The Long-term Medical Conditions Alliance has launched a campaign to have
the needs of patients recognised as being placed at the heart of health care.
The campaign — people’s voice for health (PV4H) — is a response
to the National Health Service plan, which the alliance describes as being strong
on rhetoric but short on proposals to focus health care on patients and good
service.
To get the campaign started, the alliance is asking health professionals and
organisations to commit themselves to three principles, which it is calling
“the people’s challenge”.
The principles are:
To show that there is serious commitment to the challenge, signatories are
also being asked to name new patient-centred initiatives that they will bring
to reality within a year.
A website has been set up (www.pv4h.org.uk)
which gives details of the campaign and which offers individuals and organisations
the opportunity to sign up on line. Details of the Long-term Medical Conditions
Alliance can be found on the internet at www.northern.nildram.co.uk/lmca/.