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Call for Lay Members to be involved in the UK’s Pathway for Innovative Medicines

The Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) focuses on getting the most transformative new medicines to patients in the UK health system quickly.

You will:
• Read applications, judge how well the product meets the criteria and complete a form to capture your views

• Attend virtual meetings (MS Teams), take part in the discussions to contribute to decisions about which applications will enter the pathway

• Work alongside experts from the NHS, MHRA and HTAs

A new way to stop tooth decay for those affected by the justice system : help us shape a feasibility study to that will explore introducing new clinical dental preventive treatments in prisons

We are planning a feasibility study on a paint-on treatment to prevent tooth decay in prisoners.
SDF is a safe, painless liquid painted on teeth—no drilling or injections.
This feasibility study will explore how to use SDF in prisons in a fair and practical way.

We’re inviting prison staff, including oral health and healthcare workers, to a PPI session to share your views and help shape the study.

A new way to stop tooth decay for those affected by the justice system: help us shape a feasibility study to that will explore introducing new clinical dental preventive treatments in prisons

We are planning a feasibility study on a paint-on treatment to prevent tooth decay in people in custody.
SDF is a safe, painless liquid painted on teeth—no drilling or injections.
This feasibility study will explore how to use SDF in prisons in a fair and practical way.

We’re inviting people with lived experience of the justice system to join the PPI session to share your views and help shape the study.

How do we achieve impactful PPIE in statistical methodology research?

Statistical methodology research looks for better ways to design studies or analyse data. PPIE in this area of research can be challenging. We need members of the public to help produce guidance.

We are looking for 6 public contributors with prior experience of being involved in:

Studies about statistical research methods OR

Studies that do not have direct patient benefit but improve the way research is conducted OR

Studies with a statistical component, including clinical trials

Patient and Public Involvement opportunity looking at medicines optimisation at care transitions for people living with dementia

We are looking for five to ten people to join a public advisory group to help us with the study.
We want people who are interested in research and have lived experience of when someone with dementia has moved between care settings e.g. from hospital to a care home. This could be based on your own experience, or that of a family member.
We want to include a mix of people with different experiences and different views. We welcome people of all ages, gender, background and areas of the country.

Smoking reduction for people with serious mental illness

We are designing and testing an intervention which will be delivered in routine mental health appointments aiming to help people with serious mental illness reduce their smoking.

To join our PPI panel you must:
> over 18
> live in the UK
> be diagnosed with a serious mental illness
> are current or former smoker/vaper
> willing to help develop our intervention with us

The research will run until 2029 and we expect there to be up to 10 hours worth of reviewing/meeting per year.

If you are interested you will be asked to complete a short survey about your experience.

Patient and Public Involvement opportunity at East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust

The ‘RESTED’ project wants to better understand the factors which sleep and the body clock plays a role in relation to mental health for people between the ages 18-25. The project hopes to understand what people understand about mental health and the link to sleep; what research matters to people, and what are the thoughts on the design of this study. We are keen to hear from people who have experienced dissociation, anxiety, depression, or psychosis

STOPCAP2 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Group

We are looking for new members for the PPI Group (Patient and Public Involvement Group) for the STOPCAP2 research programme. STOPCAP2 is being led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and it aims to improve understanding of metastatic prostate cancer and its treatments.
The role of the PPI Group is to work with STOPCAP2 researchers to make sure that their plans and results are inclusive of patient voices and meet their needs and the research aims.

Patient Representative for Trial Management Group

PPI Representative for a Trial Management Group (TMG) for a research study. The study aims to improve the identification of the diseased heart areas responsible for abnormal, fast heart rhythm called ventricular tachycardia (VT), using a novel method prior to patients undergoing catheter ablation. People who have undergone catheter ablation or know someone who has, may find this very interesting. Providing their feedback during TMG meetings, every 2-3 months on MS teams.