I make no apology for being a little bit obsessed by plain English summaries of research this week. Events have conspired to make it this way. So, what did NIHR do when faced late last year with rising concern among academics, researchers, patients and the public about the poor quality of lay summaries? It commissioned … Continue reading INVOLVE steps forward to change behaviours on plain English summaries of health research
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Health Research Authority (HRA) stocks rise in first public flotation
The word on the street is that yesterday's Health Research Authority (HRA) public and patient involvement workshop - it's first public flotation if I can put it like that - was very successful indeed. That has to be good news. I think we should be encouraged that the team at HRA has barely got its feet under … Continue reading Health Research Authority (HRA) stocks rise in first public flotation
User involvement in research – drive your own train
I am at the INVOLVE two-day conference in Nottingham this week. INVOLVE is the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded programme promoting public involvement in research. It is perhaps worth adding that INVOLVE is the only publicly funded national organisation of its kind across the world. It's a packed conference - almost 500 delegates … Continue reading User involvement in research – drive your own train
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