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The Patient's Charter

The Patient's Charter At the end of 1991 in the United Kmgdom a document was launched which was to be the key to a dramatic change of focus and activity in the delivery of health care. The National Health Service decided to build on legislation already issued; for example, The Citizen’s Charter and The Health of the Nation. The Patient’s Charter was to be the vehicle which would ensure continuous improvements in the way that a wide variety of services are provided to individual patients. The Patient‘s Charter set out a number of national rlghts and standards that would be ensured for everyone. It assumed that providers of services at a local level would ‘ t d d on these and, in many cases, surpass them. The similarity to the process of setNursing Care Standards will not be missed by nurses who have for several years now monitored and evaluated their care by setting, implementing and auditing agreed standards. The Patient’s Charter was widely publicized and distributed. Not only members of the health care professions received details, but an abridged version was delivered to every household in the Kingdom. This had the immediate effect of raising expectations-an issue which was to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0961-5423
eISSN
1365-2354
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.1993.tb00169.x
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Abstract

At the end of 1991 in the United Kmgdom a document was launched which was to be the key to a dramatic change of focus and activity in the delivery of health care. The National Health Service decided to build on legislation already issued; for example, The Citizen’s Charter and The Health of the Nation. The Patient’s Charter was to be the vehicle which would ensure continuous improvements in the way that a wide variety of services are provided to individual patients. The Patient‘s Charter set out a number of national rlghts and standards that would be ensured for everyone. It assumed that providers of services at a local level would ‘ t d d on these and, in many cases, surpass them. The similarity to the process of setNursing Care Standards will not be missed by nurses who have for several years now monitored and evaluated their care by setting, implementing and auditing agreed standards. The Patient’s Charter was widely publicized and distributed. Not only members of the health care professions received details, but an abridged version was delivered to every household in the Kingdom. This had the immediate effect of raising expectations-an issue which was to

Journal

European Journal of Cancer CareWiley

Published: Jun 1, 1993

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