People who have experienced particular conditions and treatments often have insights and concerns that could usefully inform the development of research agendas and the design of research projects. Work within the programme will look critically at the ways in which their expertise can be harnessed to improve the relevance and quality of health services research. Evaluating interventions Programme members are collaborating on several systematic reviews of interventions to enhance information provision and participation. We have good links with the Cochrane Collaboration's Consumers and Communication Group. The programme has a strong methodological emphasis on the assessment of participation, at both individual and collective levels.
Methodological work is ongoing within several of the programme's projects.