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Involving the public in decision-making about large-scale changes to health services: A scoping review

Djellouli, N; Jones, L; Barratt, H; Ramsay, AIG; Towndrow, S; Oliver, S; (2019) Involving the public in decision-making about large-scale changes to health services: A scoping review. Health Policy 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.05.006. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Public involvement in large-scale changes (LSC) to health services is strongly promoted - and even mandated - in several health systems. This scoping review aimed to describe the evidence about how public involvement is conceptualised and conducted in LSC, with what impact, and how different stakeholders perceived this process. METHODS: After searching eight databases, 34 publications were included. Data were extracted and charted using a standardised form. Findings from the literature were discussed with frontline stakeholders. RESULTS: Public involvement remains poorly defined and its aims lack clarity in LSC. Public meetings are most often used to gather public views but raise the issue of representativeness. However, evidence in the literature is scarce about which involvement methods - informative and deliberative - are appropriate for the different stages of the LSC and with what impact. In several cases, the involved public felt they had no influence on decision-making regarding LSC proposals, sometimes leading to an environment of mistrust. In those instances, the public understood the technical arguments for change and actively questioned them, opposed LSC plans and sought alternative routes to voice their views. CONCLUSION: More research and consideration are needed regarding who should be involved, with what purpose and how. We argue that in practice two models of involvement, invited and uninvited participation, coexist and therefore interactions between the two should be given further consideration in LSC.

Type: Article
Title: Involving the public in decision-making about large-scale changes to health services: A scoping review
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.05.006
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.05.006
Language: English
Additional information: © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Health services, Large-scale change, Policy, Public involvement, Reconfiguration, Scoping review
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075396
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