Working Together
Work together in a way that values all contributions, and that builds and sustains mutually respectful and productive relationships.
Public involvement in research is better when people work together towards a common purpose, and different perspectives are respected.
Meeting the standard
The questions below may help you reflect on and decide if you meet the standard:
Has the purpose of public involvement been jointly defined and recorded?
Have the practical requirements and arrangements for working together been addressed?
Have all the potential different ways of working together been explored, and have these plans and activities been developed together?
Is there is a shared understanding of roles, responsibilities and expectations of public involvement?
Have individuals’ influence, ideas and contributions’ been recognised and addressed?
What people said about this standard:
“Standards gave us a framework to stand back, think clearly and work with researchers, members of the public and others to develop an action plan to support joint working”
“We worked together with our public contributors to create and develop new resources and activities to improve public involvement”