{"id":511,"date":"2024-01-08T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:09:00","slug":"involvement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/handbook\/involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford Health is committed to involving patients, families and carers in continually improving the quality of the services we provide.<\/p>\n<p>You can get involved at any age and at any point in your journey if you feel able. Involvement is for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>As a carer of someone who uses our services we want to make sure that your voice is heard.<\/p>\n<h2>Why get involved?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>To use personal experiences of healthcare to help improve quality<\/li>\n<li>To give opinions in a measured way<\/li>\n<li>To use skills to improve healthcare services<\/li>\n<li>Used lived experiences to empower others and educate staff<\/li>\n<li>Have a keen interest in bringing about service improvement and being eager to make a difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What can I get involved with?<\/h2>\n<p>Oxford Health has a range of involvement opportunities available, and this is growing all the time. Some activities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interviewing potential new staff members<\/li>\n<li>Presenting a personal healthcare story to help the trust learn from your experiences<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing and developing essential information such as leaflets, posters and websites<\/li>\n<li>Helping to develop and deliver training for our staff<\/li>\n<li>Participating in a focus group to give your views on a specific topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The benefits that involvement can bring include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Empowerment<\/li>\n<li>Being listen to and having your voice heard<\/li>\n<li>Reimbursement<\/li>\n<li>Meeting new people and social benefits<\/li>\n<li>Gaining new skills<\/li>\n<li>Making a difference<\/li>\n<li>Improving others\u2019 experiences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want more information or want to get involved contact <a href=\"mailto:icareyoucare@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\">icareyoucare@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford Health is committed to involving patients, families and carers in continually improving the quality of the services we provide&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":657,"parent":387,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-page-vertical-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-511","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511\/revisions\/643"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}