2011 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2011 Awards for Excellence From: International Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 25, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for International Journal of Public Sector Management
"Staying native': coproduction in mental health services research''
Steve Gillard, Kati Turner and Kathleen LovellDivision of Mental Health, St George's University of London, London, UKKingsley NortonWest London Mental Health NHS Trust, Southall, UKTom ClarkeSouth West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, Springfield University Hospital, London, UKRachael AddicottThe King's Fund, London, UKGerry McGivern and Ewan FerlieDepartment of Management, King's College, London, UK
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe a recent experiment in research coproduction in an evaluation of service planning at a London Mental Health NHS Trust. The paper aims to consider whether members of the research team who have themselves been users of mental health services are able to contribute to the research process as ``experts by experience'', or if their experiential knowledge is ``colonized'' within the academic research team.Design/methodology/approach - A qualitative, comparative case study approach was adopted, using structured observations and semi-structured interviews. Researchers' reflective accounts and a reflective focus group were employed to explore the process of coproduction.Findings -The paper concludes that, far from ``colonising'' expertise by experience, the experiment builds local capacity in research coproduction and usefully informs a service planning process that reflects the priorities and concerns of a range of stakeholders.Research limitations/implications - The paper describes a small, local experiment in research coproduction and so findings are limited in their scope. However, the study demonstrates an effective methodological approach to evaluating, empirically, the impact of coproduction on the health services research (HSR) process.Practical implications - The paper demonstrates the potential for repeated exercises in coproduction to build capacity in collaborative approaches to both HSR and service planning.Originality/value - The involvement of experts by experience is increasingly a policy requirement in the domains of both health service planning and HSR in the UK. There are very few empirical studies that evaluate the impact of that coproduction.
Keywords Change management, Mental health services, Learning organizations, Health services, Knowledge management, United Kingdom
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 6, 2010, pp. 567-77,International Journal of Public Sector Management
The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
"The Ombudsman in developing democracies: the Commonwealth Caribbean experience''
Najmul Abedin
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 3, 2010, International Journal of Public Sector Management
"Police misconduct: accountability of internal investigations''
Terry Lamboo
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 3, 2010, International Journal of Public Sector Management
Oustanding Reviewers
Dr Rhys AndrewsCardiff Business School, UK
Dr Paresh WankhadeLiverpool Hope University, UK
