OP14 Involving People With A Lived Experience When Developing A Proposed Health Technology Assessment Of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatments

Introduction Patient and public involvement (PPI) is an expectation when conducting a health technology assessment (HTA), but there little guidance for those wishing to embed PPI developing HTA proposal. We wanted ensure was central in preparing proposal potentially of any intervention pelvic organ prolapse (POP) women. Methods conducted open process recruit two co-applicants who, after induction the project, were jointly responsible governance partnership with Lead throughout project planning. facilitated online workshop other women lived experience POP to: develop our question scope; decide interventions outcomes evidence synthesis; discuss care pathway economic evaluation component; plan dissemination. The encouraged comment on full proposal, while attendees invited plain language summary. Our work adhered United Kingdom (UK) Standards Public Involvement. obtained funding facilitate within reimburse their time. Results Involving participants strengthened by: solidifying rationale based experience; adding synthesis not previously considered; highlighting dissemination outlets that appealed public. Comments summary ensured accessible. However, we unable everything originally planned even though researcher time spent embedding into substantial. Conclusions Including can be valuable proposals. research required explore appropriate level at stage, particularly given large amount additional resource needed incorporate meaningful PPI.