Resources: QID Person and Family Engagement

Guidance for Staff

In October 2019, the National Screening Service (NSS) launched its first Patient and Public Partnership Strategy. It sets out how the NSS will achieve the objective of strengthened patient and public partnership over the next four years – 2019-2023. Read the Patient and Public Partnership Strategy 2019-2023 (PDF, 630kb, 36 pages)

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Please click the link below to Guidance for recruiting patient/service user representatives for groups and committees (August, 2015) Guidance for recruiting patient representatives groups committee

Please click the link below to Guidance for setting up patient/service user and family councils (January, 2017)
Guidance for setting up patient/service user and family councils V1

Please click the link below to Policy for Reimbursement of Service Users' Expenses (November 2017)

Policy for Reimbursement of Service Users' Expenses

Please click the link below to Sample Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement for Patient Representatives (November 2017)

Sample Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement for Patient Representatives

Please click the link below to download the Partnering with Patients, Service Users and Families Checklist

Partnering with Patients, Service Users and Families Checklist

Please click the link below to access Guidance for conducting focus groups

Guidance for conducting focus groups

Please click the link below to access Partnering with Patients and Families Overview

Partnering with Patients and Families Overview

Patients' Stories Videos

This Section includes videos that were recorded by palliative care patients and family members. Please click here to access it.

Palliative Care Patients' Videos

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