The Department of Health has approved the Health Research Authority to deliver a single approval system for all health research studies in England. Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality, today announced funding for the HRA Assessment and Approval. This funding means that the HRA will be able to reduce […]
The HRA will take responsibility from the Department of Health for issuing guidance for research in England, in place of the Research Governance Framework (RGF). The current version of the RGF will be withdrawn when the new framework is published. The HRA will undertake a review of the whole framework with an […]
Project title: Understanding PPI in older people’s research – how best to enable meaningful PPI in research with older people living in residential settings (RREACH) Type of research: Health services research incorporating systematic review and focus groups. Background & Scientific Rationale: There is increasing recognition of the importance of research […]
Project title: Patients and service users as research partners: what models work best to improve patient experience in long term conditions services? (PatIents as Partners to Improve long term coNditions services – PIPPIN) Type of research: Applied research For the lay summary, please click here Background & Scientific Rationale: Patient […]
Project title: Implementing PPI in an NHS Research Programme: Evaluating the PPI contribution to CLAHRC research implementation (IMPRESS) Type of research: Mixed methods qualitative action research Background and Scientific Rationale: Increasing and ever-wider public and policy support is now given to including public and patient involvement in the design and […]
Project title: How should we collect health care resource use data in trials conducted in care homes? A comparison of data collected from GP records versus care home records Type of research: Primary data analysis Background & Scientific Rationale: In an economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial, there are alternative […]
Project title: Economic Evaluation of telehealth: Systematic Review and economic model Type of research: Systematic review & meta-analysis Background & Scientific Rationale: Treatment costs for people with long term conditions are rising, as are the number of people with these conditions. Telehealth services (where monitoring occurs through the remote exchange […]
Project title: Economic evaluation of the EQUIP programme Type of research: Economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial Background & Scientific Rationale: It has been argued that that criminal offending is associated with a developmental delay in moral reasoning, distorted cognitions, and social skills (Gibbs et al, 2010). To address this, […]
Project title Eating and Drinking Well IN dementiA (EDWINA) Type of research Health Service Research- systematic review, qualitative research, development of tools for people with dementia Background & Scientific Rationale Increasing numbers of older adults in the UK have dementia which can result in eating and drinking difficulties, a major […]
Project title: Health resource use measurement in clinical trials: should we measure general health services or disease-specific health service resource use? Type of research: Reanalysis of RCT data and comparison of reporting methods Background & Scientific Rationale: In economic evaluation alongside clinical trials, there are alternative ways of obtaining health […]