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Welcome to the Patient Focus & Public Involvement section of our web site.
The Scottish Ambulance Service Patient Focused Public Involvement Strategy has been reviewed and is now out for consultation. We would welcome comments from members of the public. Please send comments to klowson@scotamb.co.uk by 8th of October 2008.
Patient Focus Public Involvement Strategy 2008 (pdf) 08/09/2008 249 KB.
In December 2002, the Scottish Executive published Our National Health: A plan for action, A plan for change.
The document outlined plans to improve the health of people in Scotland, deliver high quality health and social care services, and address inequalities in health more efficiently.
Key to these improvements is a belief that it is no longer good enough to do things to people, but that a modern healthcare service must do things with the people it serves.
To achieve this, the following were identified as the goals for all Health Boards in Scotland;
- A service where people are respected, treated as individuals and involved in their own care.
- A service where individuals, groups and communities are involved in improving the quality of care, in influencing priorities and in planning services.
- A service designed for and involving users.
The Scottish Ambulance Service have adopted these as our principles when developing Public Involvement, and this web site is one part of a wider plan to involve the public in the work of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
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