Decision support tools, also called patient decision aids, support shared decision making by making treatment, care and support options explicit. They provide evidence-based information about the associated benefits/harms and help patients to consider what matters most to them in relation to the possible outcomes, including doing nothing.
These decision support tools are designed to support shared decision making between patients and a clinician. People may find they are useful before, during or between consultations depending on their care pathway.
Six easy read support tools are available to give people with a learning disability greater accessibility to these tools. This format may also be easier for people whose preferred language is not English.
Cardiovascular
- Atrial fibrillation: making a decision about further treatment for atrial fibrillation
- Angina: making a decision about stable angina
Long term conditions
- Type 1 diabetes: making a decision about managing type 1 diabetes
- Depression: making decisions about managing depression
- Chronic primary pain: making decisions to help you live well with chronic primary pain
Medical
- Bipolar disorder: is valproate the right treatment for me
- Epilepsy: is valproate the right epilepsy treatment for me
Ophthalmology
- Cataracts: making a decision about cataracts
- Open-angle glaucoma: making a decision about open-angle glaucoma
- Wet age-related macular degeneration: making a decision about wet age-related macular degeneration
Orthopaedics
- Dupuytren’s contracture: making a decision about Dupuytren’s contracture
- Carpal tunnel syndrome: making a decision about carpal tunnel syndrome
- Hip osteoarthritis: making a decision about hip osteoarthritis
- Knee osteoarthritis: making a decision about knee osteoarthritis
Surgery
- Gallstones: making a decision about gallstones
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm: making a decision about abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
- Glue ear: making a decision about glue ear if your child has hearing loss
- england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/decision-support-tool-gallstones-easy-read.pdf EASY READ VERSION
- Inguinal hernia: making a decision about inguinal hernia
- NHS Making a decision about an inguinal hernia (england.nhs.uk) EASY READ VERSION
- Prostate: making a decision about enlarged prostate (BPE)
- NHS Making a decision about heavy periods (england.nhs.uk) EASY READ VERSION
- Tonsillitis: making a decision about recurrent tonsillitis in children and adults
- Varicose veins: making a decision about treatment for varicose veins
- Making a decision about varicose veins (england.nhs.uk) EASY READ VERSION
