In 2010, Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health, pledged that the public would be at the heart of everything that is done within the NHS — not just as beneficiaries of care, but as participants in shared decision-making (Secretary of State for Health, 2010).

Anita Fatchett, Associate Senior Lecturer Nursing
Liz Clark, Principal Lecturer
Dawn Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Health Visitor Course Leader, all at Leeds Metropolitan University