Background The emergence of patient and public involvement (PPI) in healthcare in the UK
can be traced as far back as the 1970s. More recently, campaigns by harmed patients have …

Patient engagement has gained increasing prominence within academic literatures and
policy discourse. With limited developments in practice, most extant academic contributions …

Background There have been repeated calls to better involve patients and the public and to
place them at the centre of healthcare. Serious clinical and service failings in the UK and …

In an effort to improve operational efficiency, healthcare services around the world have
adopted process improvement methodologies from the manufacturing sector, such as Lean …

Background Formal evaluations of programmes are an important source of learning about
the challenges faced in improving quality in healthcare and how they can be addressed. The …

Traditionally, professionals such as medical doctors, lawyers, and academics are protected.
They work within well-defined jurisdictions, belong to specialized segments, have been …

Deliberative methods are of increasing interest to public health researchers and
policymakers. We systematically searched the peer-reviewed literature to identify public …

Introduction Patient and public involvement in healthcare planning, service development
and health‐related research has received significant attention. However, evidence about the …

Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research envisages a relationship built
throughout the lifespan of a research project between academics, clinicians and PPI …

Migrants and ethnic minorities are under-represented in spaces created to give citizens
voice in healthcare governance. Excluding minority groups from the health participatory …