Friday 12 Apr | 15:00-16:00

Format: Workshop
Stream: People
Content filters: Co-presented with patients, service users or carers

PART 1: One world, many voices: co-production in action

Co-production, co-creation, co-design, collaborative partnership…so many terms for such similar strategies… including those with lived experience in improving healthcare. This session will provide a unique opportunity to learn from international presenters about their shared challenges and firm commitment to co-produce with people with lived experience alongside healthcare professionals. This session is a chance to actively explore co-production methods to help shape solutions. By tapping into a rich pool of international knowledge and personal narratives, we can collectively learn to dismantle barriers, amplify voices, and gain the skills to effectuate meaningful change. Join us in this global dialogue, championing inclusivity, and propelling forward a transformative agenda.

As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

• Explore co-production methods from across the globe


• Promote inclusivity and accessibility in co-production processes, ensuring that seldom heard voices are heard and respected


• Understand the difference between different terms that are used for co-production and how they can be applied and adapted for specific situations


• Design and implement collaborative frameworks and methodologies for co-production projects

Cristina Serrão NHS England, England

Helen Lee NHS England, England

Tanya Lord ATW Solutions, USA

PART 2: Co-production through equal partnerships: chairing transformation programmes together

We are often trying to improve the quality of care in healthcare without actually asking the very people who we are trying to improve things for the following question “are things getting better?”. This session will help attendees identify where they can radically change the way that things are done with meaningful co-production using real-life examples to learn from. Many of these examples will come from the Learning Disabilities Transformation Programme that has been undertaken in Sheffield. The Board for which has been co-chaired by the Clinical Director for Learning Disabilities and an expert by experience – both of which will lead this learning session.

As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the power of healthcare professionals and experts by experience working together with equal partnership.


• Understand how they can radically change their Transformation or QI programmes to include service user voice in a meaningful way.


• Understand the actions that must be taken to sure it is an equal partnership from the perspective of people with lived experience.

Adam Butcher Sheffield Health and Social Care, England

Hassan Mahmood Sheffield Health and Social Care, England

Parya Rostami Sheffield Health and Social Care, England