1、OCTOBER 2020 Effective patient and public involvement in the work of the medical royal colleges and faculties: A practical guide 2 Effective engagement with patients and the wider public is not just important, it is essential. This is especially the case as the NHS seeks to restore services during t
2、he COVID-19 pandemic. The following offers support for the development of patient and public / lay involvement in the UK and Irelands 23 medical royal colleges and faculties to ensure that their views are heard and acted upon by the medical profession. Each college and faculty member of the Academy
3、of Medical Royal Colleges (the Academy) has a different history and different experiences of promoting and supporting involvement. Therefore, this is to be used a resource to encourage and enhance good practice discussion and where useful, for adaptation according to each organisations own needs, ex
4、perience and resources. In some cases, it will provide a starting point for groups, in others it may provide useful ideas. It looks at engagement and involvement from an organisational view point, a patient and public / lay persons perspective as well as ideas to encourage recruitment. This has come
5、 out of extensive discussions at the Academys Patient and Lay Committee (APLC) and was drafted with the help of a working group made up of APLC members. I am grateful to them and in particular to Kate Tansley for their support with this work. Ros Levenson Chair, Academy Patient and Lay Committee 3 *
6、 By involve or involvement, we mean any process that the organisation has for involving patients and the public / lay people in their work. Introduction All NHS bodies have a legal duty to involve and consult the public about the running of local health services and although colleges and faculties a