London Sexual Health Programme

The NHS is your NHS, that is the basic reason why you should get involved in improving health services. There are many, many different ways you can contribute to services, and your input will be acted on to make better services.

As well as PPE being your right, PPE is law. Section 242 of the NHS Act 2006 - Involvement and Consultation places a legal duty on NHS trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities to make arrangements to involve and consult patients and the public in service planning and operation, and in the development of proposals for changes. PPE can help services become more accountable, vital in the publically funded NHS.

• Public involvement increases confidence, trust and understanding
• PPE helps de-stigmatise a chronic condition such as HIV
• PPE benefits the people who get involved and they, in turn, contribute to and the wider community.
• PPE gives the community a chance to make a difference and a feeling of being valued and respected.
• PPE encourages responsibility
• Can lead to less health inequality
• Health improvement in local communities can be a crucial long-term outcome.
• PPE produces better services
• Engaged patients are more trusting, empowered and confident
• Taking part in PPE can help patients’ personal growth, self esteem, decision-making, control over their life and condition
• PPE can help de-stigmatise, aid acceptance and disclosure, reduce fear and anxiety
• PPE can educate patients about their health
• PPE is part of shared decision making and patient centred care
• Being engaged can even have positive health effects and increase feeling valued and respected
• PPE gives individuals a greater understanding of their responsibilities; behaviour modification and lifestyle changes; their rights; and the importance of psychological well-being

“[many of] the young [disabled] people we’re working with are saying this is the first time anyone’s seriously asked them how they feel about sex or sexuality because it just wasn’t considered part of who they are. So a lot of it is really about young people developing the confidence, you know, to do what’s right for them and to give them the information to make decisions” (voluntary sector organisation)"

References:

http://www.pickereurope.org/Filestore/Quality/Factsheets/patient_involvement_newsletter_jun03.pdf

Patient and Public Involvement in Health: The Evidence for Policy Implementation

The King’s Fund 2009 The Point of Care Measures of patients’ experience in hospital: purpose, methods and uses

There many reasons why you need to do PPE, at the minimum to satisfy professional guidance. PPE can have a positive impact on clinicians, care providers and organisations. Patient engagement is more than just feedback. And PPE isn’t scary! The resources and real life examples on this website will illustrate just how useful and easy PPE can be. In fact many of the activities you already do can be built on to become PPE, even having a conversation with a patient can be PPE.

For your own benefit

PPE can inform clinicans about the quality of their service, helping professionals reflect on their own and their team’s practice

• partnership rather than management
• personal reward
• improved understanding of patients’ health concern
• increased patient compliance
• improved health outcomes through changes in behaviour
• greater trust of patients
• patient satisfaction
• better management of the consultation process
• services are those the patient wants
• awareness of psychological impact of diagnosis
• awareness of patients coping skills in managing chronic condition
• cost effective

Legal reasons
PPE is law. Section 242 of the NHS Act 2006 - Involvement and Consultation.

Section 242 places a legal duty on NHS trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities to make arrangements to involve and consult patients and the public in service planning and operation, and in the development of proposals for changes. PPE can help services become more accountable, vital in the publically funded NHS.

To save money
PPE can be used to inform how to make financial cuts, or to prioritise services and encourage more appropriate use of health services, for example reducing the number of appointments.

To meet service requirements

Nowadays nearly every organisation and professional body will state that patients have to be engaged in services, including:

• SCG guidance
• London Sexual Health Program Standard
• BASSH standards
• CQUIN on patient experience
• Patient-centred care
• NHS policy e.g. ‘patients at the heart of care’
• QIPP agenda

For the public

• Public involvement increases confidence, trust and understanding
• PPE helps de-stigmatise a chronic condition such as HIV
• PPE benefits the people who get involved and they, in turn, contribute to and the wider community.
• PPE gives the community a chance to make a difference and a feeling of being valued and respected.
• PPE encourages responsibility
• can lead to less health inequality
• health improvement in local communities can be crucial long-term outcome.

References:

http://www.pickereurope.org/Filestore/Quality/Factsheets/patient_involvement_newsletter_jun03.pdf

Patient and Public Involvement in Health: The Evidence for Policy Implementation

The King’s Fund 2009 The Point of Care Measures of patients’ experience in hospital: purpose, methods and uses

PPE can be used to inform how to make financial cuts, or to prioritise services and encourage more appropriate use of health services, for example reducing the number of appointments

To meet service requirements
Nowadays nearly every organisation and professional body will state that patients have to be engaged in services, including:

• SCG guidance
• London Sexual Health Program Standard
• BASSH standards
• CQUIN on patient experience
• Patient-centred care
• NHS policy e.g. ‘patients at the heart of care’
• QIPP agenda

• Public involvement increases confidence, trust and understanding
• PPE helps de-stigmatise a chronic condition such as HIV
• PPE benefits the people who get involved and they, in turn, contribute to and the wider community.
• PPE gives the community a chance to make a difference and a feeling of being valued and respected.
• PPE encourages responsibility
• can lead to less health inequality
• health improvement in local communities can be crucial long-term outcome.

References:

http://www.pickereurope.org/Filestore/Quality/Factsheets/patient_involvement_newsletter_jun03.pdf

Patient and Public Involvement in Health: The Evidence for Policy Implementation

The King’s Fund 2009 The Point of Care Measures of patients’ experience in hospital: purpose, methods and uses