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Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)

Individual support and team building

PPI Lead/ARC Senior Manager:

  • Currently offer individual support to all (as part of induction process then ongoing once induction completed), including Strategy Board Public Partners.
  • This support can be offered either specifically or through contact linked to specific pieces of work.We aim for 1/2 individual contact sessions per year (can be by email, phone call/virtual meeting or in person).  We aim for an in-person session at least every 2 years.Strategy Board Public Partners also connect with ARC Senior Manager pre/post Strategy Board meetings
  • Chair of the PPI Champions group meets with the PPI Lead pre/post PPI Champions meetings and at other times as necessary.Chair of the PPI Champions group meets with the PPI Lead pre/post PPI Champions meetings and at other times as necessary.
  • Chair of the PPI Champions group meets with the PPI Lead pre/post PPI Champions meetings and at other times as necessary.

Mentoring/buddying:

  • Currently offered to new theme champions by existing theme champions.
  • Guidance on how to do this is offered on a 1:1 basis to mentors/buddies

Peer support

  • Strategy Board Public Partners are offered some (paid for) ‘time to connect’ with each other outside meetings
  • They can use this resource as needed.

Team building activities

  • This is built into in person meetings:
    • Pre meeting/activity and dinner (for example walk and talk sessions, topic discussions, planning)
  • Specific meeting activities:
    • ‘Getting to know you’ sessions
    • Mapping exercise
    • Small groups work
  • Other activities:
    • Attending events for ‘moral support’ e.g. Sally’s workshop
    • Informal debriefing sessions after an event or activity