Health Information for Shared Decision-Making

 This is the last day of Health Information Week and the theme is information for shared decision-making.

What is shared decision making?

Here are some resources to help you learn more about shared decision-making:

NHS England guidance: Shared decision making requires skill from health professionals and most importantly a willingness to involve their patient in decisions about their care.

Decision support tools [from NHS England], also called patient decision aids, support shared decision making by making treatment, care and support options explicit.

Shared Decision Making [from the e-lfh) - free to access elearning resource provides guidance on what shared decision making is and how to implement it in practice.

NICE guideline 197 covers how to make a shared decision-making part of everyday care in all healthcare settings. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng197

Personalised care Institute- Decision support tools (also called ‘patient decision aids’) encourage personalised care by supporting the process of shared decision making.

Looking on the Internet for resources?

You can search the Internet for resources to support patients – charities, professional royal colleges and patient support groups are good sources to check. Remember to check the quality of the information sources you find. Complete our tutorial Evaluating information on the Internet. Use this checklist for a simple and quick evaluation of information.

Need more help?

Get in touch with the Health Library if you need any help accessing resources or finding the right information.