Bringing Unit Costs to a wider audience: Making the invisible visible
Members of the Unit Cost programme met with our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Research Advisors for our first Unit Cost PPIE project discussion in November 2022. Unit costs of health and social care quantifies the resources required to produce these services in monetary terms. The purpose of the meeting was to jointly develop our understanding of how Research Advisors involvement will work in the programme and to think through how, together, we can make the most of the Unit Cost programme, over its 5 year time horizon. We were keen to identify creative, impactful, opportunistic ways to draw on a range of views on unit costs and create more value from the research through our public involvement activities. – Click the title to read the full post
We currently have 2 online webinars planned for 2025:
Webinar 1 – ‘An Overview of the Unit Costs Programme’ (Tuesday 6th May, 12-1pm): In this webinar various members of our team will discuss what Unit Costs are, with examples, and why these are important. This will be of interest to people who use the Unit Costs Manual, people who are new to the Unit Costs Manual, health and social care colleagues and members of the public. You will have the opportunity to ask any questions you have about the Unit Costs Programme during our dedicated Q+A session!
Webinar 1 – Teams Registration Link
Webinar 2 – ‘An Introduction to the new Unit Cost Adjuster’ (Thursday 5th June, 12-1pm): In this webinar, we will introduce the new Unit Cost Adjuster with a demonstration, and provide an overview of how this has been developed and how you could use this for your future Unit cost calculations in a more accessible and interactive way. This will be of interest to people who want to find out more about this new tool for cost calculations.
Webinar 2 – Teams Registration Link
How do I register my interest in attending the webinar(s)?
Please register your interest in attending in either or both webinars through our Teams registration links. If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please contact our Public Involvement and Engagement manager, Sarah Birch (email: s.j.birch@kent.ac.uk; 01227 824967). Please note, we will not be able to cover any public involvement time or expenses for attending this webinar series.