Research Engagement for NHS & Social Care Staff
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.
Opening the door to research
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?
If so, then you're in the right place!
Find out more below, or if you have any questions please contact Janet Piggott and Lynsay Bailey, our Research Engagement Champions for CRN East of England.
Embedding Research in NHS and social care organisations
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.
Training and Development
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.
CRN East of England Research Engagement Strategy Working Group
CRN East of England 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.
The CRN East of England Research Engagement Strategy is here.
Delivering research to make patients, the NHS and social care, better