Research User Group Newsletter Keele University RUG Summer newsletter 2018 | Seite 2

2 WELCOME CONTENTS Welcome from the Team Welcome to our new look Research User Group newsletter! From its creation in 2006 with just a handful of patients taking part, Keele’s Research User Group (affectionately known as RUG) has grown considerably. Celebrating its milestone 10 year anniversary in September 2016, the RUG now has over 100 members, each with their own experiences of health conditions such as osteoarthritis, chronic pain, inflammatory arthritis, mental health illness and long term conditions. Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement at Keele also includes a dedicated LINK group (Lay Involvement in Knowledge Mobilisation) which is tasked with facilitating the movement of this research knowledge into practice working alongside the Impact Accelerator Unit. The RUG is an established and valued part of the world class Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement which takes place at the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University and involves patients in both research and implementation. Every person who gets involved in research or implementation at Keele is an expert, thanks to the unique experiences, opinions, networks and advice they bring to the table. This “Expertise by Experience” helps to produce high quality, patient centred, relevant healthcare research which is then guided into real life practice by patients through targeted and considered implementation. Inside you will find all our news – please enjoy! If you have any news you would like to share in the next newsletter, please email [email protected] What’s inside 10 12 14 18 20 27 10 USER GROUP UPDATES 14 OUR ANNUAL EVENT 2017 Arthritis Research UK Reception 12 CONFERENCE The National Institute of Health Research INVOLVE Conference 18 SPOTLIGHT ON... 20 EVENTS 27 RESEARCH Research user group John Pemberton West Midlands 2017 Celebration of Innovation Awards Maximising outcomes for shoulder pain treatment in primary care... Patient Power making a difference to new health care 3