The Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC)

PFAC overview

Patients and their Families advisory council is an approach for partnership with patients and their families on one side and the Emirates Health Services (EHS) on the other side. The aim is to create an appropriate environment for both sides to work together as partners to improve the quality and safety of care across healthcare facilities.

Patient and family representatives are individuals who have received health care from our health facilities or representatives of community associations offering insights and input to help the Emirates Health Services provide care and services that are based on the specific needs of the patient and their families rather than the assumptions of physicians or healthcare facility staff about what the needs of patients and families are.

The advisory council can make suggestions to improve the patient experience, provide advice on policies and practices to support patient and family engagement, offer recommendations on how to measure and evaluate patient and family engagement, plan and evaluate the programs; and provide input on healthcare policies, programs and practices.

Our Vision

Leading Healthcare with community participation

Our Mission

Develop the health services provided in various units under the Emirates Health services through an effective and distinguished participation for patient representatives , community groups and institutions to obtain safe health care by adopting international best practices.

Our Core Values

Creativity and Innovation

Respect

Empowerment

Teamwork

Transparency

Objectives

Work as an advisory body for the Emirates Health Services to improve the quality of health care.

Empower different categories of society to participate in the improvement of the quality of healthcare services.

Develop communication mechanisms with different categories s of society.

Provide consultations and proposals to improve patient experience in healthcare Facilities.

Suggest policies, approaches and practices that support healthcare facilities.

Council specification

Patients and their Families Advisory Council is considered a body representing patients and their families and groups of society that receive healthcare services in all facilities affiliated by the Emirates Health Services. The Council seeks to provide an advisory role in accordance with the decree No. 126 of 2024.

Patient participation principles and practices of patient care.

Ensure the involvement of patients and their families in planning, providing and evaluating the services.

Provide feedback and ideas for initiatives and programs that promote ensuring and adopting the care model related to the patient.

Create a collaborative and positive force to promote high-quality, patient-centered health care.

Providing recommendations on matters that affect the patients and their families experience.