Innovation and evaluation
Project title: Developing an ante-natal intervention to promote infant mental health Type of research: Intervention development and outcome measure validation Background & Scientific Rationale: There is a large body of evidence that strongly suggests that infant mental health in the period from conception to 2 years is greatly influenced by […]
FPH report: ‘Better Mental Health For All: a public health approach to mental health improvement’ The Faculty of Public Health (FPH)* has published a ground-breaking report about public mental health, which makes the case for improving mental health for everyone and preventing mental health problems. It is the work of the […]
The NIHR Dissemination Centre has written a summary of key research in the early intervention of psychotic disorders The Liaison with Education and General Practices (LEGS) trial, part of an NIHR funded research programme, has found that a tailored education session doubled the early identification and referral of people with, […]
New NICE guidelines include CLAHRC supported research on early intervention in Psychosis Originating under CLAHRC Cambridge and Peterborough, the research looked at the epidemiology and the heterogeneity in the incidence of psychotic disorders. The findings were translated into an online tool called PsyMaptic, and have been included in new guidelines from […]
Project title Theoretical and practical development of a prototype school based Mental Health Screening Programme to be delivered in primary schools. (Alternative title:The ‘DEAL’ study – Developing Early identification and Access in Learning Environments) Type of research Applied health research Background and rationale for new research Poor mental health amongst […]
Project title The Mindful Student Study Type of research The Mindful Student Study is the first randomised study of mindfulness delivered to University students in the UK, and one of the largest studies to be undertaken internationally. It therefore has the potential to be influential in the commissioning of new […]
PROMISE (PROactive Management of Integrated Services and Environments) wins National Patient Experience Award CLAHRC funded project PROMISE run by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) was selected as winner of the highly competitive ‘Strengthening the Foundations’ category at Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA). PROMISE listed over 200 ‘bottom-up front-line’ initiatives in 2014 […]
Background: The White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (Department of Health 2010) sets out a vision for the National Health Service that promises to be one the most extensive reforms in its history with the role of the general practitioner (GP) is at its heart. No Health without […]
A blog by Dr Mike Radford: Primary Care Research Fellow After completing a number of years as a GP in a busy practice and getting more involved in training of future GPs, I wanted to get back involved in some of the research I was discussing with my trainees every […]
“Life as a CLAHRC Funded GP Research Fellow” I love my work. In the current climate of a cash-strapped NHS with seemingly ever-increasing patient demand this may be a rare thing for a GP to say, yet it is true. Of course, most GPs relish the clinical challenges and variety […]