PPIE – Shaping healthcare and research with patients

• When: 9.30 - 10:30am, Tuesday 20 October
• Where: The Hub, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Ave
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• Pastries and refreshments provided

Registration isn’t compulsory but allows us to cater for the event.

PPIE - Shaping healthcare and research with patients 

with Caroline Bean, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of LoQus23 Therapeutics, Kate Gravett, Parent Advocate for Cambridge Children's Hospital, and Amanda Stranks PPI and Communications Strategy Lead for Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) brings patients, families and the public into research and innovation, helping to ensure their experiences and needs shape the work from the outset.

Our speakers will explore how PPIE can improve healthcare and research, by developing services in partnership with people who have first-hand knowledge of what went well in their own healthcare experiences and what could have been better.

They will share personal and professional perspectives on lived experience, barriers to meaningful involvement and collaboration between patients, carers, clinicians and researchers.

We'll be hearing from:

Amanda Stranks, Patient and Public Involvement and Communications Strategy Lead for the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, will draw on her experience supporting research teams to develop inclusive involvement strategies. She will discuss how PPIE connects people, research and healthcare systems, and how organisations can support meaningful involvement throughout the research process.

Caroline Benn, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of LoQus23 Therapeutics, will draw on her work with patient advisory groups following her breast cancer diagnosis. She will share how her experience has helped improve the way radiotherapy is administered for patients who have difficulty hearing instructions over an intercom system.

Kate Gravett, Parent Advocate for Cambridge Children’s Hospital, will share how the lived experiences of children, young people and families are helping shape the development of the new hospital and influence the future of care and research.

The session will be chaired by Anna Todd, Communications and Engagement Lead for Cambridge Children’s Hospital. Anna launched the Cambridge Children’s Network in 2021, which helped embed the voices of children, young people and families into every stage of the hospital’s development.

There will be an opportunity to network with others across healthcare and innovation after the talk. Free pastries and hot drinks will be provided.

About our innovation breakfasts
Our Innovation Breakfast series brings together aspiring innovators and clinicians with expert speakers to explore what it takes to turn a great idea into something that can make a difference for patients.

From industry partners and technical specialists to those who have been successful entrepreneurs with a story to share, join us to network, learn and enjoy a pastry.

Who Should Come?
We encourage attendance from:

• Staff across our partner organisations
• Innovators and people with an idea they would like to develop
• Professionals focused on service improvement
• Leaders in strategy, policy, and partnerships
• Colleagues working on public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE)