Priority four: patient leadership programme - Healthcare Change Makers What is the patient leadership programme? The patient leadership programme is a collaborative project between North Bristol NHS Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, and Bristol Community Health to provide development sessions for a group of patients, designed and facilitated by the Fund, to increase the understanding of patient leaders in the health and social King’s care system and to further develop their leadership and influencing skills. These patients are called Healthcare Change Makers. Why is this a priority? Recent research, such as the Department of the NHS: No decision Health’s ‘Liberating about me, without (2012), has shown the value of having a credible patient voice me’ contributing to the decision-making process of health and social care planning across NHS service providers. Sustainable transformation plans (STPs) and other changes due to be implemented across NHS services over the next few years mandate the need for greater engagement with patients and service users. Therefore, the patient leadership programme participants the Healthcare Change Makers are in are in an excellent position to provide this – – viewpoint. Bristol Community Health supports the patient leadership programme to ensure the Healthcare Change Makers can effectively engage with and influence NHS decision makers. We hope this will ensure a credible patient voice is at the heart of planning how health and social care services are delivered in the Bristol area. Their input is not limited to STPs, but can be of benefit to a wide range of organisations and projects from the – very specific to wider, more overarching strategic policies. What we are hoping to achieve The Healthcare Change Makers are a real-life resource that can be accessed by all health and social care decision-making groups to discuss, influence, recommend, and scrutinise plans for delivering these services. This will create a better collaborative approach between different providers that benefits patients and their families and friends. We will ensure that every patient engagement opportunity is highlighted to the Healthcare Change Makers so they can collaborate with us. The programme is still developing so it is hard to pin down specific milestones as the breadth of work undertaken is defined to a large extent by the patient leaders, both individually and collectively. Support for this project will be offered by Bristol Community patient and public Health’s engagement attendance at forum events, and direct engagement with the lead’s Healthcare Change Makers sharing knowledge, contacts, and the use of Bristol – Community Health facilities where appropriate.
Priority four: patient leadership programme - Healthcare Change Makers What is the patient leadership programme? The patient leadership programme is a collaborative project between North Bristol NHS Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, and Bristol Community Health to provide development sessions for a group of patients, designed and facilitated by the King’s Fund, to increase the understanding of patient leaders in the health and social care system and to further develop their leadership and influencing skills. These patients are called Healthcare Change Makers. Why is this a priority? Recent research, such as the Department of Health’s ‘Liberating the NHS: No decision about me, without me’ (2012), has shown the value of having a credible patient voice contributing to the decision-making process of health and social care planning across NHS service providers. Sustainable transformation plans (STPs) and other changes due to be implemented across NHS services over the next few years mandate the need for greater engagement with patients and service users. Therefore, the patient leadership programme participants – the Healthcare Change Makers – are in are in an excellent position to provide this viewpoint. Bristol Community Health supports the patient leadership programme to ensure the Healthcare Change Makers can effectively engage with and influence NHS decision makers. We hope this will ensure a credible patient voice is at the heart of planning how health and social care services are delivered in the Bristol area. Their input is not limited to STPs, but can be of benefit to a wide range of organisations and projects – from the very specific to wider, more overarching strategic policies. What we are hoping to achieve The Healthcare Change Makers are a real-life resource that can be accessed by all health and social care decision-making groups to discuss, influence, recommend, and scrutinise plans for delivering these services. This will create a better collaborative approach between different providers that benefits patients and their families and friends. We will ensure that every patient engagement opportunity is highlighted to the Healthcare Change Makers so they can collaborate with us. The programme is still developing so it is hard to pin down specific milestones as the breadth of work undertaken is defined to a large extent by the patient leaders, both individually and collectively. Support for this project will be offered by Bristol Community Health’s patient and public engagement lead’s attendance at forum events, and direct engagement with the Healthcare Change Makers – sharing knowledge, contacts, and the use of Bristol Community Health facilities where appropriate.
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