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Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council

Also known as: Patients Council

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC021800
Status
Not Submitted
Registered
June 24, 1993
Legal form
Unincorporated association

Address

Address
Patients Council
Andrew Duncan Clinic
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Morningside Terrace
Edinburgh
EH10 5HF

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of health','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation'

To provide independent collective advocacy to patients and former patients of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. to promote their human and civil rights, address their concerns and improve their services by facilitating regular group advocacy meetings and by taking these advocacy issues to statutory decison-makers in the hope that they will address their collective concerns. To provide advocacy and human rights-awareness raising training to the citizens of Edinburgh and to produce research and policy to support all the above activities.

Beneficiaries: 'People with disabilities or health problems'

Objectives: 2.2.1 To promote the rights of patients and ex-patients. 2.2.2 To address concerns raised by patients and ex-patients about services. 2.2.3 To resolve these concerns by working jointly to encourage changes and developments in services with hospital staff and management. 2.2.4 To facilitate the representation of patients' and ex-patients' views and opinions to the hospital, to health service management and to statutory organisations (e.g. MWC), as appropriate. 2.2.5 To act as a link with other patient groups and networks locally and nationally. 2.2.6 To raise awareness of the views of patients and ex-patients and collective advocacy issues at training events, conferences and other forums.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £0 £0 8
March 31, 2024 £132,620 £109,224 -
March 31, 2023 £50,653 £47,191 -
March 31, 2022 £53,698 £29,275 -
March 31, 2021 £6,717 £5,453 -