Box 1.

Patient involvement in action at the Future Hospital development sites.

  • Ensuring a ‘think patient’ perspective is integral to project meetings and Future Hospital Programme learning events.

  • Co-producing project specific information leaflets for patients and families.

  • Co-designing virtual consultations.

  • Recruiting, training and supporting volunteers to pilot the Future Hospital patient experience surveys.

  • Providing feedback on the patient experience surveys and proposing improvements, including site-specific tailored questionnaires.

  • Sharing good practice and ideas across the projects through informal networking and mutual support.