Celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Shared Commitment to Public Involvement
Today we are celebrating the fourth anniversary of the launch of the Shared Commitment to Public Involvement in health and social care research. We are working in partnership with other leading organisations on this important initiative; to help drive up standards in health and social care research.
Public involvement is an essential part of health and social care research and improves its quality and impact. Good quality 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.
Through the Shared Commitment we attend quarterly Learning and Sharing meetings where we share best practice, guidance, and new developments in public involvement. These meetings help promote, support, and amplify excellent public involvement in health and social care research. By sharing our experiences with each other, the meetings help to reduce duplication, maximise our resources, and encourage better partnership working, ensuring we optimise our efforts and impact.
Get involved in the shared commitment
The UKODTRN will always advocate for better quality public involvement, urging researchers to follow the UK Standards of Public Involvement when involving patients and the public in their research. We gather regular feedback from our community of public contributors to ensure their needs are being met and to learn how their experience can be improved.
Key to good public involvement is communication and dissemination of research findings, and we believe that such knowledge should be accessible to everyone. This is why we share the latest findings from transplantation research with patients through regular Webinars and Plain language summaries of research. When research is accessible, it empowers people to ask questions, be part of decisions, and find hope in new possibilities.
I truly wish to make a difference by improving outcomes, not only to the patients themselves but to their families as well
- UKODTRN Public Contributor