Case study in partnership working - phase one.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A case study to explore how a national organisation works in partnership with people who have lived experience in mental health improvement programmes. Phase one document analysis and observations.
IRAS ID
309926
Contact name
Ciara Robertson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Stirling
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
This research aims to explore how national organisations work in partnership with people who have lived experience (PWLE) in mental health improvement programmes. Working in partnership with PWLE is recognised as a key component of improvement work. However, there is little understanding in the literature of how this is manifested in practice in national organisations such as Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS). Although partnership working is recognised in HIS, there is recognition that the organisation needs to continue to work towards ensuring consistent and meaningful engagement of people in their work. In order to address the gaps in evidence and strengthen a consistent approach, a greater understanding is required to improve partnership working in improvement programmes. The aim of this study is to better understand how HIS works in partnership with people who have lived experience in improvement programmes in mental health services, exploring people’s experiences of partnership working in a national organisation.
An exploratory case study approach will be used to address the following research questions in relation to the personality disorder (PD) improvement programme:
1. How is partnership working described in the PD Improvement Programme?
2. How is partnership working manifested in practice in the PD Improvement Programme?
3. What factors influence partnership working in the PD Improvement Programme?This research will consist of two phases: the first phase will address the first two research questions through document analysis and observations of meetings within the early stage of the PD Improvement Programme. The second phase of research will carry out semi-structured interviews with participants to explore their experiences of partnership working, addressing the third research question.
Interviews will be developed from findings in phase one - therefore ethical approval will be sought for each phase separately. This is an application for ethical approval for the first phase of this research.REC name
London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/PR/0836
Date of REC Opinion
9 Aug 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion