Highlighting Patient Partnership Week: Enhancing Access to Health and Social Care

The Patients Association’s Patient Partnership Week 2024 is set to commence on Monday, 2nd September.  This event offers a series of informative webinars aimed at improving patient engagement and healthcare delivery.  

These webinars, free and accessible via Zoom, represent an invaluable opportunity for healthcare professionals and patients alike to engage in meaningful dialogue and learn about progressive strategies in healthcare.

Webinar Highlights:

• Implementing shared decision-making in practice, Monday 2nd September 11am – 12pm. Patient Jess Plant and Trustee Professor Alf Collins will explore the benefits to patients and the health system of shared decision making.

• In conversation with the Patient Safety Commissioner, Monday 2nd September 3– 4pm. Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner will discuss her work with our Chief Executive Rachel Power. She’ll talk about Martha’s rule and patient safety principles.
• Barriers to care faced by those with cancer and blood disorders, Tuesday 3rd September 2pm – 3pm. Patient Ram Paul, John James OBE Chief Executive at the Sickle Cell Society, and Alfie Bailey-Bearfield, Head of Health Improvement & Influencing at Pancreatic Cancer UK discuss reducing health disparities and improving access to care for underserved communities living with cancer and blood disorders.

• Empowering patients as equal partners in care, Wednesday 4th September 9– 10am. Professor Havi Carel, from the University of Bristol’s Department of Philosophy, will talk about the EPIC (Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare) project and its findings, and how changes can be made to ensure patients’ experiences are better valued by the health system.
• Effective communication strategies for informed patients, Thursday 5th September 8– 9am. Demos’ Director of Participatory Programmes, Miriam Levin and patient Rajendra Patel will discuss how critical communications is in the provision of healthcare.
• Joining services around patients: the role of data, Friday 6th September 9- 10am. NHS England’s Chief Data and Analytics Officer Ming Tang discuss with patients Amin Islam and Sandra Rennie how data can improve the provision and quality of care, and ensure patients are at the centre of their own care.

More events are being added so visit the website to keep up to date.  If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Patient Partnership week is sponsored by Novartis and Eli Lilly and Company. Neither company has had any input into or influence over content of the webinars or any of the related activities.

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network “The Rural Services Network is acutely aware of the unique challenges faced by rural communities in accessing health and social care and is committed to advocating for improved access to these services through our Delivering for Rural campaign. Events like Patient Partnership Week  aim to foster greater awareness and engagement in healthcare issues. We believe that through concerted efforts, innovative solutions, and community-based approaches, we can work towards significantly improving the quality and accessibility of healthcare for rural residents”.