Involved Citizens: Partners for Health

Panel and plenary discussion

Prof DK Theo RaynorUniversity of Leeds UK

Sound-bites from Yesterday’s Workshop

• There is a change process necessary for both providers and patients

• Patients have rights and responsibilities

• Who are right representatives – who decides who are the real citizens?

• How to stop only the loudest being heard?

• For some aspects of quality and safety, a paternalistic approach is still necessary

• One of the aims is more compliance and more satisfaction of the patient

• Treatment choices include the right to refuse treatment

• Need to educate the public that empowerment might mean higher taxes

• Someone has to pay the bill