16 September 2015

Overview of waiting time and patient choice policies

NHS maximum waiting times and patient choice policies
House of Commons Library Briefing, 16 September 2015

  • Maximum waiting times
    • Patient rights to maximum waiting times
    • Pledges on waiting times
    • Mental health services
    • GP appointments
    • New cancer waiting time commitments
  • Patient choice
    • Shared decision making
    • Choice of provider 
    • Transferring to a different hospital
    • Seeking a second opinion
    • GP services
    • Personal health budgets
    • Mental health services
    • Treatment in another European Economic Area country
    • http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7171