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This page covers: A brief overview of the Panel Finding and selecting panel members How the Panel worked How the Panel determined their priority issues A brief overview of the Panel The People’s Panel on health and care, a Citizen’s assembly of 100 people broadly representative of the British public, was set up by Engage
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Hard times are bringing us closer together New research from Engage Britain and grassroots community partners reveals that hard times, including the pandemic and cost of living crisis, are bringing many communities closer together. A cheerful hello. A friendly wave. Tiny gestures of kindness that can brighten someone’s day. And according to our new research,
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John Hall gives an insight into the revelations from Engage Britain’s recent People’s Panel where members of the public discussed health and care challenges faced across the country. Can listening to the 100 randomly chosen members of the public in Engage Britain’s People’s Panel teach experienced politicians and NHS managers anything about reforming the health and care
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To work out the health and care issues to tackle first, The People’s Panel got to call on professional experts to answer any burning questions. Here you can watch of selection of the presentations they heard. Archive of Panel presentations: An introduction to some of the key issues and challenges we face in health and
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Overstretched NHS and social care workforce major threat to nation’s health, as millions suffer poor care as a result New figures reveal more than one in four Brits say they or a family member have received poor NHS care in the last five years due to problems with staffing Citizen’s assembly calls out workforce issues
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Before listening to other people’s experiences from the Community Conversations, members of The People’s Panel were split into breakout groups and asked to share their own health and care stories. When the groups later gathered together as one, three themes had risen to the top: Inefficiencies and waiting times Workforce Prevention (and the responsibility of
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Tony McKenzie Reconnection Tour Manager My working life has been committed to working within the public and charity sectors with a focus on community engagement, homelessness, and youth work. Before joining Engage Britain, I worked at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as their Senior Participation Officer, at Crisis UK as their Member Involvement Co-ordinator, Housing and
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I am fuelled by a passion to help people and to make things work better, to move obstacles out of the way and keep moving forward.
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The Panel’s top seven priorities, in order, were: Workforce The health and social care systems are failing to recruit, train and retain sufficient staff to meet current and future demands. Fragmented system Poor communication between different services, departments and patients leads to delays and gaps in receiving important care. This causes confusion, distress and disappointment for