Lucy's Light

Hear all about the NHS England model of strategic co-production and the National Strategic Co-Production Group as part of the NHSE Personalised Care Group, as well as the experiences of members ("Peer Leaders") of the SCG and about their experiences of the NHS Peer Leadership Academy. This episode features a member of the NHS England Lived Experience Team, Sherone Phillips, and 5 Peer Leaders, Tom, Julia, Vicky, Amy and Holly. Find out more about Lucy at https://www.lucy-watts.co.uk

Living Life To The Fullest: a research project looking at the lives, hopes, desires and contributions of disabled children and young people, and their families. This project is co-produced with young disabled women in the form of the "Co-Researcher Collective", who, unlike many projects, are not just part of the project as subjects or PPI support, these Co-Researchers have been part of every aspect of the project from data collection to data analysis, as well as writing-up our work, and of other interrelated projects of the project, which include a (work in progress) co-production toolkit, an (in progress) book about our work and experiences, our blog, attending conferences, and other side-projects. In this episode, we're joined by Dr Kirsty Liddiard of the University of Sheffield, the lead researcher, and Sally Whitney, one of our Co-Researcher Collective members, who discuss the Living Life To The Fullest project, our work, how we've achieved what we've done, and what co-production is, how it has benefitted our project, and how others can learn from what we've done. For more information go to: https://www.livinglifetothefullest.org For more information about Lucy, go to www.lucy-watts.co.uk (http://www.lucy-watts.co.uk/)

Steph Nimmo joins Lucy to discuss life as a carer. Steph shares the ups and downs, the battles for support, the loss of identity and the loss of purpose following the death of her husband Andy, and then her very complex daughter Daisy. "...now I struggle to rebuild that life and make some meaning out of it because when Daisy died and Andy died I lost my usefulness." Steph is a published author and blogger, for more information about her books go to https://www.stephnimmo.com Her blog can be found at https://www.wasthisintheplan.com For more information about Lucy, go to https://www.lucy-watts.co.uk