Report: Health and social care for people with long-term conditions

A think-tank report presented findings from a survey of people with long-term health conditions, which asked their views on self-managing their conditions and having more of a say over their services.

The report called for: people to be given a named contact for day-to-day queries about their health, healthcare, and care co-ordination; patients to have legal ownership of medical records, and better information and advice; peer support, facilitated by organizations within the local health economy; comprehensive healthcare plans, drawn up in partnership with patients; and personal, integrated health and social care budgets, based on healthcare plans.