NHS England: Patient and public participation policy (6 April 2017)

Summary

This policy is for patients and the public, and for NHS England staff. It sets out NHS England’s ambition of strengthening patient and public participation in all of its work, and how it intends to achieve this.

The term ‘patients and the public’ includes everyone who uses services or may do so in the future, including carers and families. People who use health and care services may be referred to as ‘experts by experience’. NHS England recognises and values what they can contribute to its work as a result of their lived experience.