Between funder requirements and ‘jobbing scientists’: the evolution of patient and public involvement in a mental health biomedical research centre - a qualitative study

Table 1 Key themes

Funder Facing Documents	Interviews and internal documents
1) Progressive embedding of PPI in research through dedicated personnel	• Increasing momentum in PPI in research • Embedding PPI with limited capacity: “a thin resource that has to be targeted”
2) Innovative methods aligning PPI to BRC research agenda	• PPI can improve research design in support of the BRC’s objectives • The “biomedical agenda” shapes and constrains involvement
3) Progressive embedding of PPI in governance	• The pull of institutional inertia
3) Progressive embedding of PPI in governance	4) Recognition of mental health service users as research partners • Collaboration legitimises mental health service user voice for academic/professionals • Limits to recognition: selective inclusion and the paradox of the insider/outsider

ISSN: 2056-7529