Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Patient and public involvement and engagement activity
Shaping mental health research priorities in Liverpool City Region
On 10 July, M-RIC’s Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement team (PPIE) held a collective insights exercise with our service user and carer representatives and public advisors at the Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool. Here Jahanara Miah, the M-RIC PPIE Lead provides an overview of the exercise and how the outcomes will influence future M-RIC research.
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Service users, carers and public advisors celebrate completing introductory research course
More than 20 service users, carers and public advisors have been provided with comprehensive training to ensure they have the confidence, skills and understanding to work side-by-side with researchers at the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC).
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M-RIC hosts national experts on mental health research co-production
M-RIC’s newly appointed service users and carer representatives met Mental Health Mission Patient and Public Involvement, Engagement and Participation Lead Lesley Booth and MQ Mental Health Research Director of Research Partnerships and Development Emily Wheeler.
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M-RIC launches new co-production video for Research Appreciation Day
This #ResearchAppreciationDay (5 July), we are launching a new video to champion the vital role service users, carers and the wider public play in informing and shaping M-RIC’s work.
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Research offers hope: M-RIC welcomes new service user and carer representatives and public advisors
Hope was an important theme at a recent Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) event in Liverpool to celebrate the recruitment of 10 new service user and carer representatives and over 30 public advisors.
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‘Feeling that we matter gives us strength’ says M-RIC investigator
M-RIC Co-Lead Investigator Professor Rhiannon Corcoran spoke an M-RIC funded celebration for International Women's Day organised by Savera UK, a charity which works to end ‘honour-based’ abuse and all harmful practices.
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Consultation event on improving services and treatment for people with mood disorders
On 12 January 2024, service users and carers attended an event at The Life Rooms Bootle. They shared their different experiences and insights to help us shape the design of a new, dedicated mood disorders service for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
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Public advisor workshop puts the voice of service users and carers at the heart of mental health research
The Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) has set up a new monthly workshop to ensure that service users, carers and representatives from the third sector play a vital role in shaping research plans.
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M-RIC holds its first official public workshop
On Monday 26 June 2023, the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) held its first official patient and public involvement and engagement workshop at the University of Liverpool’s Management School.
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