Advisory groups
Lived experience, research expertise and knowledge of nursing practice will help guide the study and challenge its assumptions.
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Lived Experience Advisory Group
The fellowship includes plans to convene a group of people with experience relevant to suicidal distress in nursing and healthcare. This includes nurses, bereaved family members and people with personal experience of crisis.
Its role is to help shape participant information and research questions, advise on the experience of involvement, discuss interpretations and review how findings are communicated.
The group’s membership and terms of reference will be shared as arrangements are agreed, respecting members’ choices about being named publicly.
Research and practice advisory input
The fellowship was developed with an advisory and collaborator network spanning occupational health, nursing, suicide research, mental health and historical methods. This input supports the study’s design, interpretation and relevance to practice.
The application identifies advisory and collaborative support from Professors Ewan Macdonald, Nicola Ring, Nadine Dougall, Neil Greenberg and Gary Winship; Professor Anne Harriss; Dr Sarah Doyle; and Sian Kelly.
This is the development network described in the fellowship application. It is separate from a confirmed membership list for a formal project advisory group. Details of agreed roles will be added as the groups are established.
What the groups will help review
Study design and progress
Whether the questions, methods and timetable remain appropriate, and where changes or additional advice are needed.
Involvement and communication
Whether information is understandable, opportunities to contribute are workable, and public-facing materials reflect people’s experiences respectfully.
Interpretation and use
What the evidence supports, where uncertainty remains, and how findings could inform nursing, occupational health and future research.
Responsibilities and accountability
Advisory input informs research decisions. Responsibility for delivery remains with the research team, alongside the University’s research governance and ethics processes.
As the groups develop, this section will provide their remit, agreed membership and public summaries of how advice has shaped the work.
