Event details
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.