MAGIC: Shared decision making

Case studies

Cardiff head and neck cancer: developing short decision support tools

Cardiff’s head and neck cancer team has been using clinical expertise and evidence-based research to develop decision support tools for treatment options. Find out how developing these basic tools has helped the team understand and embrace shared decision making.

Cardiff and quality improvement: using action learning sets

In Cardiff, members of the MAGIC team have been working together to develop and share their quality improvement methods and activities. Read about how there are using action learning to cascade knowledge quickly and effectively.

Cardiff breast care: tools measuring changing behaviour

In Cardiff, MAGIC and the breast care team have developed two two tools to record and analyse how their patients are taking part in shared decision making. Find out how real-time tools can help clinicians understand patients’ knowledge and preferences, and in doing so can offer quality decision-making support to patients in their clinic.

Newcastle Obstetrics: Shared decision making with women considering vaginal birth after a previous caesarean section

The Newcastle Obstetrics team have enabled more shared decision making by adapting their care pathway for women considering vaginal birth after a previous caesarean section. Read about how the team have applied learning from a pilot study to give women the information they need to make confident choices.

Newcastle Urology: changing attitudes with information for patients

In Newcastle, patients with enlarged prostate are being given more support to make decisions about their own treatments. Find out how their efforts are changing patients’ and clinicians’ attitudes.

North East of England primary care Collingwood and Central Surgeries: methods for changing clinician behaviour

Two Newcastle general practices have been testing new ways of encouraging clinicians to engage in shared decision making with their patients. Read about their challenges and the positive way they are changing behaviours.