Patient Advocacy
2
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (1)Accepted in Part (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
2 total
F133
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Role of commissioners in complaints
Commissioners should be entitled to intervene in the management of an individual complaint on behalf of the patient where it appears to them it is not being dealt with satisfactorily, …
- The NHS Standard Contract 2024/25 includes provisions requiring providers to have effective complaint handling arrangements and to report complaints data to commissioners. Commissioners can …
Commissioners
F134
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Role of commissioners in provision of support for complainants
Consideration should be given to whether commissioners should be given responsibility for commissioning patients' advocates and support services for complaints against providers.
- The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (section 185) placed a duty on local authorities (not NHS commissioners) to commission independent advocacy services for …
Commissioners