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Opportunities
30 opportunities found
Help shape research to improve children’s anaesthetic experiences
Location: UK wide
Help shape research looking at how hospital anaesthetic rooms can better support children.
National Institute for Health and Care Research Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service: Opportunity to shape the design of a clinical trial in Migraine
Location: UK wide
An opportunity to review documents involved in the design of a commercial trial.
Co-production workshop for people affected by viruses spread by ticks or mosquitos
Location: UK wide
Have you been affected by a viral infection spread by ticks or mosquitos?
Help shape a new app for managing chronic fatigue
Location: UK wide
Share your experience to help design a digital tool for managing chronic fatigue.
Trial Steering Committee – Yorquit Study
Location: Yorks & Humber
Volunteer with lived experience of smoking in Yorkshire to help shape health research.
Lifestyle medicine interventions for people with heart failure
Location: UK wide
Share your views to help improve quality of life for people with heart failure.
Young people’s experiences of colds, flus, coughs and sore throats
Location: All of England
Share your experiences of managing coughs, colds, and when to seek help (ages 18–24).
Personality disorders and The Mental Health Act project steering group
Location: UK wide
We are hoping to set up a project steering group to guide a PhD project over the next 3 years
GP-TEST-PRO study PPIE group
Location: UK wide
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement group for prostate cancer diagnosis research project
Have your say on sexual health after radiotherapy for gynaecology cancer
Location: North West
Join a 2 hour in person discussion on Monday 20 April 2026 (11.30 - 1.30pm) to share your views
Patient partners for research on gum disease and diabetes screening
Location: London
Help shape research on gum disease and diabetes screening in dental clinics.
PPIE Group for Paediatric Pleural Empyema Research
Location: All of England
Parents, carers and young people shaping priorities and outcomes in paediatric pleural empyema.
Help us improve how we do clinical trials
Location: UK wide
Share your views on research priorities for how we plan, do, analyse and share trial findings
Rainbow Connections – Public Contributor Session
Location: Scotland
Help improve a research workshop for LGBTQIA+ people aged 50+.
Who Should We Focus On? Understanding Inequalities in Hip and Knee Replacement Outcomes in South Asian Communities
Location: UK wide
This is a Patient and Public Involvement event organised by the ALIGN Network.
Contribute to maternal mental health research
Location: All of England
Advisory group. Maternal mental health research: who gets care, and when and where do they get it?
PPI opportunity for a research study on end of cancer treatment for children
Location: UK wide
Inviting young people (age 8-18) to support a study about information at the end of cancer treatment
PPI opportunity for research study on ADHD
Location: UK wide
We are inviting PPI to support a new NIHR research on a new method to select ADHD medication.
Join our User Testing Group for an AI Chatbot Tool
Location: All of England
We are looking for parents and carers to help test an online chatbot-style tool
Join our Miscarriage PPI Group
Location: UK wide
New pregnancy loss PPI Group for National Centre for Miscarriage Research. Flexible, mostly online
An online survey to explore the lived experiences of individuals with foot drop
Location: UK wide
Recruitment for a Foot Drop Study – Please Share!
Patient/Carer Advisory Group – Study to Prevent Blood Clots in Mental Health Hospitals
Location: UK wide
Improving delirium care in hospices: opportunity to join the trial steering committee for the DAMPen-Delirium II trial
Location: Yorks & Humber
We are seeking additional public members for our trial steering committee
Have your say on the future of cervical screening in Scotland by joining the AYEScreen Patient and Public Involvement & Engagement (PPIE) team
Location: Scotland
Share your views on HPV self-sampling by joining the AYEScreen PPIE team
Improving the quality of care for people with gout
Location: All of England, Wales
Exploring barriers to good care for people living with gout in the UK
Using simulation to find out the best way to communicate to pregnant women about vaccinations
Location: All of England
Using simulation to find out the best way to communicate to pregnant women about vaccinations
PiLot Study To Assess The AdhereNcE In School Age Children With Asthma (PLANES)
Location: UK wide
Join our PPI group to shape a pilot study on reducing school absences in children with asthma
Serious mental illness among minoritised ethnic children and adolescents in England with eczema
Location: All of England
Help shape research on eczema and mental health in children from minoritised ethnic backgrounds
Inner speech after stroke and its role in memory and attention
Location: East of England, East Midlands, London
We are looking for stroke survivors with ongoing aphasia or who have had aphasia in the past
