Author: CLAHRC
Selection by a panel of clinicians and family representatives of important early morbidities associated with paediatric cardiac surgery suitable for routine monitoring using the nominal group technique and a robust voting process
Free workshop on June 22nd – Embedding innovation in the NHS: patient, practice and system perspectives
Embedding innovation in the NHS: patient, practice and system perspectives
22nd June 2017, 12-4.30pm
Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, Kings Cross, London WC1H 9HU
This half-day workshop will bring together a diverse audience for lively debate and discussion about current practice in the UK’s health care innovation landscape. The workshop is a response to one of UCL’s current policy ‘grand challenges’ – understanding how innovation can be successfully embedded in the NHS, and what learning can be applied from other sectors.
To address this challenge, the workshop will provide a forum for exploring different perspectives on health care innovation. It will introduce tangible examples of where health innovations have been successfully developed and implemented in the NHS in recent years, highlighting the types of support mechanisms and collaborations that have made this possible. Patient demands for innovation will be discussed, as well as the organisational and system level interventions being used to drive innovation forwards in the NHS, such as new models of care.
The workshop will bring together different communities of practice to share their knowledge and experience – inventors, charities, NHS representatives, industry, academics and researchers, and those involved in policy. The format will be a mixture of panel discussions and guest speaker presentations, with time for wider group discussion and networking.
Confirmed panellists / contributors include:
– Charles Tallack, Head of NHS Operational Research and Evaluation, NHS England
– Katherine Langford, Programme Lead Health and Social Care, The Innovation Unit
– Dr Liz Mear, Chief Executive, The Innovation Agency and Chair of the national AHSN Network
– Prof Naomi Fulop, Professor of Health Care Organisation and Management, UCL
Date and timings: 22nd June 2017, 12pm – 4.30pm (drinks and networking 4.30pm-5pm)
Please register your attendance at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embedding-innovation-in-the-nhs-tickets-34217322934
Acknowledgements: This event is funded by a UCL Policy Engagement grant and is hosted by UCL’s Department of Applied Health Research and Health Services Research UK (HSRUK). It is kindly being supported by individuals at The Innovation Unit, The AHSN Network and UCLP. For more information, contact Dr Jean Ledger: j.ledger@ucl.ac.uk
Photograph selected in competition for UCL India Voices poster
Congratulations go out to Jennifer Martin, who has had an image she took in India chosen to represent the UCL India Voices project in 2017.
A PhD student with the Nurture Early for Optimal Nutrition (NEON) project, Jennifer took the picture while conducting research with women in Mumbai. After submitting it to a UCL photography competition, Jennifer’s photograph was selected as the image for UCL India Voices poster.
Advertising UCL’s Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding India Voices cross-disciplinary programme of film, debate and the arts, the poster can be seen across UCL.
Details of the India Voices programme can be found on the UCL Grand Challenges website.
No blank slates: Pre-existing schemas about pharmaceuticals predict memory for side effects.
Combining qualitative and quantitative operational research methods to inform quality improvement in pathways that span multiple settings
Trends in evidence use in public health decision-making
A new CLAHRC publication offers valuable insight into the types of evidence used by decision-makers working in public health. In 2013, responsibility for public health services and planning shifted from the “health” boundary to local authority control. These services can range from health checks to open access sexual health.
CLAHRC researchers examined English local public health decision-making in a new review of what evidence is used and how by those planning, designing and commissioning services.
The review, published in a new paper in the Journal Implementation Science identifies three clear trends in evidence use
- the primacy of local evidence
- the important role of local experts in providing evidence and knowledge, and
- the high value placed on local evaluation evidence despite the varying methodological rigour.
Barriers to the use of research evidence included issues around access and availability of applicable research evidence, and indications that the use of evidence could be perceived as a bureaucratic process.
This is part of a wider project entitled Exploring decision-making processes and knowledge requirements in public health
Read the full paper
Kneale et al. Implementation Science (2017) 12:53
DOI 10.1186/s13012-017-0577-9
The use of evidence in English local public health decision-making: a systematic scoping review
The use of evidence in English local public health decision-making: a systematic scoping review
A fantastic free event to celebrate life changing research
Each year, the International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world on or near the 20th of May in order to celebrate the day that James Lind started his famous trial on the 20th of May 1747.
On Wednesday 24 May this year, Barts Health NHS Trust (in association with Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry) will be hosting Research Matters event as part of the annual celebration of International Clinical Trials Day. This programme will feature talks from award-winning academics and clinicians, patients and others, to showcase the high quality clinical research taking place within Barts Health hospitals. For the full programme and to register your place: https://researchmatters2017.eventbrite.co.uk
There will also be a number of additional activities taking place in May in support of International Clinical Trials Day. Look out for information stalls at Barts Health hospitals, where you will have a chance to talk directly to research staff and learn more about ways you can get involved in clinical research. For more information see: www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/takepart
Event date: Wednesday 24 May 2017
Event time: 5pm until 6.30pm, followed by drinks reception (approx. 1hr)
Event registration: https://researchmatters2017.eventbrite.co.uk
