'Patient experiences as a resource for choice & decision-making in health'

UK health policy promotes patient choice and public involvement and is committed to providing high quality health information. This information has often focussed on facts and figures about an illness. Increasingly, people want more than science: they want to know about the experience of illness and to be able to share their own experiences with others.

Join us to hear the outcomes of iPEx, a 5-year, NIHR-funded programme of study carried out by University of Oxford, Northumbria University, University of Sussex, University of Glasgow, University of Warwick and healthtalk.org, exploring questions such as:

• How and when should patient stories be included in online health information?
• How do patient stories help others?
• How can policymakers make better use of patient stories?

The event will consist of talks from online health information experts and a Q&A session followed by drinks and nibbles.This event will be of particular interest to: health policymakers, health information providers, patient groups and anyone in the medical humanities field.

Speakers include:

Sue Ziebland, NIHR Senior Investigator and Director of The Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford

John Powell, Associate Professor, The Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford

Pamela Briggs, Professor of Applied Psychology, Northumbria University

Bob Gann, Programme Director, Widening Digital Participation at NHS England

Andy Roberts, Research participant

Luís Carrasqueiro, Chief Executive, healthtalk.org

Register today or visit the iPEx website for more information about the study.