NIHR CLAHRC Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Please click here for the February edition of the CLAHRC community e-newsletter.

Please Click here to read the 2012 newsletter of the MHRN East Anglia Hub.

Research is a patient priority but many Trusts are unaware of how they are performing in this aspect of the NHS Constitution.  According to a poll published in 2011, 97% of the public believe it is important for the NHS to support research into new treatments.

Please click here to read find out how your Trust is performing.

New guidelines have been issued from NICE offering advice on improving the experience of service users using adult NHS mental health services.

Please click here to read the document.

Please click here  for the bulletin from the NIHR Research Design Service for the East of England.

In this Bulletin you will find regular updates for Researchers, R&D staff and Research Advisors alike.

This issue includes:

• · What can the RDS do for you?
• · Training Opportunities
• · NIHR Funding
• · Research Training Awards & Fellowships
• · Other Funding Opportunities
• · How to obtain help

Welcome to the community e-newsletter for the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) bringing you the latest news and interesting developments from across the nine collaborations and the health services research community. The CLAHRCs are funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and form part of the NIHR infrastructure.

Please click here to download the newsletter.

The government’s strategy for UK Life Sciences was published on 5 December. It sets out policies and investments that aim to support growth and innovation in the life sciences sector, many of which are directly relevant to the CLAHRC.  Please click here to go to the website.

See also ‘Innovation Health and Wealth’: Sir Ian Carruthers’ review on innovation in the NHS.  Please click here to visit the website.

Welcome to the community e-newsletter for the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) bringing you the latest news and interesting developments from across the nine collaborations and the health service research community. The CLAHRCs are funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and form part of the NIHR infrastructure.

Please click here to download the newsletter.

Our project aim is to improve end of life care (EOLC) for patients in community and hospital settings across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, by providing education based on increasing the uptake of the three EOLC tools: Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Preferred Priorities of Care (PPC) and Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP).

Please click here to download the Newsletter.

A project, led by Community Nurses and a Food Hygiene and Safety Manager,  with service user involvement and support from the CLAHRC CP Adult Theme, has adapted a mainstream health improvement programme (CHIP) for people with IDs and their support workers.

Please click here to read more.