Patient Led User Groups

Government’s “Health Reform in England: Update and Next Steps”, taking forward the reform of the NHS, outlines the following framework:

• more choice and a much stronger voice for patients (downward-side reforms)
• money following the patients, rewarding the best and most efficient providers, giving others the incentive to improve (transactional reforms)
• more diverse providers, with freedom to innovate and improve services (supply-side reforms)
• a framework of system management, regulation and decision-making which guarantees safety and quality, fairness, equity and value for money.

In support of this framework, we are linking up in a network of Mobility-concerned Patient-led User Groups (PLUGs) including Prosthetics, Orthotics, Wheelchairs and Scooters.