Public participation in the design of educational programmes for cancer nurses: a case report

Genuine involvement of the public in planning, monitoring and evaluation of health care is a prerequisite to a better quality of service. Similarly us ers of health services and their carers can contribute much to the planning and delivery of professional education, although this contribution has onl y recently been acknowledged in any strategic way by nursing educational an d professional bodies. This pager provides one example of user and carer in volvement in the design of continuing education and higher education in can cer care nursing within the University of Leeds School of Healthcare Studie s. The author reflects upon the positive aspects and some of the challenges presented in the achievement of public involvement in nurse education.