Our team is here to help you share best practice and case studies to raise the profile of research at your organisation, and engage non-research colleagues across the NHS and social care.
Are you passionate about research?
Do you want to embed research in your organisation?
Do you have an idea to encourage a broader range of people getting involved in research?
Find out more below, or if you have any questions please contact Janet Piggott and Lynsay Bailey, our Research Engagement Champions for East of England RRDN.
One of the NIHR's key objectives is to help and encourage more health and care professionals to get involved in research.
An Adobe Sparkit presentation, which can be found below, provides and easy to navigate yet detailed guide to developing research within your Trust within the Well Led framework. It includes accessible information on the benefits research can bring to a Trust and patients as well as toolkits, assessments and videos.
Our Workforce Development Team provides invaluable support to help you take the next steps in your research career, as well as inspire others to follow you. Development opportunities on offer include:
the Greenshoots Awards Scheme, and
a guide to NIHR Learn, our Learning Management System, which offers a huge variety of training and resources.
East of England RRDN has developed a local Research Engagement Strategy in order to further enhance our relationships and expand collaborative working, linking into partners across Health and Social Care.
Encouraging a research-positive culture in health and care organisations is important to give patients wider access to clinical research and improve patient care and treatment options. Evidence shows clinically research active hospitals have better patient care outcomes.