To support government initiatives to increase patient and lay involvement in all aspects of medicine Lay Involvement in Health and Other Research identifies practical ways in which non-professionals can enhance the value of academic and scientific research. It also provides insights on how lay involvement works outside healthcare boundaries using examples from social care education law and order community development transport and the environment offering points and frameworks on how to increase and enhance this activity. All healthcare professionals (especially those involved in research) policy makers and shapers and healthcare academics will find this timely publication an interesting read.