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Welcome to the St George’s Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group Patient and Public Involvement Hub.

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Who are the Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group (EDCRG)?

We are a research group based in the emergency department at St George’s who conduct a wide range of research with the aim of finding better care and treatments for patients and families in the ED.

What is Patient and Public Involvement?

Patient and public involvement is the active collaboration between patients and carers and researchers to shape research and services.

The purpose of our PPI group is to ensure that our research is relevant, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of our diverse patient population. We hope to work with our PPI partners to create new, relevant research ideas for the Emergency Department, and to ensure our research is easy to understand and relevant to patients.

Please complete this form to express an interest in taking part:

Meet the Team

Vicky Mummery

Hi, my name is Vicky and I am the Lead Emergency Practitioner in the Emergency Department and Clinical Research Fellow in the ED Collaborative Research Group. My role includes mentoring our research nurses with writing for publication, collaborating with others to develop research ideas and supporting delivery and recruitment of our ongoing work. My interests are in urgent and emergency care workforce and impact on patients, and I am presently seeking opportunities to undertake a PhD project focused on this.
Kathryn Willis

Hi, my name is Kathryn and I am the Research Manager for the ED Collaborative Research Group! My day to day involves setting up new studies and managing those that are run by St George’s. I have been working in research for over 5 years, and I am very passionate about patient involvement in research design and delivery.

Any questions?

Please email us at PPI.EDResearch@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Meeting Information

The group aims to host meetings every 3 months, and we will work with our members to produce an end of year summary of what we’ve achieved as a group.

Unsure what to expect?

We aim for the group to be welcoming and inclusive, where everyone’s questions and opinions are valued and encouraged.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about taking part or any other aspect of the PPI group, please get in touch via email at PPI.EDresearch@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Important Documents to review

Please review all of these documents and complete the confidentiality agreement form before you join your first meeting:

Guidance for meetings

  • Plain speaking: We try to avoid acronyms or jargon. Please ask for clarification if needed and explain further where necessary.
  • Confidentiality/ privacy: Help people to share openly in the meeting by not talking about other people’s personal information outside of the meeting.
  • Being respectful: We can challenge each other’s ideas in a friendly and supportive way. We don’t judge each other for our differences or ideas.
  • We are all part of a team: Everyone needs to feel equally valued and has a valuable contribution.
  • It’s okay to ask questions: Every question is a good question – if one person is asking it, they need to know the answer and probably others in the meeting do too.
  • It’s okay to leave the meeting if you need to: We understand if you need to leave the meeting for personal reasons or answer urgent calls.