News

16 September, 2019

Picker welcomes a new Chair of the Board of Trustees

International healthcare charity Picker has appointed Professor Aileen Clarke, a leading academic, as its new Chair of Trustees.

20 June, 2019

The 2018 Adult Inpatient Survey results show declines across many elements of care

The 2018 NHS Inpatient Survey, coordinated by Picker and published today by the Care Quality Commission, provides the views of more than 76,000 recent hospital patients.

3 June, 2019

Picker responds to publication of the Interim NHS People Plan

NHS England has set out its proposals for the future of the NHS workforce in a document published today (3 June 2019) called the 'Interim NHS People Plan', which follows on from the NHS Long Term Plan which was published earlier this year.

30 May, 2019

Picker awarded the national cancer patient experience survey contract

Picker has been awarded a three year contract to work alongside NHS England and NHS Improvement in delivering the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.

25 March, 2019

Half of patients with deadliest common cancer have unmet support needs, first ever UK survey reveals

Physical and psychological support patients with the deadliest common cancer are not being met according to the first ever UK survey into the experiences of people with pancreatic cancer.

7 March, 2019

Picker responds to British Attitudes survey

Today (Thursday 7th March, 2019) sees the publication of the latest edition of the British Attitudes (BSA) Survey. The survey asked members of the public about their views on the NHS and social care.