SMHS Research Consumer Registry
Consumers can join the registry to be contacted for potential involvement in future research
Thank you!
We invited you to share your thoughts on how we can involve our patients, families, carers and members of the community when we carry out research.
We welcomed feedback from people with lived experience who have been involved in research or clinical trials, and from those with no experience of research.
All of the feedback we received was valuable and has helped us to develop the first Consumer Involvement Framework for Research which was launched on the 27th of November 2024.
Our newly launched 'Valuing the consumer voice in research' webpage contains the completed framework, as well as solutions that were developed as a direct result of the workshops. Explore the links below to see how your feedback was used.
Thank you.
Visit our new webpage
Valuing the Consumer Voice in Research Website
Visit our new webpage to find information on the Consumer Involvement in Research Framework 2024 and the SMHS Consumer Involvement in Research Workshop Outcome Reports.
You can also read more about the three solutions highlighted below, that were developed as a direct result of the workshops and your feedback.
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SMHS Consumer Bank Fund
This fund finances consumer involvement from a research project's early stages.
SMHS Research Consumer Advisory Group
This group will champion consumer involvement in research at SMHS
Learn more about research and clinical trials
In the South Metropolitan Health Service, research knows no limits. Our research is small and large. It can be at a ward level, across state lines, or an international collaboration.
Research includes a range of activities, from staff ideas to improving care or treatments, new ways of working in healthcare or formal clinical trials to assess new drugs or devices or compare treatments.
A clinical trial is a form of human research designed to find out the effects of an intervention on a participant/group of participants.
These interventions can include medical and surgical treatments, experimental drugs and diagnostics, biological products, medical devices, health-related service changes, health-related preventative strategies, and health-related educational interventions.
Clinical trials help us to develop new interventions that may improve health and wellbeing for all.
Consumers can be involved in research projects at many different levels
