Guidance on Involving Adult NHS Service Users and Carers

This document has been developed to guide and support people with vascular conditions and related chronic diseases, and their carers to actively and effectively participate in their engagement with multidisciplinary groups set up to plan and develop health services across a range of settings. In a wider application this will also be helpful to those who provide guidance, training and support for users and carers of health services, such as Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts and voluntary organisations.

The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) officials, charitable organisations (British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK Cymru, Welsh Kidney Patients Association, The Stroke Association), cancer patient groups and the National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Health in Wales (NLIAH) have worked together with a variety of adult service users and carers to develop this guidance document to support their involvement.