East of England Regional Patient and Public Involvement Week

Monday 24th–Friday 28th June 2024

What’s happening?

This is a chance for us to jointly celebrate and showcase the many opportunities for public involvement in health, social care, research, and community activities across the East of England.

The week aims to raise visibility and awareness of public involvement, to show case the positive impact it has and to encourage networking and collaboration across organisations and community groups.

Who is running the week?

This week was initiated through a partnership between NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and Anglia Ruskin University, who have been working to increase our collaborations with groups and communities across the region working in public involvement across the health, research and community spaces.

Who can get involved?

Anyone working to support public involvement in research across the East of England – individuals, groups, or organisations. You can contribute as many or few activities, events or media as works for you, or just amplify and/or share the opportunities/activities shared by others.

How can I get involved or support the week?

There are lots of ways that you can get involved:

Plan an event to showcase opportunities to get involved in your organisation or project.
Share stories, articles, blogs or other media about your contributors, involvement teams or projects.
Highlight the difference that involvement makes to your organisation.
Partner with local or regional organisations to show how you work together with the public.
Share best practice and learnings from your activities.

AND…

Share/amplify others’ events through your communications channels (#InvolvementEastern2024)
Let us know what you’re doing so we can share too!

Where can I ask questions or share the activities that I’m planning?

a.stranks@nhs.net

We’ll circulate a list of activities in mid-May.