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Lived experience as partnership

Patient and public involvement

Facilitate meaningful lived-experience perspectives. People with FND should help shape relevant work, not only supply data.

Purpose

Help researchers and healthcare organisations incorporate meaningful lived-experience perspectives into projects and services.

Who this is for

Research teams, service designers, PPI leads and organisations reviewing patient information.

What FND Connect can provide

  • Patient advisory discussions
  • Research priority-setting
  • Feedback on patient information
  • Usability testing
  • Consultation on proposed services
  • Accessible research materials
  • Structured lived-experience workshops

How it works

Describe the activity and how contributors will be supported. Participation is voluntary and opt-in. Recruitment arrangements are independently reviewed.

Requirements and boundaries

This is not unrestricted access to FND Connect members. Where appropriate, research partners should budget for contributors’ time, reasonable adjustments and expenses.

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