Patient Research Champions Survey

A Patient Research Champion (PRC) is someone who promotes health research from a patient’s point of view, supports our research staff in the tasks they undertake and helps us to give our patients the best experience of taking part in research at Barts Health possible. PRCs can be a patient, service user, carer or lay person who has some spare time, is enthusiastic about health research and is willing to communicate that to other patients and public as well as healthcare professionals. The Barts Health Patient Research Champion role is based in part on the NIHR Patient Champion role and has been developed with the support of the Trust’s Voluntary Service.

Several research teams across the Trust have enlisted the support of PRCs, since the scheme was introduced in 2018.  Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, all PRC activity was stood down.  Before we take steps to re-start our PRC scheme, we are consulting with members of our research community to gauge the capacity and interest for working with volunteers.  Your answers will also help us to understand how research delivery has changed as a result of the pandemic which in turn will be used to inform the development of the PRC role.

Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey. 

Many thanks

Neeta Patel and James Marshall

Research Engagement team, Barts Health