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Useful Documents

Documents and publications can be an essential tool which can help to influence change within the National Health Service (NHS).

For help in understanding the language of these documents use the Glossary.

• Meeting Checklists
• Government Publications

Meetings Checklists

These can give you an idea of what to expect if you get involved in healthcare as a patient / carer representative (see Related Documents - right ).

• Introduction:
  An introduction to using these resources
• Attending
  Useful information if you are attending a new meeting
• Nominating
  How to nominate a new representative to a meeting

Government Publications

• Better Heart Disease and Stroke Care Action Plan (2009)
  This action plan aims to offer comprehensive coverage of all the issues relating to heart disease and stroke and sets out a clear list of focused pieces of work for taking forward the next phase of the work in tackling the burden of heart disease and stroke.
• Better Health Better Care (2007)
  This Action Plan sets out the Government's programme to deliver a healthier Scotland by helping people to sustain and improve their health, especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring better, local and faster access to health care.
• 'Kerr Report'—A National Framework for Service Change in the NHS in Scotland: Building A Health Service Fit For The Future (2005)
  This document was commissioned to provide proposals for the next 20 years of the NHS. It focuses on preventing and anticipating health and service problems rather than simply reacting to them.
• Delivering for Health (2005)
  Scottish Executive response to the ‘Kerr Report’, detailing the main actions the government will take, within current spending plans, to implement the recommendations.
• Partnership for Care (2003)
  A focus on partnership working and patient focus to redesign the NHS. Main elements:
  • 15 NHS Boards to be formed in place of trusts
  • Community Health Partnerships (CHP) created
  • Scottish Health Council (SHC) created
  • focus on health improvement planning and waiting time targets
  • roll out of NHS 24 nationally
  • Public Partnership Forums in all NHS health board areas
• CHD and Stroke Strategy for Scotland (2002)
  

  Strategy Update (2004)
  Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke became national priorities in Scotland, with £40 million available over 3 years to NHS Boards to fund the required changes. Main points:

  • development of Managed Clinical Networks (MCNs) for CHD and stroke across Scotland to coordinate local care
  • improvements in the education of health professionals
  • new systems for collecting patient information
• Patient Focus Patient Involvement (2001)
  Document focusing on a new culture in healthcare.
• Our National Health Delivering Change (2000)
  Outlined the future plan for the NHS in Scotland following devolution to the Scottish Parliament. Identified good practice and encouraged partnership working to address health inequalities and improve services.

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