Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales
  • ACHCEW
    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF PPI IN THE NHS
    • ABOUT ACHCEW
    • History of the NHS >
      • Historical Publications
      • NHS Consultants' Association
      • The Peckham Experiment
    • How ACHCEW Worked
    • Who's Who >
      • Toby Harris
      • A celebration - Michael English
      • In Memory of Mike Gerrard >
        • A Stifled Voice - Book Launch
      • In Memory of Murray Benham
      • In Memory of Bill Marks
      • In Memory of Tony Smythe
    • ACHCEW - Bless you!
    • The Legal Position >
      • THE ORIGIN
      • THE OBJECTIVES
      • Constitution - Standing Orders
      • Communications
      • Legal Advice and Procedures
      • Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings >
        • ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
        • CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
      • Statutory Instruments - Regulations
    • ACHCEW Training Pack
    • Official Papers >
      • Abolition of CHCs and ACHCEW - 2003
      • Creation of CPPIH
      • DH + Social Security - Appendices
      • Forum Support Organisations + Patients' Forums
      • Guidance - Governance Documents
      • Termination Documents
      • Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums >
        • CVS
        • Private Eye
      • The National Plan
    • The Commission - ACHCEW >
      • Correspondence - Interim Report
      • Publication
    • CASUALTY WATCH - History >
      • Casualty Watch - STEERING GROUP
      • Casualty Watch - PAPERS
      • Casualty Watch - MONTHLY RESULT
      • Casualty Watch - CHC REPORTS
      • Press Cuttings
  • COMMITTEES
    • Annual Reports
    • AGM / Conferences - Correspondence, Papers, Minutes
    • Officers' Meetings
    • Standing Committee >
      • Standing Committee Members
      • Standing Committee News
    • Transition Advisory Board - TAB
    • FINAL Meeting - 08 July 2003
  • CHCs
    • Introduction to CHCs
    • CHC Regulations
    • How CHCs Worked
    • Code of Conduct for CHC Members
    • Code of Practice on Consultation
    • Public Activities Material
    • CHCs in Action - (Publication)
    • The Politics of Consumer Representation - A Study of CHCs
    • The Legal History of CHCs
    • Legal - re. Closures
    • Directory of CHCs + LINks >
      • Brighton and District CHC
      • Brent CHC
      • Bristol CHC
      • Central + South Birmingham CHC
      • City and Hackney CHC
      • Croydon CHC
      • Greater London Association of CHCs - GLACHC
      • Haringey CHC
      • Islington CHC
      • Mid-Staffs CHC
      • SW Hertfordshire CHC
      • Southwark CHC
      • Wakefield CHC
    • Training and Skills for Members >
      • Skills for New CHC Members
      • Understanding the NHS and the Role of the CHC
      • Developing Skills as a CHC Member
      • Links to CHCs and Charities Database
      • Skills for CHC Chairs
      • Other Training Documents
      • PPI Short Courses >
        • Introduction and Surveys
        • Core 1 - User Involvement in Health and Social Care
        • Core 2 - What does User Involvement Mean?
        • Core 3 - Feeling Empowered in User Involvement
        • Theme 1 - Involvement in Service Planning and Improvement
        • Theme 2 - Involvement in Research and Activity
        • General Units
        • Link Person Handbook
  • Papers
    • IN-HOUSE Staff Publications - Introduction >
      • IN-HOUSE Publications - Listing
    • CHC Listings
    • CHC News >
      • CHC News - 1-94 (1975-1984)
      • CHC News - 1-112 (1986-1996)
      • CHC News - 1-37 (1996-2000)
    • CHC Public Activities Materials
    • NHS Dispute - Complaint
    • Presentations >
      • Presentations - PowerPoint
      • Presentations - Video
    • Foundation Trust Hospitals
    • GMC
    • Healthwatch England
    • Health Scrutiny
    • House of Commons Health Committee
    • ICAS
    • King's Fund
    • Normanton Hospital Inquiry
    • PALS
    • Local Involvement Networks - LINKs
    • PPI + LINks >
      • PPI Academic
      • PPI in the NHS >
        • The Effective PPI Forum - Guide
      • Patient Empowerment >
        • Power to the People in South East Thames
      • Public Representation of Health Bodies
      • Women's Health Publications >
        • Pennell Report on Women's Health (Publication)
        • Women's Health - Engaging Women
      • Enter and View
      • LINks Foundation Trusts
      • Kingston Hospital + Kingston PCT LINk
      • Public Involvement in the Private Finance Initiative
      • Response to the Health Committee Report
      • Private Hospitals
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications - A
    • Publications - B
    • Publications - C
    • Publications - D-E-F-G
    • Publications - H-I-K-L-M
    • Publications - N-O-P-Q
    • Publications - R-S-T
    • Publications - U-V-W-Y
  • PRESS
    • ACHCEW's Press Releases
    • A&E + CASUALTYWATCH Press Cuttings
  • Cartoons
  • Gallery
    • Mass Lobby of Parliament
    • PHOTOS - Cafe Royal 08July2003
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Publications   -  N - O - P - Q
 Click on the title to download the publication.  Many of these publications may take some time to download.

National Plan - Patient Empowerment Initial Concerns - 01 August 2000 ... 6 pages

New Life for Health - The Commission on the NHS - By: Will Hutton  - April 2000   

NHS Complaints Procedure  -  ACHCEW's Memorandum to the Public Administration Committee  - June 1999   ...   20 pages

NHS Complaints Procedures - A Review by ACHCEW  - March 1990   ...   35 pages

NHS Complaints Procedures - A Report to CHCs  - August 1990   ...    33 pages

NHS Complaints Procedures - A  Report of a Conference - October 1998  - October 1998   ...   39 pages

NHS Complaints Procedure - Submission to the Complaints Review Committee   - October 1993 ... 36 pages

NHS Consultants' Association (NHSCA) - The Organisation of Hospital Clinical Work - A discussion document undated

NHS Continuing Care of the Elderly  -   December 1990   ...   23 pages

NHS Funding 1991-1992 -  The Impact on Patient Services  - March 1992   ...   12 pages

NHS Trusts - Meetings in Public - August 1998 ... 33 pages
Old Watchdog, New Tricks - The ACHCEW submission to the Modernisation Action Team on Patient Empowerment 
June 2000 ... 23 pages

Opinion on the Lawfulness of the Provision of ICAS by the CPPIH - Marion Chester, ACHCEW - 08 March 2003  ...  4 pages

Ordinary Wisdom - Reflections on an experiment in citizenship and health - King's Fund, 1998 ...  121 pages

Patient and Public Involvement in Health - An Interim Report on the work of the Transition Advisory Board to the Department of Health - August 2002  ... 58 pages

Patient Confidentiality - Implications of the New Guidance from the General Medical Council  
​March 1999 ... 10 pages

Patients:  Receivers or Participants?  - 1977 ... 43 pages

PPI in the NHS -  Update July 1973  - 6 pages

Patiently Waiting?  A Report of Research into Waiting Times at King George Hospital A&E - By: Redbridge CHC - January 1999  - 72 pages

'Patients First' - By R. K. Griffiths, The Medical School, University of Birmingham
-     Go to the document and its Appendix in Publications / Academic Papers - the Appendix takes 5 minutes + to download

Patients' Forum Regulations - Draft Briefing  -  Malcolm Alexander, Director, ACHCEW ... 29 August 2003 - 30 pages

Patients' Forums - Visiting and Inspecting Project  - December 2002 ... 24 pages  

Patients' Forms: being set up to fail?  - A briefing paper reflecting concerns over the potential underfunding of the new patient and public involvement structures - 16 October 2002

Patients' Friends Pushed Aside by Labour's PALS - Charles Webster .. 4 pages

Patients' Watchdogs Urged to Enter New Era of Partnership with NHS - DH PRESS RELEASE - 14 July 1994

Patients' "Watchdog" must re-focus their vigilance - Health Minister foresees new opportunities for CHCs
​DH PRESS RELEASE 14 June 1994

Patients are waiting longer in A&E Departments: Audit Commission Report - 05 November 2001

Pennell Report on Women's Health -  Positive Steps for Later Life

Performance Evaluation Framework for CHCs - NHS Executive South and West - February 1997  ... 13 pages

Performance Evaluation Standards Framework for CHCs - 38 pages

Performance Standards for CHCs - Developing the Framework  -  Christine Hogg, ACHCEW - May 1994 ... 50 pages   

Power to the People in South East Thames - A Conference about Empowering the Patient  
​November 1991 ... 47 pages

Primary Care Groups - The Early Guidance - September 1998

Private Finance in Health Care - Why Not!  - March 2000 ...   53 pages   

Private Finance Initiative in the NHS - update - BRIEFING NOTE - January 1996 ... 6 pages

Private Hospitals and the National Health Service  ...   April 1981

Protocol for PALS & Independent Advocacy Joint Working  - January 2002   ...  15 pages  

Public and Patient Involvement in London:  A Practical Guide  -  Directorate of Health and Social Care London ...   5 pages 

Public Participation in Setting Priorities - ACHCEWs Evidence to the Health Select Committee
​April 1994 ... 12 pages
Quality Contracts - Improving Standards of Patient Care - December 1995 ... 34 pages
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  • ACHCEW
    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF PPI IN THE NHS
    • ABOUT ACHCEW
    • History of the NHS >
      • Historical Publications
      • NHS Consultants' Association
      • The Peckham Experiment
    • How ACHCEW Worked
    • Who's Who >
      • Toby Harris
      • A celebration - Michael English
      • In Memory of Mike Gerrard >
        • A Stifled Voice - Book Launch
      • In Memory of Murray Benham
      • In Memory of Bill Marks
      • In Memory of Tony Smythe
    • ACHCEW - Bless you!
    • The Legal Position >
      • THE ORIGIN
      • THE OBJECTIVES
      • Constitution - Standing Orders
      • Communications
      • Legal Advice and Procedures
      • Parliament - Acts-Bills-Briefings >
        • ACHCEW Briefing Papers re. NHS Community Care Bill ...
        • CHCs (Access to Information) Act 1988
      • Statutory Instruments - Regulations
    • ACHCEW Training Pack
    • Official Papers >
      • Abolition of CHCs and ACHCEW - 2003
      • Creation of CPPIH
      • DH + Social Security - Appendices
      • Forum Support Organisations + Patients' Forums
      • Guidance - Governance Documents
      • Termination Documents
      • Transition from CHCs to Patients' Forums >
        • CVS
        • Private Eye
      • The National Plan
    • The Commission - ACHCEW >
      • Correspondence - Interim Report
      • Publication
    • CASUALTY WATCH - History >
      • Casualty Watch - STEERING GROUP
      • Casualty Watch - PAPERS
      • Casualty Watch - MONTHLY RESULT
      • Casualty Watch - CHC REPORTS
      • Press Cuttings
  • COMMITTEES
    • Annual Reports
    • AGM / Conferences - Correspondence, Papers, Minutes
    • Officers' Meetings
    • Standing Committee >
      • Standing Committee Members
      • Standing Committee News
    • Transition Advisory Board - TAB
    • FINAL Meeting - 08 July 2003
  • CHCs
    • Introduction to CHCs
    • CHC Regulations
    • How CHCs Worked
    • Code of Conduct for CHC Members
    • Code of Practice on Consultation
    • Public Activities Material
    • CHCs in Action - (Publication)
    • The Politics of Consumer Representation - A Study of CHCs
    • The Legal History of CHCs
    • Legal - re. Closures
    • Directory of CHCs + LINks >
      • Brighton and District CHC
      • Brent CHC
      • Bristol CHC
      • Central + South Birmingham CHC
      • City and Hackney CHC
      • Croydon CHC
      • Greater London Association of CHCs - GLACHC
      • Haringey CHC
      • Islington CHC
      • Mid-Staffs CHC
      • SW Hertfordshire CHC
      • Southwark CHC
      • Wakefield CHC
    • Training and Skills for Members >
      • Skills for New CHC Members
      • Understanding the NHS and the Role of the CHC
      • Developing Skills as a CHC Member
      • Links to CHCs and Charities Database
      • Skills for CHC Chairs
      • Other Training Documents
      • PPI Short Courses >
        • Introduction and Surveys
        • Core 1 - User Involvement in Health and Social Care
        • Core 2 - What does User Involvement Mean?
        • Core 3 - Feeling Empowered in User Involvement
        • Theme 1 - Involvement in Service Planning and Improvement
        • Theme 2 - Involvement in Research and Activity
        • General Units
        • Link Person Handbook
  • Papers
    • IN-HOUSE Staff Publications - Introduction >
      • IN-HOUSE Publications - Listing
    • CHC Listings
    • CHC News >
      • CHC News - 1-94 (1975-1984)
      • CHC News - 1-112 (1986-1996)
      • CHC News - 1-37 (1996-2000)
    • CHC Public Activities Materials
    • NHS Dispute - Complaint
    • Presentations >
      • Presentations - PowerPoint
      • Presentations - Video
    • Foundation Trust Hospitals
    • GMC
    • Healthwatch England
    • Health Scrutiny
    • House of Commons Health Committee
    • ICAS
    • King's Fund
    • Normanton Hospital Inquiry
    • PALS
    • Local Involvement Networks - LINKs
    • PPI + LINks >
      • PPI Academic
      • PPI in the NHS >
        • The Effective PPI Forum - Guide
      • Patient Empowerment >
        • Power to the People in South East Thames
      • Public Representation of Health Bodies
      • Women's Health Publications >
        • Pennell Report on Women's Health (Publication)
        • Women's Health - Engaging Women
      • Enter and View
      • LINks Foundation Trusts
      • Kingston Hospital + Kingston PCT LINk
      • Public Involvement in the Private Finance Initiative
      • Response to the Health Committee Report
      • Private Hospitals
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications - A
    • Publications - B
    • Publications - C
    • Publications - D-E-F-G
    • Publications - H-I-K-L-M
    • Publications - N-O-P-Q
    • Publications - R-S-T
    • Publications - U-V-W-Y
  • PRESS
    • ACHCEW's Press Releases
    • A&E + CASUALTYWATCH Press Cuttings
  • Cartoons
  • Gallery
    • Mass Lobby of Parliament
    • PHOTOS - Cafe Royal 08July2003