Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which patient groups and patient representative organisations his Department consulted before publication of Personalised Health and Care 2020: a framework for action.

Input from patient and representative organisations was sought through the NHS England Citizen Engagement and INVOLVE networks. No formal consultation exercise was conducted.

Members from these groups participated in a facilitated workshop, offering insight and the opportunity for patient and public input to a series of developing outcomes which now form the key proposals within the Framework.

The Framework was socialised with The Richmond Group of Charities as part of a subject/sector specific ‘critical review panel’, the feedback from which helped shape onward drafting.