Specialised commissioning patient and public voice (PPV) partner roles

Patient and public voice (PPV) partners play a crucial role in specialised services and are represented throughout our boards/committees/groups to ensure that the views of patients, carers and the public are at the heart of all we do.

NHS England is committed to promoting equality and inclusion to ensure that our PPV partners reflect and represent our diverse population. We particularly encourage people from minority communities to apply.

If you require the recruitment information in another format, please get in touch: england.voice-crg@nhs.net

Current opportunities

Children and Young People’s Gender Research Oversight Board patient and public voice partner

We are seeking a parent of a child with direct lived experience of gender incongruence or dysphoria to join the national Children and Young People’s Gender Research Oversight Board as a patient and public voice (PPV) partner. You will join 3 other PPV partners on the board.

The Research Oversight Board oversees an expanding programme of research being jointly developed by NHS England and the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR), supporting the design and delivery of new specialised gender services for children and young people being rolled out in the NHS.

Scope of the Research Oversight Board

  • maintaining an overview of emerging UK and international clinical research to support the timely adoption of evidence-based best practice
  • engaging with patients and the public, clinicians and other professionals to enable the remaining evidence gaps in gender dysphoria assessment and treatment to be identified and prioritised, stimulating researchers and research funders to initiate new high-quality research
  • identifying and delivering opportunities to collaborate in research, establishing specific academic capacity and expertise in gender dysphoria
  • confirming the core clinical data to be collected by commissioned providers to support clinical decision making, clinical audit, service evaluation and formal research.

You need to be able to attend 4 online meetings per year, each of 1.5 hours in length; and 2 meetings per year in London; and to read the meeting papers in advance. The role attracts an involvement payment and expenses are covered.

Find out more about  Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board.

We can arrange an informal chat about this role if you wish, please contact england.voice-crg@nhs.net

Application documents

Closing date: 14 September 2025
Interviews: October 2025