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26 Jul 2024

Beyond the breaking point: patient survey highlights NHS challenges

The Patients Association’s recent survey has revealed significant challenges in accessing care, reinforcing our calls to fix the crisis in healthcare and improve patients’ access to services they need to...

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02 Feb 2024

The Patients Association manifesto: Patients can’t wait

The Patients Association exists to ensure everybody can access and benefit from the health and care services they need to live well. Services must be designed and delivered through equal...

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27 Jul 2023

Patient Participation Groups

At the Patients Association we want to ensure patients, their families and carers are represented and heard from at all stages of their treatment. We are focussed on patient partnership....

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02 Feb 2023

Research shows patients want more control over how their health data are shared

Recent research finds that patients support the use of patient data in health research but do not like the idea that some companies may make money from the use of...

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26 Oct 2022

The Patients Association’s Patient Partnership Week

At the Patients Association we’re championing patient partnership because we believe when patients work with the health and care system, outcomes for patients are better. Over the next three years,...

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27 Jul 2022

Report demonstrates the importance of working with patients to reduce digital health inequalities

The Patients Association chair the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health and in May we published a report based on research and case studies of good...

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