The Picker Institute Europe have been working with specialist children's trusts to create surveys specially designed for children and will be commencing the surveys for inpatients and outpatients in the summer of 2010. Whilst the national mandated survey programme regularly seeks views from adults of their experiences as an inpatient or an outpatient, there is no such programme for children. So what are children's experiences of services?
The Picker Institute Europe have been working with specialist children's trusts to create surveys specially designed for children and will be commencing the surveys for inpatients and outpatients in the summer of 2010.
A new online knowledge base giving access to the latest research on patient and public engagement has been developed by Picker Institute for the Department of Health, this site brings together a comprehensive view of worldwide evidence of what works to engage patients and the public in healthcare. For specific information on treatment options for children totalhealth features specialist Paediatric Consultants including Dr Rakesh Amin and Dr Stergios Zacharoulis.
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