Taking the knowledge gained from Workshop One regarding implementing Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) into the research cycle, we will extend this understanding by discussing the development and maintenance of Public Patient Advisory Groups. We will discuss the practical elements of setting up an advisory group, including the 12 key recommendations made by the Mobilise-D consortia for conducting PPI.

We will give special consideration to involving people with progressive conditions such as dementia in an advisory group which runs for the time of the grant, thinking about the dynamic and flexible approaches required to maintain relationships and bring new members of the advisory group in mid-project.

We will speak to PPI contributors about their experiences of being involved in Advisory Groups throughout a grant, and how to make these contributions meaningful to both the research team and the contributors.

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI): Basics and Beyond is a series of PPI workshops hosted by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre's Research themes - Digital Health & Inclusion and Dementia, Mental Health & Neurodegeneration themes.

Workshop Two: Setting up a Public Patient Advisory Group for your research