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Public involvement in research is when the research is carried out with or by members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’, or ‘for’ them. This includes, for example, working with research funders to prioritise research, offering advice as members of a project steering group, commenting on and developing research materials and undertaking research with research participants. For more information, see About public involvement.

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Core Outcome Measures for Perioperative and Anaesthetic Care

COMPAC (Core Outcome Measures for Perioperative and Anaesthetic Care)

Opportunity for patients and carers to review applications for a research call on clustering of multiple long-term health conditions

Patient or carer reviewers needed to support funding recommendations on a large-scale research call

NICE Lay member opportunity: management of multiple sclerosis in adults

We are looking for lay members to join our committee on multiple sclerosis in adults

Improving patient and public involvement in research

Discussion group to improve the way we involve patients and the public in health research

Complex Fractures Priority Setting Partnership

Can you help us decide the big questions that should be answered by research?

Improving representation in clinical trials

How can we improve the ethnic diversity of clinical trial populations?

Improving patient safety in gastrointestinal endoscopy – focus groups

Developing a patient-reporting tool to detect safety incidents in gastrointestinal endoscopy

NICE Lay member opportunity: skin abscess

We are looking for lay members to join our committee on skin abscess: antimicrobial prescribing

Statins and cardiovascular or diabetes risk in the long-term: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records.

Lay advisers are needed to help advise on the design and findings of this research

Inclusive mental health research

Looking for people with experience of mental health problems to inform a research project

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