6 March 2018 - The aim of this study is to report on the experiences, benefits, and challenges of patient and public involvement and engagement from a publicly funded early awareness and alert system in the United Kingdom.

Approaches for patient and public involvement and engagement were successfully integrated into all aspects of the National Institute for Health Research Horizon Scanning Research and Intelligence Centre's early awareness and alert system system. Input into identification activities was not as beneficial as involvement in prioritisation and early assessment. Patients gave useful insight into the Centre's Web site and engaging patients using Twitter has enabled the Centre to disseminate outputs to a wider audience.

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