Join the Blood Pressure UK - Pressure Panel
Our Patient Panel is continuing to grow and we now have 30 members signed up, but we would love to recruit many more people of different ages and from different backgrounds. Could this be you?
You are an expert in your own experience, and your perspective can help guide our work to influence blood pressure care in the UK. The Pressure Panel is a small group of people affected by high blood pressure who are willing to share feedback every now and then, by questionnaire every few months, through video sessions on Zoom, or by participating in external research.
Phil Pyatt, CEO of Blood Pressure UK said “We’re really excited by the prospect of what the Patient Panel can offer in the future, helping us to shape the vision of Blood Pressure UK, as well as contributing to external research and awareness raising. We are keen to increase our numbers, and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds that can help us have a representative voice on blood pressure from across the UK to sign up.”
Topics could include:
- Your experience of treatment, such as whether you have enough support from us and your healthcare professionals to manage side effects.
- Language, including whether the language we and healthcare professionals use is inclusive and easy to understand.
- Advice, such as whether the advice we give is practical given your lived experience, and what stands in the way of you achieving your health goals.
- Campaigning on matters such as better labelling for salt on food packaging.
- Experiences with GPs, pharmacists, and other health professionals, such as whether you felt you could have been supported more to manage your own health at home.
It’s very important to us that our work and recommendations involve the experience of people living with high blood pressure. If you would like to be involved, please contact info@bloodpressureuk.org