The core aim of the CRDC’s Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) work is to ensure that communities across Merseyside can easily access and benefit from the cutting‑edge research taking place.
The PPIE team aim to achieve this goal through:
- Developing local community groups that can feed into how research is communicated across our region
- Establishing a core CRDC PPIE group that will feed into research design and delivery.
Over the next couple of years, our PPIE team will be working closely with local communities to understand what matters most to them in how research is designed and delivered. From the way we advertise studies to the way they are run, the opinions and suggestions of the people who may take part in CRDC research are invaluable.
The CRDC will work closely with the NIHR Liverpool Clinical Research Facility (CRF) to ensure early‑phase clinical research is accessible, inclusive and shaped by the communities it serves. By bringing together clinical expertise, specialist facilities and deep community insight, the partnership will strengthen efforts to embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across all studies. Working jointly with NHS partners and local organisations, the CRDC and CRF will make it easier for people from all backgrounds to take part in research and benefit from new treatments.
Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) will be central to this collaboration. Through ongoing dialogue with people with lived experience, the CRDC and CRF will co‑design approaches that remove barriers, widen participation and ensure research reflects the needs of diverse local populations. Together, they aim to build a research environment that is genuinely inclusive.
