Healthy democracy: the future of involvement in health and social care

Abstract

Published by Involve in partnership with the NHS Centre for Involvement, Healthy Democracy highlights current trends and the diversity within patient and public involvement and seeks to encourage debate around current practice and what the future may hold. It contains the following chapters: Foreword by Rosie Winterton MP Introduction by Edward Andersson, Jonathan Tritter and Richard Wilson Overview: does Patient and Public Involvement matter? by Edward Andersson, Stella Creasy and Jonathan Tritter Patients as entrepreneurs: who is in charge of change? by Harry Cayton Patient engagement: why is it important? by Angela Coulter What is so good about citizens’ involvement in healthcare? by Albert Weale Supporting involvement: the new NHS Centre for Involvement by Jonathan Tritter and Ian Brittain The role of citizens and service users in regulating healthcare by Anna Coote A new vision for local d