co-production Archives - NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Translational Research Centre

An insider’s view of patient and public involvement

30 August 2017

By John Norton

I am delighted to have been appointed one of the first 11 patient, carer and public members (lay partners) of the new Research Partners Group (RPG) of the Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (PSTRC).

What a mouthful of terms! But, essentially, the RPG is one of the new structures the PSTRC have put in place to help ensure appropriate involvement of patients, carers, and members of the public across its research projects. The RPG will be the first point of call for researchers and will scrutinise the patient and public involvement plans in research projects and act as a link to other lay partners. The “P” is very important, as I strongly believe that patients and the public should be equal “partners” in research and care. (more…)

Co-producing the Communications Strategy for the NIHR Imperial PSTRC

NIHR Imperial PSTRC

10 June 2017

By Tamanna Miah

I attended the Communications Strategy event on 30 May 2017, which brought together a combination of patients, carers, members of the public, healthcare professionals, researchers and PSTRC staff members who work in communications. We discussed a wide range of issues and had the opportunity to feed into a draft communications strategy for the NIHR Patient Safety Translational Research Centre.

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What I learned working in mental health

NIHR Imperial PSTRC

7 April 2017

by Christian Ramtale

“When our bodies are sick and people extend their sympathy, bring us soup, offer up solutions. When our minds are sick, people tend to shy away from you, be afraid, or call you outright crazy.” – Anna Akana.

One in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year.

Due to increased awareness of the role mental health plays in our lives, there is a greater acceptance that mental health is of equal importance to physical health. This has enabled patient safety as a discipline to examine previously unexplored areas in mental health.

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How the PSTRC are moving towards co-production

NIHR Imperial PSTRC

17 February 2017

by Sandra Jayacodi

As a servicer user who has been involved in research work and was a Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Research Fellow (2016), I was privileged to be invited to be part of the NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Translational Research Centre‘s (NIHR Imperial PSTRC) Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) strategy working group.

The aim of the working group was to bring together researchers, healthcare professionals, patients, carers and public members to discuss and improve the draft PPIE strategy for the Centre. The event explored the practicalities of implementing the strategy and discussed how patient and public representatives could be supported in getting involved in research.

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Our new Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager

NIHR Imperial PSTRC

31 January 2017

by Anna Lawrence-Jones

I was first properly introduced to the term “patient and public involvement and engagement” five and half years ago, working with research grant applications at Wellcome. I was one of the lucky people to be part of the first intake of their Graduate Development Programme, where I got to work in four departments for six months each. The organisation opened my eyes to how important it is to get the public interested in science and the vast possibilities of how to do so. At lunchtimes I had the luxury of going to lectures and exhibitions in the Wellcome Collection next door, which would always be bustling with curious members of the public. (more…)