Emergencies Public Involvement Group

We are looking for members of the public to help us improve the care we provide to adults attending the Emergency Department.

As part of a series of research studies in the works, we would like to hear from you if you have:

• Attended the Emergency Department with abdominal pain
  • You have a diagnosed abdominal pain condition, or you are still under investigation 
  • You have attended the Emergency Department once or multiple times due to abdominal pain
  • Your abdominal pain is not as a result of a specific injury

• Experienced an injury to your back
  • This may have a known OR unknown underlying cause
  • You have attended the Emergency Department once or multiple times due to this injury
  • You suffer from new or chronic back pain

• Suffered a collapsed lung
  • This may be due to a severe chest injury following a fall
  • You have suffered multiple injuries following a major accident
  • You have been a victim of knife crime

Why we need you

We want to explore your experiences of attending the Emergency Department and the treatment you received, with a view to improving the help we provide. We are interested in developing services so that we are better equipped to respond to these injuries.

How you can help

• We would like you to meet with us via Teams/Zoom or similar for an initial talk about the research study and why we feel it is important to carry out this research
• We would like you to help us to ensure that the patient information we give to our research participants is easily understood
• We would like to make sure we are asking the right questions in our research, and we would like to hear what you think the right questions are to explore
• Share your experience of attending the Emergency Department with your injury

To thank you for your participation in one of these groups, we will provide you with a Love2shop Gift Card that can be spent across multiple retailers online.

Abdominal Pain / Back Injury Groups

If you would like to be involved, please get in touch with us via:

Dr Jo Daniels: jodaniels@nhs.net
Senior Lecturer, University of Bath and Clinical Psychologist, North Bristol NHS Trust

or

Sharon Nolan: sharon.nolan@nbt.nhs.uk
Research Communications and Patient & Public Involvement Manager

Collapsed Lung Group

If you would like to be involved, please get in touch with us via:

Dr Ed Carlton: ed.carlton@nbt.nhs.uk
Associate Professor, Royal College of Emergency Medicine

or

Sharon Nolan: sharon.nolan@nbt.nhs.uk
Research Communications and Patient & Public Involvement Manager