# Patient's Charter

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The **Patients' [Charter](/source/Charter)** is an official document by the government or an organization that enlists various [Patients' Rights](/source/Patients'_rights) and Responsibility along with the Code of Practice, followed by a medical personnel.

The Patient's Charter was first started out as a United Kingdom government official document, which sets out a number of [Patient's rights](/source/Patients'_rights) for [National Health Service](/source/National_Health_Service) patients inspiring other nations to publish their patients' charter as well. It was originally introduced in 1991, under the then [Conservative government](/source/First_Major_ministry), and was revised in 1995 and 1997.[1] The charter set out rights in service areas including [general practice](/source/General_practitioner), hospital treatment, community treatment, ambulance, dental, optical, [pharmaceutical](/source/Pharmaceutical) and [maternity care](/source/Midwifery).

Various stakeholders have criticised the charter for reasons widely ranging from not offering sufficient support to [transgender](/source/Transgender) patients [1] to increasing attacks on hospital staff.[2] The Patient's Charter was supplemented by the [NHS Plan 2000](/source/NHS_Plan_2000) and subsequently replaced by the [NHS Constitution for England](/source/NHS_Constitution_for_England) in 2013.

## United Kingdom

### Scotland

The Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 24 February 2011, and received Royal Assent on 31 March 2011. The charter was first published in October 2012.[3]

## India

Under the direction of the [Ministry of Health and Family Welfare](/source/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare) (MOHFW), India's National Human Rights Commission drafted a Charter of [Patients' Rights](/source/Patients'_rights) in 2018 which can be found at [NABH](/source/National_Accreditation_Board_for_Hospitals_%26_Healthcare_Providers) website [here](https://www.nabh.co/Images/pdf/Patient_Charter-DMAI_NABH.pdf).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-trans_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-trans_1-1) ["Putting the Citizen's Charter into practice for the National Health Service"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080205141302/http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/633). Press for Change. Archived from [the original](http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/633) on 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-02-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Patient's Charter blamed for attacks on NHS Staff"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/202942.stm). *BBC News*. 1998-10-28. Retrieved 2008-02-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Charter of Patients Rights and Responsibilities"](https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/health-rights/patients-charter/the-charter-of-patient-rights-and-responsibilities). *www.nhsinform.scot*. Retrieved 2019-01-19.

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