BRACE PPI Panel members were involved at key stages throughout this overarching study, as well as in all 10 BRACE evaluations on which this study draws. Six members participated in the prioritisation process that identified multiple long-term conditions as the focus for the overarching study. In the workshop with National Voices in April 2022, organisational representatives of health service users and carers were involved in distilling focus areas relating to health services for people living with multiple long-term conditions. For these two activities, we asked participants to provide their own input into the process and to sense check and challenge as necessary the questions we were asking to help ensure we were asking the right questions.
Additionally, the protocol for this study was developed with inputs from two members from the BRACE PPI Panel, and two Panel members participated in the online workshop to synthesise overall findings and develop implications of the work in March 2023. The plain English summary of the report has been reviewed by the same two members of the BRACE PPI Panel. Participation of PPI Panel members in these activities helped to ensure the study approach was sound, focused on the needs and priorities of people with multiple long-term conditions, and that the conclusions we were drawing from the work were appropriate.