1. Patient Involvement Unit Role and Achievements Developing & supporting patient/carer involvement; promoting the patient perspective TAs – workshops for patient orgs and support for patient experts Guidelines – additional work with Collaborating Centres to obtain patient/carer views IPs – work with consultees & patient orgs Team expansion and move to NICE base

2. Patient Involvement Unit Development Objectives 2004/05 Explicit NICE patient/carer involvement policy Promote more consistent patient/carer involvement across NICE work programmes Work with R & D committee - patient evidence Promote dissemination of public versions of NICE guidance Expand evaluation work

3. Patient Involvement Unit Challenges PIU / NICE resources and capacity Equalities / diversity agenda Sharing good practice across NICE work programmes