The NHS is committed to giving patients greater choice and control over how they receive their healthcare and is working hard to improve opportunities for patients to make informed choices about their care that best suit their needs and circumstances.
It is there to improve our health and wellbeing, supporting us to keep mentally and physically well, to get better when we are ill and, when we cannot fully recover, to stay as well as we can to the end of our lives.
The NHS is founded on a common set of principles and values that bind together the communities and people it serves – patients and public – and the staff who work for it.
You can read more about what the NHS stands for in the NHS Constitution.
Useful links
You can view the Black Country ICB's Patient Choice webpage.
For more information about patient choice, see this patient leaflet (england.nhs.uk). You can also view this patient choice easy read guide (england.nhs.uk).
Go to nhs.uk to read information on accessing mental health services.
For information about Electronic Referral System and to book an appointment using the NHS e-Referral Service - NHS (www.nhs.uk).