110.1   Get Involved. NICE seek Lay Members to join their Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee.  Closing date 5pm 22 February 2017 with telephone conference interviews in March 2017.
110.2   Attend a national conference about Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). It’s been organised by NHS England and Healthwatch and takes place Wednesday 1 March 2017 from 10.30 – 4pm in Leeds.
110.3   Get Involved in a Workshop for Peer Researchers to help shape a new strategy for mental health research on Wednesday 1 March 2017 in Cambridge.
110.4   Attend the 2nd National Self Harm Conference on 1 March 2017 in Nottingham looking at effective services for people that self harm, current thinking and implications for practice.
110.5   Get involved. Are you a patient with experience of cancer, a wound such as from a burn or injury that has taken a long time to heal or have you been in intensive care? Would you be interested in taking part in a workshop looking at new treatments that might improve outcomes? The workshop’s being held in Nottingham on 20 March 2017. For more information email Tanya McCallum.  Here’s more information about the overall project.
110.6   Get Involved. Lincolnshire Sensory Services are holding a free ‘See, Hear, Live Well’ Event Thursday 6 April 2017 from 11am – 2pm at Bishop Grosseteste University.  It’s open to anyone wanting to know more about sight and/or hearing loss and what’s available to people in Lincolnshire.
110.7   Take part in a national survey of carers of people with dementia - This ground breaking research project is looking at the support carers get in different areas of England and how this affects them.  Leicester is one of the areas.
110.8   Volunteer for the Nottingham University Hospital (NUH) Readers Panel. The NUH Readers Panel are volunteers who receive and review draft leaflets aimed at patients and carers – they check information is clear and easy to understand. If you have an eye for detail, want to make your contribution to the NHS, or would like to find out more - email patientinformation@nuh.nhs.uk or call Patient Information Service on 0115 924 9924 ext. 67184.
110.9   Get Involved in Health Research. Share your experience and ideas or take part in a study.  NIHR have launched an involvement campaign - Two sides of health research. 
110.10   Resources NHS England produced a set of documents to strengthen patient and public participation in services that are responsible for commissioning (the process of planning, buying and monitoring).They’ve also produced these excellent bite size guides, covering a range of participation topics.
110.11   Read Healthwatch Northamptonshire’s newsletter. They’ve also produced a report about experiences of pregnancy, birth and onwards - the views of parents about services and support in Northamptonshire.
   
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    Public Face is an initiative of the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN). It is compiled by Shahnaz Aziz and Katie Swinburn and aims to promote Patient and Public Involvement in healthcare and health research. Contact: Katie Swinburn or 0115 748 4216.