Health and Social Care Bill

125: Clause 20, page 18, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) In discharging this duty, the Board must publish guidance for clinical commission groups that ensures that patients and their carers and representatives have— (a) the means to express their views on the quality of services provided, (b) opportunities to consult with service providers through a variety of means, (c) access to appropriate information about their care and treatment, (d) opportunities to consider available treatment options and their risks and benefits, (e) the opportunity to participate in decisions about their care and treatment and its management, and (f) the means to ensure informed consent is given to care and treatment.””