The Partners

Who are the PHWE partner organisations?

The PHWE partner organisations fund the network; what we do is agreed by the Steering Group.  The work plan is overseen by the Operational Group.  As of August 2020 the PHWE partner organisations are:

• Bristol Health Partners (BHP) https://www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/
• NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West (ARC West) https://arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/patient-and-public-involvement/
• NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) https://www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/patients-public/
• NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU) http://www.bristol.ac.uk/btru/work/public-patient/
• NIHR Clinical Research Network: West of England (CRN) https://local.nihr.ac.uk/lcrn/west-of-england/patients-carers-and-the-public/
• NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation (HPRU) http://hprubse.nihr.ac.uk/public-involvement/
• University of the West of England (UWE) https://www.uwe.ac.uk/research and
• West of England Academic Health Science Network (WEAHSN) https://www.weahsn.net/our-work/involving-our-patients-and-the-public/

Apart from the University of the West of England which leads PHWE, all the other partner organisations are themselves collaborations between health and care professionals, researchers, service providers and commissioners.  Five of the partner organisations are funded by the NIHR (National Institute of Health Research), which supports public involvement and engagement in health and social care research.  More information about the NIHR is available here.  Information about public involvement in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is available here and more about a new NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination is here.