In the LIMBIC project Practice teams consisted of GPs, nurses, physiotherapists, health care assistants, practice managers, administrative and clerical staff and also patients.
Each team had a patient member who attended the workshops and assisted them with their improvement projects in between the workshops. This proved to be a valuable contribution to the project. It helped the Practices remain focussed on what was important to their patients when planning their improvement projects.
There was also patient representation on the project Steering Group and this helped the Group remain focussed on patients’ needs when making strategic decisions about project activity.
You can watch a short film of the Steering Group patient representative talking about her experience in the role.
The research team presented a poster at the 8th National INVOLVE Conference in November 2010 describing the LIMBIC approach to patient involvement:
