To deliver on the Shared Commitment to Public Involvement in Health and Social Care Research the partner organisations need to act both individually and collectively to drive change.
To do so, we need a light-touch way to enable us to make collective decisions about how to take the Commitment forward, including:
- Our objectives for the Shared Commitment, for example, seeking more partners, international partners
- The process for becoming a partner of the Shared Commitment
- What partners must do to satisfy the Commitment and any audit of this
- Driving activity to deliver the Commitment, including sharing best practice, building the evidence base, supporting greater Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
- Communication and engagement about the Commitment and its objectives to keep raising the profile and importance of public involvement in health and social care research
This table outlines our governance structure. It is intended to create a simple and transparent way for us to continue working together to encourage and support each other so that each year we can report on real progress made.
The agenda and papers discussed at meetings of these groups are made available to all partners.
| Governance structure | |
| The full group of partner organisations | The group meet around every six months to present and discuss progress and issues of relevance to all partners and to plan and facilitate joint working to advance the objectives of the partnership |
| A steering group | The group is made up of an even number of public contributors associated with a commitment partner and representatives employed by commitment partners to make strategic decisions about how to take the commitment forward. Co-chairs of a public contributor and employee of the partner organisations rotating every six months |
| A delivery group | The group made up of people involved in delivering the activities identified by the Steering Group. The membership of this group may fluctuate dependent on work underway. This group will have decision making powers as delegated by the steering group between meetings |
| communications and engagement subgroup of the delivery group | The group is made up of people involved in delivering the activities identified by the Steering Group. The membership of these groups may fluctuate dependent on work underway. These groups will have decision making powers as delegated by the steering group between meetings. |
| Task and finish groups | The group made up of people involved in delivering specific work identified by the Steering Group. The membership of these groups will include both public contributors and public involvement leads from any of the member organisations, plus additional people from within the membership organisations with specific skills and expertise where required. These groups will have decision making powers as delegated by the steering group between meetings |
Data protection
During the course of this work we will be required to process your personal data (e.g. name and email address used for meeting invites). Please note your personal data will be managed in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation. More details on how the HRA will manage your personal data is available via the HRA’s Privacy Notice.