Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)

Our Committments

We are committed to integrating PPIE, from writing the bid, through research stages to dissemination of the findings in a ‘project life-course’ approach.
We fully support that PPIE is about individuals actively contributing through discussion to decisions.
We will work closely with our PPIE contributors using a co-production approach to ensure that they have an equal voice and that their contribution is fully included throughout the research.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

We believe that every person eligible to take part in our research should be offered the same opportunity regardless of geographical location, age, disability, gender, marital/civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, access to health or social care. We endeavour to:

Provide inclusive opportunities – flexibly accommodating PPIE volunteers availability, to reach people most relevant to our research needs.
Work together using co-production principles, valuing all contributions across project life-course, building and sustaining mutually respectful and productive relationships.
Offer support and learning that builds confidence and skills for public involvement in research; we will offer PPEI volunteers’ attendance of relevant courses and scientific conferences.
Use plain language in communications about involvement plans and activities, and dissemination.
Seek improvements by identifying and celebrating the positive impact of public involvement in our research.
Involve PPIE contributors in research management and governance, including ethics applications, decision making and leadership.

Get involved

If you would like to get involved with any of our projects as a patient or public advisor there are many ways you can contribute. The support of our PPI members is essential to our research and includes: