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Patient choice
Policy and guidance on improving patient choice, including how, when and where patients receive treatment, and giving the public a bigger hand in shaping local care systems.
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3 July 2008
The NHS Next Stage Review: Our vision for primary and community care sets out how choice will be put at the heart of primary and community care services - for main details see Chapter 4.
30 June 2008: High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report
Lord Darzi's report places choice and patient empowerment firmly on the future agenda for the NHS. See Chapter 3 page 37 for main details.
30 June 2008: Draft NHS Constitution
The draft NHS Constitution includes a new right to choice. For further details on this right and the opportunity to comment, see:
Publications and guidance
This is a list of the key documents that the Choice and Choose & Book teams have published in the last five years. There are links to other important documents, published by other teams, that are particularly relevant to Choice/Choose & Book.
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History of patient choice
Explore the history of patient choice in the NHS since 1948:
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