Title: Co-Design of an Integrated Diagrammatic Systems Modelling Language (iDSML) to Facilitate Effective communication and problem solving in Healthcare Systems. (The ‘DIAGRAMS’ study). Aim: The aim of this research was to design an integrated diagrammatic systems modelling language for describing healthcare systems. This was to facilitate communication and problem-solving in […]
Making safeguarding personal
Project Title Delivering person-centred outcomes in an Adult Safeguarding Service: a route towards best practice and compliance with section 14.14 of the Care Act 2014 Type of Research Mixed methods, to inform the development of policy and procedures in Adult Safeguarding Background Following a previously successful collaboration between members of […]
Transition from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Project title: Transition from Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): users and leavers co-produce a transition preparation programme Background: Consensus is growing that a rigid, age-based cut-off for leaving Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is not in the best interests of young people (YP). The Care Act […]
Evaluation of Interpersonal Counselling (IPC)
Project title: Evaluation of Interpersonal Counselling (IPC) Pilot Hypothesis Does IPC (delivered by family support workers) lead to a reduction in depressive symptoms in adolescents with low mood? Is IPC delivered by youth workers acceptable to adolescents with low mood? Do youth workers find IPC an acceptable treatment to train […]
Transition from Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): young people in 3 NHS Trusts co-produce a Preparation Programme
Background Approximately half of all lifetime mental disorders emerge in the teenage years, 75% before the age of 25 [1]. In the UK, however, service structure necessitates transition from child and adolescent-centred services by age 18, a period when young people are negotiating multiple physical, emotional and social demands and […]
Understanding PPI in research with older people living in residential settings
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 […]
Patients as partners to improve long-term conditions
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 […]
Implementing PPI in an NHS Research Programme
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 […]
A comparison of data collected from GP records versus care home records
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 […]
Economic Evaluation of telehealth
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 […]