Beyond co-production: Introducing and exploring patient (lived experience) leadership

This interactive half-day masterclass blends expert input and reflective practice to explore patient (lived experience) leadership as a vital element of successful co-production in mental health and beyond.

It is aimed at anyone interested in or supporting co-production in their work, including those in lived experience involvement, clinical, managerial, or commissioning roles.

Core aims

• Learn about the emergence of patient (lived experience) leadership as a key paradigm for health and beyond, and its role in true co-production and power transformation.
• Explore what people with lived experience bring – the “jewels from the caves of suffering” – and how these translate into authentic leadership qualities
• Identify opportunities and roles for lived experience leadership, and consider it as a framework for career progression
• Explore how lived experience leadership can be embedded in organisations and systems, and the support needed to thrive
• Gain practical tools and resources to support participants’ next steps
• Use reflective space to explore how to embed lived experience leadership in participants’ own contexts.

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