What Is Safety In Numbers Group Platform?

The Safety In Numbers project aims to connect everyday people with health research.

The Safety In Numbers Group platform aims to connect everyday people with health research.

We want to listen to, involve and work together with lots of different people who are interested in healthcare and want to make a difference.

In 2017, Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (Y&H PSTRC) created a diverse community of people interested in getting involved, engaging with other people from all walks of life and contributing to priorities, planning, design and delivery of research; working towards a better and safer healthcare system.

Why Get Involved?

Why is it important to include people in health research?

This platform is important because you, as the public, know what it is like to be a patient or to manage your own health. This means you have experience, ideas and views that are vital in making sure that our research is relevant to the needs of all patients.

This is so important because health and social care research is funded by the public.

Who Can Get Involved?

Who can join and get involved in the Safety In Numbers Group platform?

Anyone interested in creating a better and safer healthcare, including patients, carers and relatives.

Within the YHPSTRC our research projects are also focused on improving work culture and wellbeing for healthcare staff and we are keen to also involve different staff groups across the health and social care pathway.

Your experiences, Your ideas and Your views can ensure the public’s concerns and expertise are embedded within research culture.

How Do I Get Involved?

How can you get involved and what are the benefits?

There are lots of ways to get involved including via email, post or attending online and face to face meetings/workshops. You can be involved as little or a much as you like for example:

• Attending meetings/workshops/events
• Sharing your experiences of being involved in health research via a blog post
• Joining discussion groups
• Taking part in surveys/opinion polls
• Being a part of ‘patient advisory group’ for a specific research project
• Helping in deciding the priority research questions
• Creating engaging creative activities
• Becoming a community connector
• Becoming an advocate of the Safety In Numbers Group and many more ways.

As well as your contribution to helping others, it is also a great chance to meet new people, learn about current research and how it works, contribute to knowledge for future healthcare, build confidence and could be great for your CV.

We also make sure we have food and refreshments available and are able to provide vouchers and travel expenses as a token of thanks for your time.