For innovation to be successful it must be developed in collaboration with those set to use or benefit from it.

Involvement and co-production with people, public, carers, and communities is a growing and thriving agenda across the AHSN Network, and is even more important than it has ever been, given the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With this in mind, during 2020/2021 the Network reviewed activity across AHSNs to support a more strategic approach to involvement and co-production of innovation and developed its co-production strategy.

Read more about our approach to co-production and patient and public involvement.

View the AHSN Network Involvement Strategy.

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