Category: public involvement in health research

Stop Press: Wake up and smell the coffee – consultation launched on UK-wide draft standards for public involvement in research @OfficialNIHR @ResearchWales @publichealthni CSOScotland @NIHRINVOLVE

How many of you have arrived at a meeting, gasping for a cup of tea, and been presented with a scene not unlike the one in the photo below? An array of coffee pots.  All looking the same. But each holding something different. Coffee, decaffeinated coffee, hot water, tea (possibly). That’s before we even get… Read More Stop Press: Wake up and smell the coffee – consultation launched on UK-wide draft standards for public involvement in research @OfficialNIHR @ResearchWales @publichealthni CSOScotland @NIHRINVOLVE

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Lancet study puts NIHR top of the intl league table for health research in the public interest inc. public involvement @TheLancet

Yesterday the Lancet published a study by Mona Nasser, Mike Clarke, Iain Chalmers and others looking at how well eleven international research founders are doing to reduce waste in research. This follows a series of articles by Chalmers et al over the last couple of years on the same issue. The study scored funders using… Read More Lancet study puts NIHR top of the intl league table for health research in the public interest inc. public involvement @TheLancet

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Flying the ‘standards’ for public involvement in health research: new initiative launched. Sign up here. @OfficialNIHR @NIHRINVOLVE @ResearchWales #ppistandards

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) together with its Welsh equivalent, Health and Care Research Wales, have joined forces to launch a project to develop standards for public involvement in research. The Public Involvement Standards Development Partnership has a website which went live today  where you can learn more and sign up to be… Read More Flying the ‘standards’ for public involvement in health research: new initiative launched. Sign up here. @OfficialNIHR @NIHRINVOLVE @ResearchWales #ppistandards

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NIHR launches new poster campaign on public involvement in research #twosides @OfficialNIHR @NIHRINVOLVE

The UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has launched a striking new poster campaign entitled #twosides to raise awareness of the importance of patients and the public to making health and social care research happen. There are three posters to choose from in the series and you can download or order posters here. These… Read More NIHR launches new poster campaign on public involvement in research #twosides @OfficialNIHR @NIHRINVOLVE

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Blog: some mental health research items inc. a new young person’s group being formed @McPinFoundation

If you follow me on Twitter (@SDenegri) you might notice that I regularly RT the work of the McPin Foundation which exists to ‘transform mental health research by putting the lived experience of people affected by mental health problems at the heart of research methods and the research agenda.’ It’s a fabulous organisation. Prior to Christmas they… Read More Blog: some mental health research items inc. a new young person’s group being formed @McPinFoundation

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Seeing the patient and carer behind the many faces of ill-health #multimorbidity @JLAageing @OfficialNIHR @EngageFMS

Last week I attended a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) workshop on older people with complex needs.  The more common term used in medical and scientific circles for ‘complex needs’ is ‘multi-morbidity.’  Which means suffering from two or more conditions at the same time. But I prefer the former term. As statistics from the Office… Read More Seeing the patient and carer behind the many faces of ill-health #multimorbidity @JLAageing @OfficialNIHR @EngageFMS

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