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Your involvement can be tailored to meet your interst and your needs.  You can be involvement as much oras little as you choose.  The following is a proposed journey for somebody choosing to get involved.

  1. Contact the East of England Citizens' Senate by emailing contact@eoecitizenssenate.org
  2. Participate in ‘The Co-production Experience’ (Taster/Half Day/Full Day)
  3. Digital Inclusion – access support to be connected
  4. Participate in Webinars and online meetings
  5. Provide feedback to the health and social care system – compliments, comments and complaints (e.g. Friends and Family Test, Patient and Advisory Liaison Service, submit health yellow card reports, contact GP regarding research opportunities).
  6. Join the East of England Citizens’ Senate
  7. Sign up for the NIHR Involvement Newsletter and apply for research opportunities
  8. Sign up with local research institutes in your area and apply for research opportunities e.g.
    1. University of Hertfordshire Public Involvement Research group (PIRg) https://www.herts.ac.uk/research/centres/cripacc/public-involvement-in-research-group-pirg/public-involvement-research-group2
    2. University of East Anglia Patient and Public Involvement https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/perfected/project-processes-and-outcomes/patient-and-public-involvement
    3. University of Essex School of Health and Social Care, Our Service User Reference Group (SURG) https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/health-and-social-care/people/inclusion-matters
    4. Cambridge University Hospital / Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/our-research/get-involved/patient-public-involvement/
    5. Anglia Rushton University
    6. Other research establishments across the East of England, the UK and internationally.
  9. Complete the NHS Peer Leaders Development Programme
  10. Co-facilitate ‘The Co-production Experience’ within your community with the option to be a community champion
  11. Join your local Integrated Care Board (ICB) Readers Panel
  12. Join your local GP Patient Participation Group
  13. Join your local Patients Group (e.g. Dacorum Patients Group or a condition specific patient/carer group)
  14. Join your local ICB Patient Engagement Forum and/or County Council Coproduction Board.
  15. Look out for Patient Led Research opportunities e.g. https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/our-research/get-involved/patient-led-research

You can contact us yourself or by asking somebody on your behalf to email us at contact@eoecitizenssenate.org

The East of England Citizens’ Senate acknowledges the Department of Health and Social Care’s financial support.  The views and opinions presented do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Health and Social Care.