This Bill also provides for levy of monetary penalty in case of non-compliance to the
patient's charter or private medical establishment's charter.
(28)
Patient's Charter', NHS Patients Standard Care Committee (Mar 1992-Sept 1993).
The first detailed
Patient's Charter of Rights and Responsibilities' in the emirate will also ensure that patients are aware of their responsibilities.
Patients have to be responsible as well, and their roles, rights and responsibilities have been laid out in the newly developed
Patient's Charter for Tuberculosis Care (19).
Efforts during the 1990s to inject a more consumerist approach into health care--in the form of a
Patient's Charter (Department of Health, 1991) and reformed complaints procedures (Department of Health, 1996)--did little to strengthen the position of the service user (Hogg, 1999).
Justice Glass found that Orru, the psychiatric
patient's Charter rights had been violated by the long wait for proper treatment.
out maximum waiting times in a
Patient's Charter. First introduced
On Monday, May 20, the time of a national casualty watch, just over 65 per cent of patients - 19 out of 29 - were triaged in the
Patient's Charter standard time of 15 minutes.
Your Guide To The NHS replaces the
Patient's Charter and is available free by ringing the NHS Health Literature Line on 0800 555 777 or from www.nhs.uk/nhs guide.
The wait is eight times the NHS
Patient's Charter target and is believed to be the longest-ever delay for an outpatient's appointment.
Under this procedure, part of the
Patient's Charter, the complainant has the right to a full and prompt written reply from the chief executive to any written complaint against a trust or health authority.
And another report said that staff shortages were putting lives at risk in nine out of 10 casualty units - 20 per cent of emergency patients having to wait longer for treatment than the two- hour limit laid down by the
Patient's Charter.