About our collaboration
Researchers at GPCC collaborate in and with different national and international projects, groups, networks and organisations. Here are a few examples.
Person Council for Patients and Relatives/Carers
The GPCC Person Council for patients and carers consists of a group of persons with many years of personal experiences of Swedish health care, either as patients and/or relatives/carers (or both). The aim of this Council is to validate GPCC's activities and research from a patient and/or relative/carer perspective, as well as receive the council members input, and to co-create ideas, content and activities related to person-centred care. Information about the Person Council.
CostCares
Senior Professor Inger Ekman, former GPCC Centre Director, chaired CostCares, a COST Action which involved 28 European countries that aimed to design, evaluate and secure financing for different healthcare systems, and to test person-centred care in different countries in Europe with different healthcare systems.
The aim of the experimental healthcare systems was to generate data on how future healthcare should be developed to deliver high quality care and at the same time be affordable for individuals and society. Information about the CostCares project, results and links.
We Care
CostCares is a continuation of the We Care project, which was also chaired by Inger Ekman. The aim for We Care was to formulate a plan for how research and innovation in healthcare can contribute to high quality care and reduced healthcare costs.
The project resulted in a document called We Care Strategy Plan and R&D Roadmap. Information about this was published in The Lancet and BMJ. Information about the We Care project, and links to the Roadmap document and articles.
Person-centred Patient-Public-Private Partnership PCP4: Testbeds for person-centred care
PCP4 is a collaboration platform for person-centred partnership in Sweden. Within the platform, research, education and implementation will be organised and institutionalised in collaboration between universities, patients, healthcare decision-makers, staff and the business community. Information about PCP4.
The largest PCP4-project is and Interreg-project calledMore home dialysis for better health, quality of life and cost control. More Home Dialysis is a Scandinavian project, financed by Interreg ÖKS, where products, services, and models to increase home dialysis in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden will be tested and developed. More information about the project.
South Africa – Sweden University Forum (SASUF)
Researchers from GPCC are collaborating with researchers in South Africa in a project that will help children communicate symptoms from their own perspective. The purpose is to facilitate person-centred care. This collaboration takes place within the framework of South Africa – Sweden University Forum (SASUF). SASUF started in 2018 as a strategic internationalisation project with the overall aim of strengthening the ties between Sweden and South Africa in research, education and innovation. Information about GPCC's collaboration with South Africa.
The International Community of Practice for Person-centred Practice (PcP ICoP)
PcP ICoP is an international community, mainly of academics who are interested in advancing knowledge in the field of person-centred practice. Note here that ‘practice’ is taken as being in any field: care, education, research, management, policy and so on. The ICoP is hosted by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and co-ordinated by Professor Brendan McCormack. Information about ICoP.
The City of Helsingborg Municipal Care
The knowledge of how municipal health and social care can become more person-centered, and how this can be evaluated, is currently very limited. The City of Helsingborg has decided to train all its health and social care staff in person-centered care through an online course followed by discussions, to build an understanding and consensus around person-centered care among managers and employees at all levels within the administration. GPCC will therefore study the training initiative, with the intention of monitoring how the training is implemented, and what it means for leaders and staff within the organization, as well as for users of the services. More information about the project.