Reflection on a professional advisory group to inform the use of patient empowerment tools within an implementation science research project.

Professional advisory groups, with patient and public involvement (PPI) representatives, can be used for co-production within research projects. This paper aims to document the benefits and challenges of undertaking stakeholder and participant engagement for an implementation research project within NHS (National Health Service) Wales. A patient focused research project, initiated by clinicians, on the use of patient empowerment tools within standard patient care, used a professional advisory group to identify appropriate tools to use within the research proposal.

Application of the PAPERS Grading Criteria Within a Rapid Evidence Review to Determine the Psychometric and Pragmatic Properties of Patient Empowerment Tools.

Self-management of long-term conditions requires health professionals to understand and develop capabilities that empower the population they serve. A rapid evidence review was undertaken to assess the current evidence based on the psychometric properties of patient empowerment tools. MEDLINE was searched, and data were extracted for each publication and scored using a modified Psychometric and Pragmatic Evidence Rating Scale (PAPERS) evidence rating scale.

A long way from Frome: improving connections between patients, local services and communities to reduce emergency admissions.

Background: Low socio-economic status can lead to poor patient outcomes, exacerbated by lack of integration between health and social care and there is a demand for developing new models of working.

Aim: To improve connections between patients, local services and their communities to reduce unscheduled admissions.

Design And Setting: A primary care cluster with areas of high deprivation, consisting of 11 general practices serving over 74,000 people.

Delivering value-based healthcare for people with diabetes in a national publicly funded health service: Lessons from Ireland and Wales.

The term value-based healthcare (VBHC) describes an approach to the organization and delivery of care that emphasizes reducing the cost of care while improving outcomes. This involves increased investment earlier in the care pathway e.g.

Value-based healthcare: is it the way forward?

It is undeniable that the NHS, our universal healthcare system, is struggling to meet the needs and expectations of a population that is very different from its inception in 1948. Costs are rising inexorably and, yet, patient experience of their healthcare is often not what we would want it to be. Inequities still exist, both in terms of access to care and clinical outcome.