Five Year Forward View for Mental Health – A report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England This independent report from the Mental Health Taskforce sets out the start of a ten year journey for that transformation, commissioned by Simon Stevens on behalf of the NHS. […]
Older care-home residents as collaborators or advisors in research: a systematic review As part of the CLAHRC EoE funded study Residents Research-Active in Care Homes (RReACH), Tamaara Backhouse and a team of researchers at the School of Health Sciences, UEA have recently published their systematic review in the journal ‘Age and Ageing’. The […]
The NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) are seeking three new public members for their PPI reference group. Application deadline: 5pm Monday 29 February 2016. The NETSCC is home to five research programmes that fund a range of health and public health research studies, and their PPI reference group advises the coordinating […]
The NIHR PHR Programme: responding to local authority research needs in the UK A review that reflects on the diversity of public health interventions outside of the NHS in the NIHR PHR Programme, has been published in Health Research Policy and Systems this week. The paper illustrates how the PHR […]
‘Health Technology Assessment: Choosing Which Treatments Get Funded’ is a free online course on offer from the University of Sheffield, through FutureLearn. Starting 15 February 2016, online Have you ever wondered why some drugs are made available to patients via healthcare services such as the NHS, while others are not? […]
The Department of Health funded Policy Research Programme (PRP) is currently inviting applications for policy evaluation funding The calls are invited in the following two areas: Call 1: Supporting a culture of openness in the NHS – a policy evaluation Deadline for receipt of stage 1 outline applications: 1pm 1 March 2016 […]
King’s Improvement Science is recruiting five postdoctoral fellows Closing date for applications: 11 February 2016 King’s Improvement Science, part of the CLAHRC South London, is recruiting three postdoctoral research fellows and two senior postdoctoral fellows. All five posts are three-year fellowships supported by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity and the […]
NIHR CLAHRC North Thames Academy are launching a new, online version of their popular evaluation course. Running from 25 April to 22 May 2016 Who is the course for? It is aimed at staff from NHS trusts, Local Authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups who are tasked with evaluating the performance of […]
The NIHR has released a Funding Calls Special Newsletter This special edition outlines the latest funding calls for which the NIHR are inviting applications, including: Applied Health Research on Dementia Prevention and treatment of obesity Antimicrobial resistance It also includes other NIHR programme funding opportunity reminders and deadlines. To access the newsletter, please click […]