Partnership With Patients

Establishment and 2009 Work Plan

Context

The College has identified four strategic priorities for 2009, its twenty fifth anniversary year. One of these is partnership with patients. This focus by the ICGP is consistent with the patient-centred approach of our national health strategy "Quality and Fairness - A Health System for you" (2001) and "Primary Care - A New Direction" (2001) and reflects the need to involve the knowledgeable patient in building a safer health system described in The National Strategy for Service User Involvement in the Irish Health Service (2008 - 2013) and the Report of the Commission on Patient.