Integrating patient and public involvement into co-design of healthcare improvement: a case study in maternity care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite recognition of the importance of patient and public involvement (PPI) in healthcare improvement, compelling examples of "what good looks like" for PPI in co-design of improvement efforts, how it might be done, and formalisation of methods and reporting are lacking. In this article, we sought to address these gaps through a case study to illustrate a principled approach to integrating PPI into the co-design of healthcare improvement.

Methods

The case study aimed to involve maternity service users in the co-design of clinical resources for a maternity improvement programme, using a four-stage approach: 1) establishing guiding principles for PPI in the programme, 2) structuring PPI for the programme, 3) co-designing improvements with PPI, and 4) seeking feedb

SUBMITTER: Attal B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889828 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature