A major part of our public involvement is recruiting and training lay representatives (members of the general public with no medical training) to take part in our review teams. Lay people are part of review teams which help us review the standard and quality of NHS care by visiting hospitals and health service providers throughout Scotland to measure how well they are meeting the standards we have set.
Working alongside other review team members drawn from healthcare and other professionals, lay people play a vital role by bringing in new ideas and helping their fellow team members look at things from a lay person's point of view.
There is currently a Public Partner vacancy for Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). View details of this vacancy in our recruitment section.