Service User's Research Forum (SURF) -
helping increase knowledge about healthcare infections
Are you interested in
joining a new service user research forum focused on helping
to increase our knowledge about healthcare-associated
infections? Why not join SURF!
Funded by the Department of
Health we are a research network committed to increasing
public and patient involvement in infection-related
research.
We are looking for people from all walks of life to form a
group that will help: • decide how best to involve patients and public in future
infection-related research; • identify the most important areas for research in this
field; • become involved in developing, designing and conducting
new research; • keep the general public informed by publicising research
findings.
You don’t need any past research experience. All we ask
is that you have a genuine interest in working with us to
reduce infections.
If you think you might like to join our group, why not
contact us
or come to our FREE SURF 09 Workshop.
SURF 09 Workshop - 20
May 2009 (London):
Improving Public and Patient Engagement in
Healthcare-Associated Infection-Related Research
Are you interested in finding out more about how we can
help increase patient and public involvement in
healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) related research?
Whether you are an active professional healthcare researcher
who wants to learn more about how best to engage service
users, or a member of the general public who wants to become
more involved in infection-related research, discover how
Service Users Research Forum (SURF) can help by coming to
our FREE SURF 09 Workshop on Wednesday 20 May 2009 at
the Baker Street Meeting Rooms in London.
Established in 2008 by the Department of Health funded
National HCAI Research Network, SURF provides a forum to
encourage greater patient and public engagement in
infection-related research and supports involvement in a way
that benefits all involved:
- For patients and the public SURF represents an
unprecedented opportunity to become more involved in the
world of HCAI research.
- For the HCAI research community SURF can act as a new
resource providing researchers with a highly motivated pool
of service users with a genuine interest in working to
reduce HCAI.
If you live in England and interested in finding out much more about the many
ways in which public and patient involvement in healthcare
research can benefit both researchers and service users
please come to our free workshop and lunch where you’ll have
the opportunity to meet existing SURF Members, discuss your
views with likeminded colleagues and get a better
understanding of what SURF can do for you.
As well as being an educational opportunity for those
healthcare practitioners and researchers interested in
involving patients/users in their research, it will of
course also be open to interested members of the general
public who be allowed to join SURF if they so wish.
Confirmed key speakers include: Heather Loveday, Deputy
Director National HCAI Research Network; Lucy Simons,
INVOLVE; Dr Peter Harper, Richard Wells Research Centre;
Jean Cooper-Moran, Senior Programme Manager, Patient and
Public Involvement, National Institute for Health Research
Central Commissioning Facility (NIHR-CCF): and Isabel Boyer,
Member Research & Development Subgroup, Advisory Group on
Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection
(ARHAI), Lay member of NIHR Health Technology Assessment ad
hoc Board on Healthcare Associated Infection Research, and
Peer reviewer for the HPA Strategic Research & Development
Fund.
Places are free but are limited and will be allocated on a
first come, first served basis. The workshop will be held on
Wednesday 20 May 2009 at Baker Street Meeting Rooms, 83
Baker Street, London W1U 6AG. Attending the workshop does
not commit you to any further involvement. Lunch will be
provided free and members of the public will be reimbursed
for reasonable travel expenses (at standard public transport
rate).
To register for a place on the workshop or for further
information and a copy of the workshop agenda please contact
Meg Morse by email at:
meg.morse@tvu.ac.uk or telephone on:
020 8209 4145.
