Involvement Opportunity

Patient views: NHS England obesity medicines pilots

National

NHS England are testing new ways to access medication for the management of obesity.

Involvement Opportunity

Autistic-led research: Exploring Autistic identity and trauma through narrative research

National

Katrine Callander, an autistic PhD researcher in Social Policy at University of Kent, is conducting research exploring the complexities of trauma and identity among late-diagnosed autistic women.

Involvement Opportunity

Rethink Mental Illness Lived Experience Advisory Board

National

Rethink Mental Illness are looking for individuals to join their Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB).

Involvement Opportunity

CONNECT Study Voices Panel

London Wales West Midlands

The CONNECT Study aims to understand the impact of remote consultations in contraception and sexual health services on health inequalities.

Involvement Opportunity

Measuring personal recovery in older adults with bipolar

National

A research team from the University of Manchester are currently running a study which aims to develop a measure of recovery in older adults with bipolar disorder.

Involvement Opportunity

Research opportunity for relatives and carers of people who experience ‘psychosis’

National

A Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Alison Byrne, at the University of East London is carrying out a doctoral research project. She is hoping to speak to relatives and carers of people who experience ‘psychosis’, about their views on restrictive practices on inpatient wards.

Involvement Opportunity

Study Celebrating Disabled People’s Everyday Skills – What skills do you have?

National

Abigail Moses, a Disabled PhD student from Durham University, is doing a research study on what skills disabled people have.

Involvement Opportunity

Hypnosis use in breast cancer care

National

A researcher at the University of Central Lancashire wants to hear your personal experiences of hypnosis use in breast cancer care. 

Involvement Opportunity

Understanding what matters for people living with severe mental illness

North East

Newcastle University wants to measure physical activity, sedentary time, sleep in a flexible and adaptable way (with audio diaries) with people living with severe mental illness.

Involvement Opportunity

Who doesn’t use hospice care and why?

National

A research study proposal to understand how hospice services can be re-designed to make them more accessible and better able to meet the needs of everyone

Involvement Opportunity

University of Nottingham – looking for people with experience of social work

East Midlands

The University of Nottingham provides teaching for the social work degree and master’s degree. They are looking for people with lived experience of social work.

Involvement Opportunity

Lesbian and gay adults’ experiences of completing Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

National

Researchers at the University of Manchester have started recruiting for a study, which aims to explore lesbian and gay adults’ experiences of completing Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).

Involvement Opportunity

Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Lived Experience Advisory Group

East of England

The Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) is a group of survivors of domestic abuse in Oxfordshire.

Involvement Opportunity

Macmillan Cancer Support Innovation Community

National

The Innovation Community, a health initiative by Macmillan Cancer Support, brings together a diverse group of people living with or affected by cancer, sharing their experiences, skills and knowledge enabling Macmillan to shape their Innovation services and products.  

Involvement Opportunity

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) – Service User Network (SUN)

National

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership hosts a Service User Network (SUN) for people who are interested in contributing to improving the quality of healthcare services.

Involvement Opportunity

The EPUT Buddy Scheme (Delivered by the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

East of England

The EPUT Buddy Scheme is a learning opportunity for students in any discipline to learn from lived or living experience of mental health.

Involvement Opportunity

Does my body count? Exploring disordered eating in the trans community.

National

This is a fifteen minute online questionnaire about your body image, body dissatisfaction, and eating and exercising behaviours and how gender might influence these.

Involvement Opportunity

Cancer Prevention Group at King’s College London – can you help?

National

King's College London are looking for people to get involved in their Cancer prevention group. Can you help?

Involvement Opportunity

Blue badge users – have you ever had an encounter with a stranger in a Blue Badge bay?

National

Vera Kubenz, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, and a Blue Badge holder herself, is researching Disabled people's experiences of interactions and encounters with other people when parking in a Blue Badge Bay.

Involvement Opportunity

Looking for people with a long-term condition that limits movement, to help with a research project about pressure ulcer prevention

National

The study team made up of service users, carers, personal assistants, researchers based at universities and health professionals are looking for people to help with a research project about pressure ulcer prevention.

Involvement Opportunity

Looking for researchers with lived experience of psychosis

National

If you are a researcher with lived experience of psychosis, please consider taking part in this study. It is a qualitative study by the University of Bath investigating a psychosis social identity.

Involvement Opportunity

Are you pregnant or given birth in the last 2 years? Do you have long-term health conditions?

National

The MuM-PreDiCT team are looking to speak with women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant and/or up to 2 years postpartum and living with 2 or more long-term health conditions (physical and/or mental health conditions). 

Involvement Opportunity

Do you have one or more eye conditions?

National

Are you willing to share your experience of living with an eye condition(s) whether that’s in one or both eyes?

Involvement Opportunity

How are money struggles affecting your health?

East of England

Healthwatch Milton Keynes are gathering evidence to help the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System (BLMK ICS) understand the barriers that you’re facing when it comes to looking after your health, and getting the care you need.

Involvement Opportunity

Recruiting participants for the LGBT+ Welfare and Assets study

National

Sheffield Hallam University are recruiting participants for the LGBT+ Welfare and Assets study

Involvement Opportunity

Join Healthwatch Essex Disability & Carers Forum focus groups and have your say

East of England

Join Healthwatch Essex Disability & Carers Forum focus groups and have your say!

Involvement Opportunity

Are you interested in improving outcomes for people living with cancer through innovation?

National

The innovation team at Macmillan test and develop innovative ideas and approaches to find better ways of helping people living with cancer.

Involvement Opportunity

Are you partially sighted or blind? Do you live in the UK?

National

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Connect Voices network is a UK-wide online group hosted on Facebook.

Involvement Opportunity

Do you have experience of Social Work or Social Care services? The University of Suffolk wants to hear from you

East of England

Do you have experience of Social Work or Social Care services? The University of Suffolk wants to hear from you

Involvement Opportunity

Edgehill University is looking for new members for their service user and social carer group

North West Online

The service user and carer group in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine at EdgeHill University are always looking for new members to join the group to help with all aspects of health and social care students training. 

Involvement Opportunity

Have you taken part in public and patient involvement activities?

National

St George's University and Kingston University London are interested to hear from you if you have been involved in patient and public involvement activities to have your say about services.

Involvement Opportunity

Become a lived experience representative – Greater Manchester

North West

The Independent Mental Health Network in Greater Manchester is looking for people with lived experience of mental health to participate in projects and meetings that are related to transforming or improving mental health care.