Co-production scoping review: protocol v1

Background Interest in and use of co-production in healthcare services and research is growing. Previous reviews have summarised co-production approaches in use, collated outcomes and effects of co-production and focused on replicability and reporting, but none have critically reflected on how co-production in applied health research might be evolving and the implications of this for future research. We aim to conduct a scoping review to systematically map recent literature on co-production in applied health research in the UK to inform co-production practice and guide future methodological research. Methods Scoping review using established methods. We will created an evidence map to show the extent and nature of the literature on co-production and applied health research, based on this we described the characteristics of the articles and scope of the literature and summarised conceptualisations of co-production and how it was implemented. We will extract implications for co-production practice or future research and conduct a content analysis of this information to identify lessons for the practice of co-production and themes for future methodological research. Results We will report on lessons for the practice of co-production and themes for future research on co-production.