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Report on NHS digitisation rates government progress as "inadequate"
A recent all-party government report evaluating commitments on the digitisation of the NHS included key work by ARC Oxford and Thames Valley-supported researchers.
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New resource to support babies’ mental health is backed by MP
A toolkit funded by ARC North East and North Cumbria, to address significant gaps in mental health support services for parents and babies across the UK, has been welcomed by the Rt. Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom DBE MP and is already being used by teams across the country.
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Collaborating to improve child health and maternity in the UK
Two years into the ARCs' National Children's Health & Maternity programme, ARC South West Peninsula bring researchers together to share what they’ve learned so far.
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Best for You: A new service for children and young people
ARC Northwest London has developed and published a protocol to evaluate Best for You, a new approach integrating mental health care within paediatric and emergency settings.
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Developing resources for inclusive involvement in research
ARC East of England has set up a community of practice with members of the public and has created useful learning resources to help make health and care research more inclusive.
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New PPI impact log: Capturing the impact of public involvement
Patient and public involvement (PPI) is vital to health research but can be tricky to report on. A new log from People in Health West of England and ARC West aims to capture PPI impact.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in the real world
ARC Yorkshire and Humber's implementation arm, the Improvement Academy, has been awarded funding to explore the best ways for AI, clinicians and patients to work together.
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New dementia study finds challenges in managing finances
A newly published ARC North West Coast study explores how increased digitalisation since the pandemic has impacted finance management for people with dementia and their carers.
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Do informal carers reduce adult health and social care utilisation?
A study by ARC North Thames’ Implementation theme lead, has identified wider inequalities in service access for people without a carer, whose needs continue to go unmet.
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Co-production of a web-based implementation toolkit
Researchers from ARC Wessex would like you to test an innovative web-based toolkit that aims to support you through your implementation journey.
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Views on augmented reality and virtual reality hand hygiene training
A recently published study led by an ARC Greater Manchester researcher, explores care home workers’ views on augmented reality and virtual reality hand hygiene training.
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New book explains vaccines to children
ARC West Midlands' Prof Celia Brown recently published a book for children: 'Vi and Vincent the Jibber Jabbers'. It explains how vaccines work and how they keep many people safe.
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Views sought on health and social care research
People from ethnic minority backgrounds have the opportunity to shape future research into health and social care and reduce inequality thanks to a new ARC East Midlands study.
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New youth research partnership funding opportunities launched
ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex has launched a funding opportunity that will provide support for young people to engage in, get involved with and co-produce health and care research.
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High-quality research and collaboration recognised at awards event
Researchers, health and social care practitioners and members of the public, gathered to celebrate and learn from the achievements of ARC South London’s research network.
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Primrose study: Supporting the whole person
The cross-ARC Primrose project is all about reducing cardiovascular disease risk in people with severe mental illness. In this blog, three ARC Yorkshire and Humber researchers who recently joined the Primrose team, bring you with them on their journey to understand the history of the project and why physical health matters, especially for patients with severe mental illness.
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It’s time to place more emphasis on strength training in later life
The UK Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines on physical activity include strength recommendations. However, there is limited evidence that these recommendations are getting through to those who need them. In this blog, ARC Greater Manchester's Dr Ashley Gluchowski outlines how older adults are engaging with the guidelines, and whether more can be done by public health officials and local authorities to remove barriers to activity.
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Eating disorders: Challenging the stereotypes
This year’s recent Eating Disorders Awareness Week focussed on men’s experiences. Hannah Lewis, a PhD researcher at ARC North Thames, reflects on this as a welcome change in narrative – but believes more must be done to make interventions more culturally inclusive.
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Engaging our communities in applied research
ARC East of England’s Public and Community Involvement, Engagement and Participation (PCIEP) Lead Dr Bryony Porter, shares why community engagement is so important in applied research and how the ARC is embedding these approaches in their own projects.
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Involving young people with lived experience in research
In this blog Jahan Foster, social research manager at Greenwich Healthwatch discusses a research project involving local young people, exploring the low uptake of long-acting reversible contraception.
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Academics wanting to "make a difference to healthcare systems"
In this blog celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science that took place on 11 February 2023, two leading ARC East Midlands academics wanting to "make a difference” in healthcare research look back at their career highlights.
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ARC Reformation Committee
In anticipation of the future, an ARC West Midlands stakeholder committee have embarked on a period of consultation to help make sure their programme of work remains responsive to the needs of the services. In his blog, ARC West Midlands' Director Prof Richard Lilford discusses this consultation.
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How research internships can benefit care
Emma Potter is a physiotherapist by training and manages a team at Hampshire Hospitals. She has seen the impact that frontline research via internships has had. In this ARC Wessex video, she explains how internships can help develop care and overcome ‘change fatigue’.
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Awards / ARC KSS Individual Development Awards for children and young people's mental health researchers
Deadline to apply: 31 March or 31 August
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ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS) has launched its 2023 round of Individual Development Awards (IDAs). This year, ARC KSS is seeking applications from individuals wanting to build research skills in the area of children and young people’s mental health. These awards are aimed at individuals employed by an ARC KSS member organisation including those from academia, local authority, social work, or private or charity sectors.
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Awards / ARC Northwest London Improvement Leader Fellowship
Deadline to apply: 11 April
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ARC Northwest London are pleased to invite applications to join the 2023 cohort of their Improvement Leader Fellowship.
It consists of a free 12-month bespoke programme of seminars and workshops with an induction followed by monthly day long learning and networking meetings.
This programme has been developed to support future leaders in health and care to make meaningful changes to benefit staff, organisations, patients and the public.
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Funding / ARC North Thames Mental Health Research for All
Deadline to apply: 19 April
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ARC North Thames is delighted to open a second round of funding for research fellowships and springboard awards open to all those working in mental health in the North Thames region.
If you would like more information before applying, please consider attending the following informational webinars:
- Springboard Funding Awards Webinar on 14 March 2023, 4-5pm.
- Career Development Fellowships Webinar on 15 March 2023, 12-2pm.
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Funding / ARC East Midlands PhD studentship
Deadline to apply: 1 May
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ARC East Midlands is pleased to announce funding for a PhD studentship to conduct original empirical applied research aligned to the ARC's varied work programme.
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Funding / East Midlands non-medical clinical academic training opportunities
Deadline to apply: 30 June
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Health Education England (HEE)/NIHR is excited to offer eight internships, five places for the Pre-Doctoral Bridging Programme and two places for the Post-Doctoral Bridging Programme in the East Midlands. This funding is aimed to help those interested in becoming clinical academics.
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Webinar / Successful multidisciplinary teams
8 March, 11.30am - 1pm
Online
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The Social Care Institute for Excellence, in collaboration with the Improvements Analytics Unit (a partnership between NHS England and the Health Foundation), and the University of Birmingham, are hosting a webinar to share findings and practical insights on what leads to a successful multidisciplinary team, from research and the experience of local areas who have sought to be innovative in their approach.
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Event / Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series
8 March, 1pm - 2pm
Online
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Prof Amitava Banerjee from University College London will talk about 'Digital Health Interventions in Ethnic Minority Populations before and after the pandemic' at this ARC Greater Manchester event.
Email digital-inequities@manchester.ac.uk for the Zoom link to the talk.
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Event / ARCs national Health Economics showcase event
14 March, 9am - 4pm
University of Sheffield
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Hosted by ARC Yorkshire and Humber in partnership with ARC Greater Manchester, this free national event will bring together Health Economic themes to showcase their projects and research, share and exchange good practice and promote cross-ARC working.
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Workshop / Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)
16 March, 2pm - 4pm
Online
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ARC East Midlands is running a series of workshops to support individuals in carrying out an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA). The next EqIA workshop is being held on Thursday 16 March 2023. These workshops are only available to ARC study teams and researchers.
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Event / Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum
22 March, 1pm - 2pm
Online
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Hosted by Dr Clarissa Giebel of ARC North West Coast, the next Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum explores how to improve wellbeing and quality of life for people with dementia and their carers, with insights from a process evaluation on an Alzheimer's Society-funded psychosocial intervention.
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Event / CRED talk — Dying well: Social care research for quality in palliative and end of life care
23 March, 3pm - 4pm
Online
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Care, Research Education and Debate (CRED) talks are a forum to discuss what matters for social care. The next one is chaired by Deborah Sturdy, England’s Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care and titled: 'Dying well: Social care research for quality in palliative and end of life care'.
This #CRED talk, hosted by ARC Wessex, will bring you up to date with the latest evidence and associated learning resources on palliative and end of life care in care home and domiciliary settings.
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Course / An Introduction to Implementation Science
27 March - 8 May
Deadline to apply: 21 March
Online
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How can implementation science improve health and care services? Find out on this new CPD-accredited online module for health and social care practitioners, policymakers and researchers. The module was created by a team of implementation science experts at ARC South London, King’s College London and the University of East Anglia.
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Webinar / Engaging with policy makers
20 April, 1pm - 2pm
Online
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Could your research influence policy? This webinar from Prof Annette Boaz of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will explain the important areas to consider when engaging with and sharing research knowledge with policymakers. This event is being run by NIHR in partnership with ARC West.
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Workshop / Introduction to economic evaluation
23 May
Deadline to apply: 16 April
London
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Need to demonstrate the economic impact of projects in your organisation? The ARC North Thames Academy is running a one-day course open to all staff in frontline services in the NHS and local government to empower them to conduct economic evaluations and decision-making analysis.
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Course / Building partnerships with creativity and justice: PPIE in health and care research
15 March and 28 - 30 June
Deadline to book: 19 June
Hybrid event (online and in-person at the University of Exeter).
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ARC South West Peninsula's Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) theme lead Dr Kristin Liabo brings experts together for an in-person and virtual summer school at the University of Exeter.
The course sets out to examine innovative ways of generating and spreading knowledge, with an online introduction on 15 March, followed by a three-day residential summer school beginning on 28 June with a range of expert speakers.
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Conference / UK and Ireland Implementation Science Research Conference 2023
13 - 14 July
Deadline to apply: 2 May
Hybrid event (attend online or in person at the University of Limerick, Ireland)
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Now in its sixth year, this conference will bring together scientists, researchers, policymakers, clinicians, practitioners, service users and the public from around the world to explore the theme: 'Sustaining health and public services in an uncertain future: what role for implementation science?'.
ARC South London is co-hosting the conference as a hybrid event with the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Confirmed speakers include Prof Enola Proctor of Washington University and Prof Malabika Sarke of Brown University, USA.
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