Is it time to stop talking about services being ‘nurse-led’?
Over the past 20 years, several changes to the UK's health-care system has led to a significant transition of power from medicine to nursing roles in renal medicine. However, as services continue to evolve, Peter Ellis and Karen Jenkins ask whether kidney care services should be focusing their efforts on promoting ‘person-centred’ care rather than ‘nurse-led’ services.
Aims This study aimed to identify how di ierent trusts in England were utilising lay involvement through their clinical governance committees. Method It considered the perspectives of both the trust and the lay members. Twenty-three clinical governance chairs and lay participants returned a questionnaire. Results This study found that the lay participants were far from representative of the local population in terms of socio-demographics and special interests, and highlighted dee ciencies in their recruitment and training. Conclusions The conclusions point to successful approaches that could be applied by trusts.