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Key publications and guidance

  • Last modified date:
    2 March 2007

Library of draft and final guidance relating to choice policies.

Technical notes for Choice at referral: Guidance framework for 2006-07

These technical notes provide further detailed guidance to commissioners and providers on how the extensions to choice at referral in 2006-07 will operate in practice.  They are intended as a supplement to the Choice at referral: Guidance framework for 2006-07 below.

Choice matters: Increasing choice improves patients' experiences

Provides an update on the development of patient choice in the NHS since it was introduced at the start of 2006, focusing on the experiences of patients and NHS staff.

Choose & Book - patient's choice of hospital and booked appointment: Policy framework for choice and booking at point of referral

This document provides the policy framework for the implementation of choice of hospital and booked appointments by December 2005.

Implementing choice at referral for cataracts

This document provides guidance on implementing cataract choice from January 2005.

Building on the best

The Government policy for choice is set out in the strategy paper 'Building on the best: Choice, Responsivenessand Equity in the NHS'.

Choice at six months

July 2003 policy document setting out the steps to deliver the NHS Plan vision of enhanced patient choice in the NHS.

Implementation guide for choice at six months

Guidance for primary care trusts and strategic health authorities on implementing the choice at six months policy (updated March 2004).

NHS Improvement Plan

The plan sets out key commitments on waiting times, patient choice, and managing long term conditions, that will transform the patient's experience of the NHS.

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Communications materials

Information about the benefits this national service will bring.

The big picture

Poster explaining how and when NHS system reforms will enable patient choice. Contact NHS Information Authority on 08453 660 066 quoting reference 1748.

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