Patient partnership at BMJ

Pressures on health systems around the world continue to mount, and staff shortages, long waiting lists, and delays for essential treatment are putting an unprecedented strain on health services.1 In the UK, National Voices, a leading patient organisation, argues that the UK’s current healthcare workforce crisis is “badly impacting people’s experience of health and care.”2 The experience of patients and the public can and should contribute to finding solutions to the pressure on the health services. But their voices are often marginalised.Solid foundationThe BMJ has been a vocal champion of patient partnership for over 20 years, but in 2014 our focus shifted to developing in-house expertise, policies, and capabilities, including patient editors, a patient advisory panel, peer review by patients, co-production of articles, and firmer requirements for authors of research studies to include a statement on patient and public involvement.3 By 2022, more than 85% of research papers were sent…
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