Patient and public involvement (PPI) is increasingly implemented in healthcare organisations and research, and regarded essential in person-centred care. However, supportive structures are lacking in most countries and implementation varies world-wide. This panel discussion proposes to learn from good examples and articulate needs for further development.

In this panel, we will discuss the following questions:

- What are purposeful structures for patient and public involvement in healthcare and research? What is the impact thereof?

- How to create and make use of synergies and links between patient and public involvement in healthcare and research?

- Impact of PPI processes, culture change and impact/outcome for patients?

- How to enable the inclusion of marginalised groups and people whose voices tend to be hidden?

- Are there features of patient and public involvement that support person-centred care? If so, what features?

- How can patient and public involvement become transformative in health care?

The panel will be moderated by Maria Santana, Professor in public health at the University of Calgary and provincial director in Patient Engagement for the Alberta Strategy for Patient-oriented Research, Canada.

Invited panelists:

Jana Bergholtz, patient partner at the University of Gothenburg, Centre for Person-centred Care (GPCC). She studies PPI in healthcare and research and works to reduce tokenism in involvement practices.

Vincent Dumez, founding member of the Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public (CEPPP), has played a leading role in advancing patient partnership in healthcare, education, and research in Canada and internationally.

Brendan McCormack, Head of School and Dean, The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery and Head of the CARE Program, Sydney Policy Lab, The University of Sydney, Australia. Brendan has a long history of leading collaborative research and development that is participatory and inclusive.