What are the benefits of being involved in research?
People choose to get involved in research for a whole range of reasons. Maybe you have personal experience which you would like research to take into account; you want a chance to give something back and help influence research to benefit others; or you would like the opportunity to develop new skills by learning about research. Members from our Patients and Research Group have told us that being involved in research has helped them develop a better understanding of their condition, or the condition of people they care for, has connected them to others, given them hope, and helped increase their self-esteem.
We provide training and support to help you get the most out of your involvement with us. Everyone who gets involved in helping to shape our research is offered reimbursement for their time and expenses. There is information about this in our PPI payment policy. You can find out more about taking part in research and available studies locally and nationally by following the links below.
- If you would like to find out about opportunities to get involved across the UK please look here.
- Find out about participating in studies at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
- Find out about current studies at the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry.
- Find out about current studies at the University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology.
- If you are interested in research into dementia, you can visit Join Dementia Research.
What experience do I need?
We ask that everyone who registers with us has personal experience of or an interest in mental health and / or dementia; and an interest in making health research the best it can be.
This might experience of a condition or illness that you have or have had. It may be of caring for someone. It might also be of your experience of using treatments or services, or of taking part in research.
As a member of the public a specialised knowledge of research or medicine is not needed. What is important is that as a PPI contributor you are able to bring your own knowledge and experience to the research process.
How can I get involved?
We want to make it easier for interested people to find out about the opportunities we have to get involved in our research.
Join our Patient and Public Involvement Contributor group and we will keep you up to date with any involvement opportunities we have available, along with information about PPI training and related information.
- to join the Patient and Public Involvement Contributor group complete this form.
- Or, email PPI.OHBRC@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk with ‘Register for PPI updates’ in the subject
We ask everyone who is part of our patient and public involvement to engage in line with the principles for our strategic Patients and Research Group. Where people are unable to follow these principles, we reserve the right to remove them from the PPI contributor group.
By registering you agree to Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry: storing your name and email address in a password protected spreadsheet; contacting you when we have a PPI involvement or training opportunity.
You can choose to withdraw your involvement at any time. Please email PPI.OHBRC@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk with your request to be removed from our mailing list.
On receiving the request to withdraw your involvement we will delete your contact details within 28 days.
Information on how Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust manage data in general, including your data subject rights, can be found on the Trust Privacy Notice section of our website.
