Our second call for projects received 29 submissions, and we are now taking forward nine projects and working with seven applicants to develop their proposals further. The call, which closed in March, prioritised projects that:
Included work that would facilitate health system integration
Included work leading to optimal care, particularly aiming to reduce unnecessary investigations or treatments
Aimed to improve patient outcomes or public health
Focused on person-centred care or patient involvement and empowerment
Showed evidence of support from partner organisations
The full breakdown of the call was:
29 projects submitted in total
9 projects being taken forward by the CLAHRC West team
7 applicants working with us to develop their proposals
3 signposted to other more relevant organisations
9 unsuccessful
Eight projects that we are taking forward as soon as possible cover a range of topics:
Improving extended primary care team response to women with experience of domestic violence and abuse to pharmacies
Evaluating the South Gloucestershire opioid analgesics dependency pilot project
Impact of a primary care standardised admission sheet with National Early Warning Score
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG business cases: Improving scope and quality of evidence for patient and economic benefits
Reducing avoidable hospital admissions by integrating primary and secondary care at the hospital front door
Using capability wellbeing measures to inform outcome-based commissioning at Gloucestershire CCG
The Bristol self-harm surveillance register: a platform for improving the care of people who repeatedly self-harm
Understanding the physical harm of combined antipsychotic medication in people with schizophrenia
NIHR CLAHRC West Director Jenny Donovan said:
“The 2016 call was more focused than our first one, with an emphasis on projects promoting integration and optimal care. It was fascinating and hard work for the Research Advisory Panels to evaluate the 29 submissions. We received applications from many of our partner organisations. As with our first call, the successful projects will now be developed collaboratively with colleagues in the local health and care community in the West. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who applied. It is always a pity to have to decline to support some –we wish them well elsewhere. Now we are all really looking forward to working with the nine projects going forward quickly, and the seven more that will develop as part of the programme.”