What is co-production?<\/strong><\/p>\nCo-production ultimately means equality. Equality is gained by valuing and sharing skills, knowledge and experiences from people using the service and professionals delivering the service. Taken to its zenith co-production can create opportunity for professionals and patients and their families to work together planning and delivering services.<\/p>\n
However we mustn\u2019t be confused that co-production just means service user design or user voice initiatives and consultation exercises \u2013 they are part of the picture and then some more.<\/p>\n
Co-production is about more than involving and engaging people, or asking for views, opinions and perspective. It\u2019s about truly working together to create something new and different that meets everyone\u2019s needs and improves the lives of those who are affected by the disease, as well as the service overall. In a spirit of partnership and equality and by valuing everyone\u2019s contribution, the TP-CKD programme has the potential to have an impact and improve many lives.<\/p>\n
What does this mean for the TP-CKD programme?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe programme held an important kick start event in November last year which unit teams, comprising patients and professionals involved in the project, were invited. We had spent many weeks planning this event but it was only when I was aware of the diversity of the audience did I realise that we were right at the beginning of the journey of co-production. Whilst is easy to say that everybody has an equal voice, it is not always easy to achieve and everyone needs to reflect upon the skills required to develop this relationship. Ultimately the relationship will be radically different with people with CKD gaining confidence to share their experiences and knowledge with their professional colleagues to plan their individual care and future services. From the other perspective professionals have to be prepared to change too and develop a range of skills that support such transformational change resulting in a rebalancing of power and control.<\/p>\n
This is a different approach to healthcare that we might believe we already do, but at the heart of it is mutual respect and realising people living with CKD are in themselves the significant asset that is currently undervalued.<\/p>\n
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