The CAG is made up of volunteer members who give their time to make a difference. The work is varied but includes some of the biggest challenges we face in health and social care today, from cancer to dementia, and more recently COVID-19.
MQ, a leading global mental health research charity, is working with universities across the UK (University of Oxford, King’s College London, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, Durham University) to design a new clinical trial platform for psychosis to help advance the treatments available to people with psychosis.
National
This research project aims to gain an understanding of the experiences of nonbinary people who have engaged with mental health services in England.
National
The National Institute for Health and Care Research are looking for members of the public to join their committees. As a public committee member you will need to have a broad interest in and knowledge of health, social care and/or actions to improve public health and address health inequalities.
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My name is Ed Kiely (they/them) and I am a postdoctoral researcher at Queen Mary University of London. I am leading a research project that is trying to understand how sectioning creates social inequalities, and the ways it harms survivors.
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The findings of our research will inform public health services by providing a ‘voice’ for women from ethnic minority backgrounds in shaping culturally sensitive approaches to perinatal mental health in the UK.
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The project aims to understand more about older people’s experiences of returning home to receive ongoing support and ‘assessment’ from adult social services.
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Sarah West, a postgraduate researcher at Coventry University, is running a series of workshops with survivors who have been supported by people in their personal networks, such as their friends, partners or family members (informal support), and people who have supported survivors informally.
North West
The Oldham Lived Experience Forum is a group of people with mental health lived experience that want to actively contribute to the quality of support, prevention and recovery services across Oldham in the Living Well partnership and make them more inclusive, diverse and accessible.
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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.
East of England
The Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) is a group of survivors of domestic abuse in Oxfordshire.
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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.
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Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership hosts a Service User Network (SUN) for people who are interested in contributing to improving the quality of healthcare services.
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.
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This is a fifteen minute online questionnaire about your body image, body dissatisfaction, and eating and exercising behaviours and how gender might influence these.
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King's College London are looking for people to get involved in their Cancer prevention group. Can you help?
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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.
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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.
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The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Connect Voices network is a UK-wide online group hosted on Facebook.
East of England
Do you have experience of Social Work or Social Care services? The University of Suffolk wants to hear from you
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.
