Our ambition is to enable and promote best practice in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) across the NIHR Newcastle BRC, and for PPIE to be a driving force in our research. We work with public contributors at all stages of the research cycle, assuring the relevance of research that meets patient need and maximising research quality, value and impact. Our PPIE Strategy can be found here:
NIHR Newcastle BRC PPIE Strategy 2022-2027
In this film, created by our partners, VOICE, David talks about how important this has been for him as a member of the public and a carer.
Our Themes work hard to involve patients and the public in their research. Here are some examples:
Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event 2025
On Wednesday 26 March, we welcomed over 170 people from the local community, partners and collaborators, research participants and our researchers to the Catalyst for our NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event.
The community event gave local communities the chance to come along and learn more about our research, see how we involve patients and communities at every stage and even take part in interactive demonstrations of how our researchers are using cutting edge technology to make a difference.Read more
Leadership of our BRC PPIE and delivery of our PPIE Strategy is the responsibility of our BRC PPIE Manager, PPIE Academic Lead and PPIE Academic Emerging Leader. Delivery of our strategic objectives is guided by our Public Partnership Advisory Group (PPAG) which provides essential governance and oversight of our programme of activity to put patients and the public at the heart of what we do. Each of our Research Themes has an experienced PPIE lead who is responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of the Theme’s programme of PPIE activities.
As a BRC, our PPIE Objectives are to:
The BRC has a range of local, regional and national partnerships as well as collaborations that provide strategic support and inform its PPIE activities.
VOICE (Valuing Our Intellectual Capital and Experience)
NIHR Newcastle Clinical Research Facility
BioResource Centre
Haref Connected Voice