Yang, Woo Suk
Rothwell, Joshua
Severyn, Matthew
Tunnard, India
Khatun, Toslima
Ward, Jane
Davies, Nathan
Kenten, Charlotte
Sampson, Elizabeth L.
Evans, Catherine J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/S010327/1)
National Institute of Health and Care Research (ES/S010327/1)
Article History
Received: 10 November 2024
Accepted: 14 April 2025
First Online: 3 July 2025
Declarations
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: This project was an evaluation of study processes for PPI to improve continually the PPI approach within the wider EMBED-Care programme. This sought to ensure and strengthen adherence to UK National Standards for Public Involvement in research []. As the intention was to improve processes using documentary analysis of meeting notes, ethical approval for this aspect of the programme was not required. The PPI panel members and PhD students were informed of the evaluation and gave verbal agreement for analysis of the meeting notes and written reflections. Ethical approval for the wider EMBED-Care programme from the London Queen Square Ethics Committee and Health Research Authority (HRA) on 01.06.2022 (Ref20/LO0295).
: The public member and doctoral students reviewed the manuscript and approved the use of the direct extracts from the documents in the publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.