In her debut blog, Pooja Saini summarises a recent qualitative study that explored access to care for older adults who self-harm. The blog contains some excellent recommendations for primary care professionals and policy-makers.
[read the full story...]The benefits and challenges of involving older people in health and social care research: a systematic review
Caroline Struthers considers a systematic review about the impacts of older people’s patient and public involvement in health and social care research.
[read the full story...]“We should work jointly with communities to improve our NHS together”, says guide
The National Health Service is aiming to provide a patient-centred health service, and this involves all staff and all departments. NHS England has produced four “bite-size guides to patient and public participation”. The guides, in particular the first one, are aimed at clinical commissioning groups, to help them involve the public, especially patients and carers, [read the full story…]