The Patient Focus and Public Involvement [PFPI] strategy document was developed to support our staff to involve people in our work. By people we mean members of the general public, users of NHS services or their carers, people who we have recruited specifically to work with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) on a voluntary basis, and people we work with in the voluntary sector.
This strategy is about how we involve people and it is important to us that it is available to members of the public. During consultation, we found that this document is easier to understand when the reader has some background information about NHS QIS, its structures, and its work. As this strategy is a working document, primarily aimed at our staff, we have developed a supporting leaflet for members of the public, and others who are not as familiar with our work.
To request a copy of this leaflet, please contact our Public Involvement Unit using the details below:
ContactPublicInvolvement.qis@nhs.net
Telephone 0131 623 4328
Public Involvement Unit
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
Elliott House
8-10 Hillside Crescent
Edinburgh
EH7 5EA
A copy of the strategy document, covering the period 2009-11, can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
To request a paper copy, click here to contact the Public Involvement Unit.
EQIA
NHS QIS is committed to equality and diversity. This document has been assessed for any likely impact on the six equality groups defined by age, gender, race/ethnicity, religion/faith, disability and sexual orientation and the cross cutting strands defined as, poverty, homelessness, language and social origin, criminal justice system, mental health issues and marital including civil partnership. Details of the equality and diversity impact assessment are
available here