Department of Health 29 April 2016
- This Guidance sets out patients’ rights to choice in healthcare, where to find information to help choose, and how to complain if choice isn’t offered.
1. My NHS care: what choices are available to me?
2. Choosing your GP and GP practice
3. Choosing where to go for your first appointment as an outpatient
4. Asking to change hospital if you have to wait longer than the maximum waiting times (18 weeks,
or 2 weeks to see a specialist for cancer)
5. Choosing who carries out a specialist test
6. Choosing maternity services
7. Choosing services provided in the community
8. Choosing to take part in health research
9. Choosing to have a personal health budget
10. Choosing to access required treatment in another European Economic Area country
11. Where can I get more information to help me choose?
12. What should I do if I require a reasonable adjustment?
13. Contacting the organisations mentioned in this guide
5. Choosing who carries out a specialist test
6. Choosing maternity services
7. Choosing services provided in the community
8. Choosing to take part in health research
9. Choosing to have a personal health budget
10. Choosing to access required treatment in another European Economic Area country
11. Where can I get more information to help me choose?
12. What should I do if I require a reasonable adjustment?
13. Contacting the organisations mentioned in this guide
