Lead author Sarah Hoare, (PhD student, Cambridge Institute of Public Health) and co-authors including CLAHRC PI Dr Stephen Barclay, are pleased to announce the publication and press release of their paper ‘Do Patients Want to Die at Home? A Systematic Review of the UK Literature, Focused on Missing Preferences for Place […]
Join an National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) programme panel or board There are currently a number of opportunities for public contributors on the NIHR’s Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Prioritisation panels, HTA Funding Boards and Public Health Research (PHR) Programme Advisory board. These are […]
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) open application process for the NIHR Fellowships Programme 2016 Deadline for application submissions: 1.00 pm on Wednesday the 20th of January 2016 NIHR Fellowships support outstanding individuals to become the health research leaders of the future by buying out their salary costs, meeting their […]
We would like to draw your attention to the latest newsletter from the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF). The newsletter outlines current news and funding opportunities. This October 2015 edition includes: NIHR School for Public Health Research Competition 2015 NIHR Photographic Competition 2015 – the results Top 10 health technology innovations AMRC […]
The RAPPORT research team are delighted announce that the report “ReseArch with Patient and Public invOlvement: a RealisT evaluation – the RAPPORT study” has been published in the Health Services and Delivery Research journal on the NIHR Journals Library website. The study set out to find evidence showing whether or not Patient and Public Involvement […]
An NIHR funded study, recently published in the The Lancet Psychiatry, assessed if increased liaison between primary and secondary care improves the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of detection of people with, or at high risk of developing, a first psychotic illness. The Liaison and Education in General Practices (LEGs) study, led by Principal […]
Benefits Advice Service for involvement Members of the public who are in receipt of welfare benefits and are offered payment for involvement need to consider how the payment might affect their benefits. This new confidential service provided by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) in partnership with others, has expert knowledge and […]
An opportunity for members of the public to get involved in an advisory committee/panel at the National Institute for Health Research Are you interested in health research? Do you have experience of working in committees/groups? Do you have experience of patient and public involvement? Do you have good communication skills? […]
The NIHR is pleased to announce the release of the first report of Infrastructure Training Forum 2015 – This report includes statistics, case studies of trainees, training leads and training initiatives. It also includes biographies from each of the training leads. Please click here to download the report. The NIHR infrastructure of Biomedical […]
Getting “animated” about a clinical academic career Healthcare professionals are being encouraged to develop a clinical academic career through a new animation developed by Health Education England (HEE) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The eye catching animation describes the opportunities on offer to all professions as part […]