Developing a plan for patient and public involvement in the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York

2012 Conference

Abstract: The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York is part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). We undertake systematic reviews. Systematic reviews aim to bring together the results of all studies that have been carried out around the world to address a particular research question. CRD carries out systematic reviews to try to answer important health and public health questions, to inform decision-making in the NHS.

There hasn’t been very much patient and public involvement (PPI) in systematic reviews. We want to develop an approach to PPI that we can use across all of the reviews that we do. We have set up a task group of researchers and patient/public members. Their job is to develop a strategy for PPI in our reviews.

Our poster will talk about:

• how we set up the task group
• its role and its membership
• what we have done so far.

We hope this might help other people who are trying to develop an approach to PPI in research across an organisation. And we hope to learn from what others might be doing in this area.