NG197 - Shared Decision Making Patient Decision Aids

Overview

In June 2021, NICE developed Clinical Guideline NG197 - Shared Decision Making (SDM). NG197 sets out how to make SDM part of everyday care in all healthcare settings, from one to one clinical settings up to strategic decision making within the HSC. It promotes ways for healthcare professionals and people accessing services to work together to make decisions about treatment and care. It includes recommendations on training, communicating risks, benefits and consequences, using decision aids, and how to embed SDM in organisational culture and practices.

Patient decision aids are tools designed to help people take part in decision making about healthcare options. They provide information on the options and help people to think about, clarify and communicate the value of each option to them personally. Patient decision aids do not advise people to choose 1 option over another, nor are they meant to replace healthcare professional consultation. Instead, they support people to make informed, values-based decisions with their healthcare professional.

To support implementation of these guidelines, Trusts and the wider HSC are taking forward some specific recommendations within NG197 in partnership. One of these areas of work is the collation and sharing of Patient Decision Aids across the system. 

We are asking you to complete the below short form to inform us of any Patient Decision Aids you use in your daily work and where you currently access these. We would be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete the below survey. If you use more than one patient decision aid, can we ask you to complete a survey for each?

If you have any queries on the below, please email ppi.secretary@hscni.net

Thank you for the time taken to complete the survey, it is much appreciated.