This document specifies the minimum requirements enabling patient involvement in health care services with the aim to create favourable structural conditions for person-centred care. It is intended to be used before, during and after the actual care provided by care personnel and to be available for use by the patient who is the recipient of the care. This document is also intended to be used on a strategic level for quality assurance and improvement, during procurement, education and supervision as well as to be used as a guiding document for research and development projects within intervention and implementation of person-centred care.