient concerns and speak up on your behalf.

To complete the questionnaire on Polyclinics & Co-Payment please click here.

Calling all Patient Safety Leads!!

in association with

'Safety - Top of Your Boards Agenda'

7th October 2008

Harrogate International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

The Patients Association is organising a conference aimed at All Patient Safety Leads, specifically Non-Executive Members. At the kind invitation of AfPP, our 2008 Patient Safety campaign will be hosted under the AfPP Annual Conference in Harrogate.

This conference is designed to provide full coverage of all aspects of their responsibilities as NHS leaders. NHS personnel that would be in their utmost interests to attend include:

Chairs & Trusts of PCTs, Non-Executive Directors, Executive Directors, PECs Members, Directors of Nursing and Finance, Directors of Commissioning, Overview & Scrutiny Board members.

Attendance at this summit will provide an important opportunity for Board members to be alongside representative of their theatre staff and other relevant stakeholders. If you know of anybody who would benefit from this event, please do pass this link on to them.

Please see our attached Flyer for more details on how to book at this unique summit.

More information on this summit is available on our Events page.

General Patients Questionnaire

The Patients Association aims continually at promoting the voice of patients in healthcare. Further to the numerous recent reforms which have affected GPs and dentistry access for instance, we would like to ensure your views and experiences as a patient or as a patient's relative are understood and taken into account.

To this end, the Patients Association would like you to take some time to complete our General Patients Questionnaire. 10 to 12 minutes will be necessary to finish it as this survey addresses several healthcare issues that we think are of crucial interest.

Please recognise that your opinion is of utmost importance to us and that by completing this questionnaire you are actively participating to a better and more patient-centred NHS.

If you wish to participate in the General Patients Questionnaire, please click here.

New Report Published

The Patient Association's latest report, PREVENTING INFECTIONS ON THE FRONTLINE: A new Survey of Frontline Staff is now available. To purchase this report, please click here.

Latest Press Release

The Patient Association has issued a Press Release on their report, PREVENTING INFECTIONS ON THE FRONTLINE: A new Survey of Frontline Staff . To view this press release please click here.

Latest Press Release

The Patient Association has issued a Press Release on The National Audit Office’s Report on the National Programme for IT: Progress since 2006. To view this press release please click here.

The Patient Association's new report on the Dental Contract is launched.

The Patient Association's latest report, 'The Dental Contract: Full of Holes and Causing Pain?' was launched on Thursday, 6th of March at the Institute of Civil Engineers. To download the report, click here.

The NHS at 60 - The Patients Association Survey

This year the NHS is 60 years old.

It is a good time for an in depth look at how it works. Can it survive as it is? Should changes be made to the whole way we deal with healthcare in the UK?

No-one is asking PATIENTS themselves. Patients are the customers of health services and shareholders in the NHS.

So we would like YOUR views – to just 10 questions. Help us to bring patients views to the debate on the future of the NHS.

SHARE YOUR OPINIONS IN OUR NHS PATIENT SURVEY

PA Guide to.....

See our guides to being proactive in your healthcare!

Parliament Reviews Patient Risk & Biosimilar Medicines

The Patients Association recently took part in a House of Lords Review of Biosimilar Medicines. For full details of the event please see our events pages