Publisher/s
Health Expectations
Publication Date
2 November 2025
Author
Tracey Stone, Emily Eyles, Thomas Traub, Jason Burrowes, Rebecca Halsley, Joanna Gillam, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Sabi Redwood, Corrado Totti, Tania Smith, Michelle Farr
Health and social care services increasingly recognise the value of involving people with lived experience in service design and delivery. For people who have experienced multiple disadvantage (combinations of homelessness, mental ill health, addiction, involvement with the criminal justice systems or domestic violence/abuse), participating in professional settings may be challenging and can risk re-traumatisation and greater disillusionment.

However, gaining confidence and competency to do this offers opportunities for personal and professional development, contributing to meaningful change. It is necessary that individuals with lived experience can engage safely and effectively in these settings.

This study analyses how an organisation of people who have experienced multiple disadvantage, Independent Futures (IF), enabled co-production within services and systems, to understand how people can be best supported and how involvement impacts them.

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