Service user engagement and health service reconfiguration: a rapid evidence synthesis

Dalton J, Chambers D, Harden M, Street A, Parker G, Eastwood A
Record ID 32015000527
English
Authors' objectives: To assess what is known about effective patient and public engagement in reconfiguration processes and to identify implications for further research.
Authors' recommendations: Patients and the public could be engaged through a wide variety of methods. In selecting which methods to employ locally, decision-makers should take into account the nature of the local population and of the proposed service changes. Problems often arose because decision-makers paid insufficient attention to issues considered important by the public. NHS England guidance could be a helpful practical framework for future engagement activity.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2015
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Patient Satisfaction
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme
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Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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