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Our approach is to strive for a meaningful and structured programme of Public Contributor Involvement and Engagement (PCIE). We celebrate the range of diverse, independent, and informed viewpoints that our Group of ‘experts by experience’ members brings and we will build on this during the coming years.
The Advisory Group’s role is that of a ‘critical friend’ – to ask the questions that are important to people using health and care services and those that care for them. We work with the HSCWRU research team to ensure that the perspectives of those using health and social care services are considered throughout the lifecycle of the Unit’s work. We are involved with setting strategic direction and research priorities (where possible), study design, monitoring progress, reviewing findings, supporting dissemination, and capturing impact. Some of the PCIE Advisory Group members are part of other networks and both bring their experience of these to the Group and pass on the learning from the HSCWRU research findings.
The Advisory Group is chaired by Valerie Lipman. The Unit liaison is Senior Research Fellow Caroline Norrie.
We list here the Advisory Group meetings in the 2024-28 Policy Research Unit contract, with the main topics presented and discussed. Follow the links to the project pages to see the specific questions put to the Group, under the 'Involvement' heading on those pages.
Caroline Norrie talks about the role and impact of the Advisory Group during the 2019-2023 contract: YouTube (about 5 mins).
PCIE Advisory Group member
Chair of the PCIE Advisory Group
Informing policy debates on the health and social care workforce.
Our core work, and other studies.
Unit staff – their research interests, current projects, and publications.
Unit reports and peer-reviewed journal articles.