Health - Third Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 22 March 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Patient and Public Involvement: Aims and organisations
What is patient and public involvement?
Purpose of patient and public involvement
Improving the quality of services
Accountability
Are separate patient and public involvement structures necessary?
3 Recent history of Patient and Public Involvement
Community Health Councils
Patient and Public Involvement forums
Overview and Scrutiny Committees
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS)
Foundation Trust Boards of Governors
Healthcare Commission
The abolition of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Patient and Public Involvement forums
The Department's reasons for abolishing Patient and Public Involvement forums
Failings of the current system
The changing nature of the health service
Alternative views
Should the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Patient and Public Involvement forums be abolished?
Conclusions
4 Local Involvement Networks
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
Responses to reports and information requests
Powers: Right of Entry
Relations with Overview and Scrutiny Committees
Duties: Reports
Support organisations: hosts
Lack of detail
Early adopters
What Local Involvement Networks should do
The 'Patient and Public Involvement forum Plus' model
The 'Network' model
The Department's position
Concerns
Concerns with the 'Patient and Public Involvement forum Plus' Model
Concerns with the 'Network' model
Concerns with the Department's model
How to make LINks effective
Resources
What Local Involvement Networks should do
The membership
Right of entry
Marketing and communication
Training
Hosts
Accountability
A national body
An end to uncertainty
5 Major consultation
Consultation about major local proposals
Duty to consult users of the health service.
Problems with Section 11 consultation
Government's proposals for change
What should happen
The role of the Secretary of State
Patient and public involvement at a national level
6 Conclusions
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal minutes
Witnesses
Written evidence in Volume III (HC 278-III)
Written evidence in Volume II (HC 278-II)
List of unprinted written evidence
Reports from the Health Committee
List of Oral Evidences
Thursday 1 February 2007
Thursday 8 February 2007
Thursday 22 February 2007
Thursday 1 March 2007
Written Evidence
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