Involving patients in all stages of health data research is a noble aim; however,
there are not too many examples of it being successfully put into practice particularly
not in real-time pandemic surveillance. In November, 2020, the Early Pandemic Evaluation
and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II) team created a unique collaboration,
inviting a Public Advisory Group (PAG) of 15 patient and public contributors to work
alongside university and Public Health Scotland staff to provide vital perspectives
of the public on all areas of their COVID-19 research.
The federal Judiciary has opened the application period for membership in its public user group that provides advice and feedback on ways to improve electronic public access (EPA) services.