Lived experience research: a service user’s perspective

ABSTRACT

In this article, Dr Ben Gray (a Research Ambassador and Service User Researcher at Healthwatch Essex) describes his lived experience of schizophrenia and Asperger’s syndrome and outlines its relevance to qualitative research in health and social care.

KEYWORDS:

• Lived experience research
• service user engagement
• Lived Experience Advisory Panel
• engagement
• first-person account

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).