Collaborating with other patients' organizations
Patients’ organisations can include any non-governmental, not-for-profit organisations representing patients at any level. Working with these partners has many benefits.
For example, working with other local patients’ organisations:
- gives a united voice that is stronger than a single voice
- enables you to share experiences
- avoids duplication of efforts (e.g. you can produce shared educational materials)
- is more cost effective.
Partnerships with national, international, regional and other umbrella patients’ organisations provide benefits such as:
- support for your work, including visibility and publicity
- guidance and training for your members
- representation and ability to impact policy at a national/international level
- opportunities to share resources (such as staff and equipment), communication materials and best practice.