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Partnership: involving patients

1. In a patient-centred healthcare service patients must be involved, wherever possible, in decisions about their treatment and care.
2. The education and training of all healthcare professionals should be imbued with the idea of partnership between the healthcare professional and the patient.
3. The notion of partnership between the healthcare professional and the patient, whereby the patient and the professional meet as equals with different expertise, must be adopted by healthcare professionals in all parts of the NHS, including healthcare professionals in hospitals.