Research and implementation

We actively involve patients and healthcare professionals to produce high-quality research that addresses the real healthcare concerns of people living in the South West.

We work across the following research themes

Research themes

Dementia

This theme is all about better understanding the needs of people affected by dementia, developing interventions to improve care and maximising the impact of existing research.

Projects

All Dementia project

Mental Health

This theme involves developing and evaluating interventions to reduce the risk of mental health problems and manage established conditions as well as maximising the impact of research.

Projects

All Mental Health project

Public Health

Through this theme we aim to develop and evaluate public health interventions, particularly in the areas of COVID-19, social prescribing, childhood obesity and mental health in children and young people.

Projects

All Public Health project

Complex Care

The work in this theme centres around improving care for people with complex needs, such as people from marginalised groups, people with frailty and multiple long-term conditions and children.

Projects

All Complex Care project

Methods for Research and Improvement

Our work in this theme centres around providing training for local health and care professionals to enable them to generate and use evidence in their work.

Projects

All Methods for Research and Improvement project

Children’s Health and Maternity

Alongside ARC Yorkshire and Humber, we’re leading this national programme of work to improve health outcomes in childhood and maternal health across the country.

Projects

All Children’s Health and Maternity project

Research Methods

Evidence Synthesis Team

Evidence synthesis is a way of bringing together and summarising all available research on a particular topic or question.

Projects

All Evidence Synthesis Team project

Implementation Science Group

Implementation Science is about supporting the implementation of evidence-informed change.

Projects

All Implementation Science Group project

Operational Research and Data Science (PenCHORD)

Operational research and data science involves analysing data to model healthcare services and predict the impact of change for the NHS.

Projects

All Operational Research and Data Science (PenCHORD) project

Patient and Public Involvement

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) is about involving patients, service users, carers and family members in health and social care research.

All Patient and Public Involvement project

Statistics

Medical statistics is the application of statistical methods in and interpretation of data from medical and health research studies.

All Statistics project