The National PROMs Network is a network of individuals committed to working together to share experience and support in the relatively young but rapidly growing area of collecting and using Patient Reported Outcome Measures.
Initially focussing on orthopaedics, it has become clear that there is a real need for such a resource across many specialities for people who have been given “PROMs” as part of their regular job. Support and educational understanding of what the data represents has widened our membership to include researchers, platform developers, and academics in addition to surgeons, managers, nurses, physiotherapists and other healthcare teams. Recently we have gained new members as more organisations are appointing dedicated staff for PROMs collection and we have been proud to support and advise them.
Following a workshop to explore the idea, the PROMs Network was created to allow organisations to start
working collaboratively with the aim of standardising PROMs collection and analysis nationally. All levels of staff engaged in PROMs use are able to join the network to share experience and support on processes for collection, analysis and benchmarking. Our aim is to ensure transparency and effective utilisation of PROMs by providing a central resource of experienced individuals to work with clinicians, managers, administration and I.T teams, developers, researchers and academics.
We are about to refresh the Network (summer 2026) so please watch this space!
We are proud to announce a new partnership with Leeds Beckett University which we hope will enable the PROMs Network to grow and evolve.
Anji Kingman, Network co-ordinator
If you would like to join the network please complete our contact form, telling us a little about you and your experience with PROMs.
Meet the team
Anji Kingman is the Clinical Outcomes Manager at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, managing the extensive elective orthopaedics PROMs programme there. She is also PROMs and Administration lead for the UK Bone and Joint Infection Registry, and for openOutcomes. Anji is a member of openEHR International and of the Bone And Joint Infection Society. LinkedIn: Anji Kingman
Tim Pickles and Antoinette Davey are researchers working int he field of PROMs and are based at the Leeds Beckett University and Exeter University respectively.
Mr Kanthan Theivendran is our Lead Consultant and is an orthopaedic consultant at Sandwell & West Birmingham. Twitter: @KTheivendran Mastodon: @kanthan@mstdn.social
Professor Mike Reed and Mr Ajay Malviya, orthopaedic consultants at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation NHS Foundation Trust continue to lead their PROMs Network working groups and are our founding clinical leads.
Sadly we have lost a beloved friend and colleague, Rebecca Lafferty (Wrightington) whose input, wit and insight are greatly missed.
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