The website that reviews what works to engage patients and the public in healthcare.
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Site Guide
Welcome to the Invest in Engagement website.
A comprehensive review of the best worldwide evidence, in English, of what works to engage patients and the public in healthcare.
This site will help healthcare commissioners and providers in England to deliver higher quality, more efficient care and treatment, which:
- empowers patients with greater knowledge
- gives patients a better experience
- makes the best use of healthcare resources, and
- contributes to improved health behaviours and better health.
Questions answered
By analysing and making accessible 280 high quality research reviews, we answer the following questions:
- What can patient engagement and public involvement achieve?
- What works, when and for whom?
- What proof is there of effectiveness?
- What return on investment can be expected?
- What are the Best Buys?
One-stop resource for PPE
Alongside this evidence we offer a one-stop resource for everyone with an interest in patient and public engagement.
This includes the policy context, regulation, the current situation, sources of help, and case study examples of engagement programmes being carried out now in England -- some illustrated with video.
To start using the site -- click here
Contributors
Funded by the Department of Health. Conceived and developed by Dr Angela Coulter.
Researchers: Joan Walsh and Suzanne Parsons, Picker Institute Europe, and Anna Winterbottom, Bradford University.
Case Studies: Peter Cross, Picker Institute Europe.
Video clips by Pukka Films with Sarah Claridge and Helen Magee, Picker Institute Europe.
Project management and website creation: Don Redding and Joan Walsh, Picker Institute Europe.
Site design: This Way Up
The website was user tested before publication by members of the CHAIN PPI Network; and staff at NHS Gloucestershire.