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The Research for Patient Benefit
Programme
Research for Patient Benefit
Programme
• A new Director since Jan 1st 2010:
• Professor David Armstrong
King’s College London
(background in general practice, public
health and social science)
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• What it is and where it fits
• How it works
• Areas for change?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• What it is and where it fits
• How it works
• Areas for change?
2006
National Institute for Health Research
Faculty
Investigators &
Senior
Investigators
Associates
Trainees
Infrastructure
Universities
Research
Clinical Research
Networks
NHS Trusts
Research Projects
& Programmes
Patients
&
Public
Clinical Research
Facilities & Centres
Research
Governance
Systems
Research Units &
Schools
Research
Information
Systems
Systems
National Institute for Health Research
Faculty
Investigators &
Senior
Investigators
Associates
Trainees
Infrastructure
Universities
Research
Clinical Research
Networks
NHS Trusts
Research Projects
& Programmes
Patients
&
Public
Clinical Research
Facilities & Centres
Research
Governance
Systems
Research Units &
Schools
Research
Information
Systems
Systems
NIHR Programmes
• DH commissioned two organisations,
NETSCC in Southampton and CCF in
Teddington to manage programmes
• NETSCC/CCF provide ‘back-office’
functions and Programme Managers
• Plus Programme Directors appointed by DH
(usually academic background)
NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies
Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)
Main Programmes:
• Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME)
• Health Services Research (HSR)
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
• Public Health Research (PHR)
• Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO)
NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF)
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Biomedical Research Centres and Units (£125m pa)
Programme Grants for Applied Research (£75m pa)
DH Policy Research Programme (£33m pa)
Research for Patient Benefit Programme (£25m pa)
CLAHRCs (£18m pa)
Invention for Innovation Programme (£13m pa)
Research Design Service (£10m pa)
Research Schools (£6m pa)
RISC (£5m pa)
Research Centres for NHS Patient Safety & Service Quality
(£2m pa)
• Genetics & Forensic Mental Health Programmes (£2m pa)
• NIHR Faculty Senior Investigators
Research for Patient Benefit
• Started in 2007
• A response mode funding programme
• Supporting high quality health services and
public health research
• Inputs from patients and public integrated at all
levels
• Maximum grant of £250k over 3 years
• 10 Regional Funding Committees
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
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• What it is and where it fits
• How it works
• Areas for change
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
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A research idea (derived from practice)
Assemble team/skills
Obtain PPI input
(discuss with local Research Design
Service?)
• Check application dates on website (3
rounds per annum)
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• Register interest
• Complete application form and submit
• Get feedback from Scrutiny Committee
– ‘out of scope’
– seriously flawed
– through to main committee
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• Reviews on application sought
• Application assessed at Regional Funding
Committee: presented, discussed, scored
• Acceptance/rejection notified, with
feedback (no resubmission)
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• Ethics approval gained
• Funding conditions met
• Money released and project started
• Annual reports
• Final report
• Extension requests?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• Publication
• Dissemination
• Etc
• Further research applications ...
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• What it is and where it fits
• How it works
• Areas for change?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• The programme has been running now for
3 years
• It’s ‘systems’ are now well established and
seem to work well
• But some tweaking may be helpful ...
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• What can be done to turn clinical
problems/uncertainty into researchable
questions?
• How to facilitate the clinical experience
and research skills interface?
• Importance of the Research Design
Service
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• How can we ensure that the Programme
and RDS work well together?
• Forging links between RDS and the local
RfPB Regional Funding Committee
• Forging links between the Programme and
RDSs: Policy? Local data? Etc
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• How exactly should Public and Patient
Involvement fit in?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• Do we need the registration of interest
stage?
• Do we need to revise the application form
(which can be repetitive)?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• Do we need to look again at the work of
the Scrutiny Committee?
• What is to count as ‘out of scope’?
• What feedback should be provided?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• How can we open up membership of
Regional Funding Committees?
• How can we ensure feedback to
successful applicants is more precise?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• What should we be doing with Annual and
Final Reports? Are the forms appropriate?
• How should we deal with extension
requests?
• How do we encourage and manage
dissemination?
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
• How can we get better joined up thinking
across all NIHR programmes?
– Common procedures
– Clear maps for applicants
– Etc
Visit the website…
www.nihr-ccf.org.uk
for:
•application forms
•guidance to applicants
•closing dates (for ROI and full proposal)
•Contact information for the RDS
•FAQs
•help and advice from CCF
•messages from the Programme Director
17/07/2015