Shared Decision-Making – a pathfinder project for NHS East Midlands

NHS East Midlands commissioned Picker to design and deliver a shared decision-making project, funded by the Department of Health’s Pathfinder allocation to the Strategic Health Authority. The work aimed to:

• build on and contribute to the evidence base for understanding and supporting shared decision-making;    
• develop recommendations for advancing shared decision-making within local health services.       

Key themes were identified and explored in-depth in a series of focus groups. This report describes these themes and the recommendations derived from all elements of the project.