ESNEFT has signed up to a shared commitment to public involvement for our work on research.
The shared commitment aims to ‘drive up standards in health and social care research’ as well as bring changes for patients now and in the future.
We are committed to working with patients and our healthcare community to ensure patients are involved in the process of research.
Dr Shane Gordon, Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation at ESNEFT, said: “Involving people in designing and explaining research ensures that our research is relevant to the people we serve, understandable and accessible to all members of our communities. We are delighted to be partners in the shared commitment to public involvement in health and social care research.”
As well as ESNEFT, many other research organisations have signed the shared commitment, including the Health Research Authority and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
Our Shared Commitment to Public Involvement in Health and Social Care Research
Public involvement is important, expected and possible in all types of health and social care research.
Together, our organisations and members fund, support and regulate health and social care research. This statement is our joint commitment to improve the extent and quality of public involvement across the sector so that it is consistently excellent.
People have the right to be involved in all health and social care research. Excellent public involvement is an essential part of health and social care research has been shown to improve its quality and impact, you can learn about this from the NHS Health Research Authority website (opens in a new window). People’s lived experiences should be a key driver for health and social care research.
When we talk about public involvement, we mean all the ways in which the research community works together with people including patients, carers, advocates, service users, and members of the community. Excellent public involvement is inclusive, values all contributions, ensures people have a meaningful say in what happens and influences outcomes, as set out in the UK Standards for Public Involvement (opens in a new window).
Working together we will support the research community to carry out excellent public involvement. We will provide or share guidance, policies, systems, and incentives. We will
- listen to and learn from the people and communities we involve and apply and share that learning.
- build and share the evidence of how to involve the public and the impact this has.
- support improvements in equality, diversity, and inclusion in public involvement.
- promote the UK Standards for Public Involvement (opens in a new window).
We will embed this commitment into the decision-making processes of our organisations. You can find more from each of the signatories by clicking on the link below:
Shared Commitment to Public Involvement in Health and Social Care Research partners (opens in a new window).
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