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Welcome to The Patients Association

The Patients Association is a national healthcare charity and is nearly 50 years old. We exist to help any patient in the United Kingdom with:

  • Signposting to advice and information:
    Email helpline@patients-association.com  Or call our Helpline on 0845 608 4455 10.00am-4.00pm Monday to Friday
  • Information on how to get the best out of your healthcare
  • PA Guides to various problems or concerns patients may have (on the left-hand menu)
  • Opportunities to tell us about their healthcare experiences good or bad
  • Improving health services by taking part in our Taking the Pulse regular surveys on different aspects of healthcare


By listening to patients, we are able to campaign to improve services. We will work with all healthcare providers to improve services. Very often patients think they are alone with the problem or complaint they have. When patients talk to us we are able to track problems arising in more than one place and realize there is a nationwide issue that needs change.

We are funded by individual members, so please join us, and by corporate members, specific project work, consultations and events. We are entirely independent and do not receive any core funding from the Department of Health or any other government body

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Become a PA Member

  

If you would like to become a member, please click here to register or send us an email to mailbox@patients-association.com. We will shortly provide you with more information on how to get more involved in the Patients Association activities.

  

PA Guide to...

See our guides to take control of your healthcare!

 

 

 

Testimonials

I thank the Patients Association for the pressure they put on us to keep improving standards. Long may they continue.

Ian Carruthers ,
Acting Chief Executive of the NHS (May 2006)

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