MAGIC: Shared decision making
MAGIC worked with frontline health care professionals in various clinical settings on different ways of encouraging shared decision making and spreading learning across the health care community.
A personal perspective on shared decision making
Dr Dave Tomson, a GP in North Tyneside and the primary care lead for our MAGIC programme, talks about how shared decision making has influenced his own practice and improved patient experience.
A simple tool to facilitate shared decisions
Dr Marie-Anne Durand, and Professor Glyn Elwyn, from the MAGIC Option Grids Collaborative, explain the value of Option Grids as decision aids and talk us through how to use one.
Creating a receptive culture for shared decision making
How do you begin to change the culture of an organisation like the NHS within a year? That’s the task Emma Walker faces in her work at the Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA). She’s leading on cultur...
Shared decision making: improving outcomes by changing relationships
We explore shared decision making and address some common misconceptions and barriers we need to overcome as a society to make it a practical reality in mainstream healthcare.
Shared decision making: clear focus and shared goals
Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Duncan Law has used shared decision making in his work with children and young people for six years. He believes that the approach enables patients and clinician...
Creating space in the agenda for shared decision making in England
Evidence shows that involving patients in their care leads to higher levels of satisfaction and improved health outcomes and in turn, to more efficient use of resources. However, embedding shared d...
Behind closed doors
A look at a traditional patient/clinician consultation and one where the clinician adapts their questions and comments, empowering the patient to make their own decisions about their care.
Implementing shared decision making in the UK
This report explores how shared decision making can be embedded into clinical practice as a core ...
Leading the way to shared decision making
In December 2011, the Health Foundation hosted a summit to consider what must be done to make a r...
