Patient Involvement Unit

Role and Achievements

Developing & supporting patient/carer involvement; promoting the patient perspective TAs – workshops for patient orgs and support for patient experts Guidelines – additional work with Collaborating Centres to obtain patient/carer views IPs – work with consultees & patient orgs Team expansion and move to NICE base

Patient Involvement Unit

Development Objectives 2004/05

Explicit NICE patient/carer involvement policy Promote more consistent patient/carer involvement across NICE work programmes Work with R & D committee - patient evidence Promote dissemination of public versions of NICE guidance Expand evaluation work

Patient Involvement Unit

Challenges

PIU / NICE resources and capacity Equalities / diversity agenda Sharing good practice across NICE work programmes