Consultation outcome

Improving the NHS Constitution

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 5 November 2012
• Last updated: 26 March 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Consultation on Strengthening the NHS Constitution: Government Response

PDF, 287 KB, 37 pages

Detail of outcome

A summary of the government’s response, including details of text changes to the NHS Constitution as a result of the consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks comments on proposals to strengthen the content of the NHS Constitution.

This consultation ran from
5 November 2012 to 11:45pm on 28 January 2013

Consultation description

The NHS, patients and the public are being asked to comment on proposals to improve the NHS Constitution.

The main changes proposed cover:

• a new responsibility for staff to treat patients not only with the highest standards of care, but also with compassion, dignity and respect
• a new commitment to make sure that patients can sleep in single sex wards
• a new commitment to patients that NHS staff will be open and honest with them if things go wrong, or if mistakes happen - this ‘duty of candour’ will become a condition in the NHS Standard Contract from April 2013

The consultation follows work carried out by the NHS Future Forum on how the constitution could be improved.

Documents

A consultation on strengthening the NHS Constitution

PDF, 671 KB, 58 pages

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Published 5 November 2012
Last updated 26 March 2013 + show all updates

1. 26 March 2013

   Added consultation response.

2. 5 November 2012

   First published.