Jan Davies

What I do as a member of the Involving People Advisory Group.

I am, at the present, Vice Chair of the Involving People Advisory Group. I attend Meetings and Training Courses on behalf of the Involving People Network. I have recently taken part in an Evaluation of the Involving People Network, from its inception, looking at its achievements (and failures) and aims for the future.

When and Why I joined Involving People.

I joined Involving People about three years ago. I was introduced to Involving People when I attended a Clinical Research Collaboration (CRC) Conference in Cardiff. I was asked to attend the Conference through the work I do with my local hospital Trust and Health Board.

I have a chronic condition and accepted the chance to involve myself with planned research and to help to improve the way services are given.

I consider service user input gives a quality to Research and this has been recognised now and Researchers are encouraged, through governance, to include service users in all forms of Research.

What I did before Involving People.

I spent a number of years after leaving schooling in the chemical industry. I also spent a number of years at home looking after family. In this period I took a second degree in Humanities.

What I want to do but have not done yet.

I have a "bucket" list of countries I would like to see and have managed to see a number of these and still working on the rest. Health and money restraints will, unfortunately, play a factor in what I can achieve but with the help of an improved NHS – who knows.

Favourite famous quotation

There are a number of quotations I like but I will choose this one:
The one thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke