Research for Patient Benefit

Professor Celia DaviesProgramme Director

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Research for Patient Benefit

Research for Patient Benefit

• response-mode funding programme • supports high quality health services and

public health research relevant to the NHS• administered by the NIHR Central

Commissioning Facility • ten Regional Funding Committees

Nicholas Tarrier

Research for Patient Benefit Regional Committee Chairs

Senga Bond

Paul Johnstone

Hywel Williams

Ian Harvey

Charles Wolfe

Helen SmithChristina Victor

Stuart Logan

Steve Cropper

Research for Patient Benefit- the programme

• funding building to £25 million per year after three years

• grants may be up to 36 months duration with a maximum cost of £250k

Aims

– study the way that NHS services are provided and used

– evaluate whether interventions are effective and provide value for money

– examine whether alternative means for providing healthcare would be more effective in terms of cost and effectiveness

– formally assess innovations and developments in healthcare

supporting projects in health services and public health research that could:

RfPB - A vision of research….

• arising from daily practice in the NHS• developed between NHS and other partners• open as to topic and as to method• generating tangible benefits in health • and health care

- a responsive programme with a strategic scope - both regionally delivered and centrally led

The first competition: the process…

• 651 ROIs• 279 full proposals• 141 peer reviewed• 25 funded

an overall success rate of 9% - but varying by

region and changing as the programme builds up

The first competition: the outcomes…

25 projects • based in a diversity of settings and care groups• concerned with clinical and non-clinical topics • using a diversity of methods and research techniques• building partnerships between the NHS, academia and

patient groups

not the usual suspects, not the established priorities

Preparing a proposal ... early stages

• Build the right team for the task

• Use the PPI grid not just at the end but at an early stage as a design aid

• Partnerships are possible and often preferable

Preparing a Proposal ... developing the application

• The usual rules for sound research apply

• Address the scope criteria explicitly

• Use critical readers not only inside but outside the specialist area

Preparing a Proposal … before you submit

• Scan all guidance and web resources again (include FAQs, Director’s Message &c.)

• Familiarise yourself with the submission rules

• If in doubt … contact CCF

RfPB

RDSUs INVOLVE

Improving Quality and Relevance

Towards an Agenda for Action

1. RDSU sign-up as peer reviewers

2. A timely and jointly agreed Director’s Message

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Visit the website… www.nihr-ccf.org.uk

for:• guidance to applicants• FAQs• application forms• closing dates (for ROI and full proposal) • help and advice from CCF• messages from the Programme Director