Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement strategy
Executive summary
Patient and Public Involvement, Engagement and Participation (PPIEP) is central to our core ethos to maximise patient benefit. By working together, we make sure that patients, members of the public, carers and families are genuinely embedded in the development of our research, communications, governance, and strategy.
We are committed to this approach because it ensures the benefits of vision research are returned to the NHS and the wider UK community.
Guided by the UK Standards for Public Involvement1 and the NIHR: Developing PPIE a strategy: Guidance for NIHR Award Holders2. We have a detailed plan of work to enable us to deliver our four PPIEP strategic aims.
PPIEP strategic aims
Aim one
Setting research priorities for the future of vision research
Aim two
Improving equality, diversity, and representation in PPIEP
Aim three
Building capacity, training, and resources in PPIEP
Aim four
Monitoring and measuring the impact of PPIEP
With this work we strive to innovate, learn, and share with an ever more diverse group of people, whilst developing bespoke approaches to PPIEP that research in sight loss demands. Our Involvement, Engagement and Communications teams have the experience, expertise and networks to ensure that PPIEP is at the centre of our research.
If you would like to read the full strategy document with links to references and partners please do so below.
If you would like to read a text only version of the PPIE strategy please do so here.
Read a text only version of the strategy here
Examples
We have collated some examples of our public and patient involvement and engagement work to show you what it can look like in practice.
References
1. UK Standards for Public Involvement
2. NIHR: Developing PPIE a strategy: Guidance for NIHR Award Holders. Internal NIHR document for BRC & CRF award holders