Beyond the Tick-Box - Confronting the Challenges of Adopting Meaningful Patient and Public Involvement

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 2:10 PM to 3:00 PM · 50 min. (Europe/London)
Digitally Empowered Experience
Panel
Patient & Public Engagement

Information

  • Discuss the 10 Year Plan’s commitment to strengthening feedback mechanisms—highlighting how the NHS App is evolving to enable more meaningful patient input to drive accountability, transparency, and informed care decisions.
  • Explore how to distinguish between meaningful and tokenistic patient and public involvement (PPI), and ensure people are engaged as genuine co-creators of services.
  • Examine the structural and cultural barriers—such as workforce pressures, limited resources, and shifting policies—that make embedding PPI across health and care challenging.
  • Discuss how systems can be held accountable for moving beyond tick-box engagement, particularly in ensuring inclusion of marginalised and underserved communities.
  • Consider how digital platforms and tools can enhance ongoing, accessible, and representative involvement across NHS and social care settings.
  • Learn from trusts, ICSs, or local authorities who have embedded strong feedback loops and demonstrated the tangible impact of community input.