Alison Pighills

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Alison Pighills

• Senior Manager
• Research Capacity Development

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Aims

• Define Research Capacity Development
• Outline national strategy Policy drivers
• Discuss local national approach to RCD

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Definition

• Capacity building is a general term for a
  process of individual and institutional
  development which leads to higher levels of
  skills and greater ability to perform useful
  research. (pp1321) Trostle J, 1992 Research
  capacity building and international health
  definitions, evaluations and strategies for
  success. Soc. Sci. kmed, 35,11, 1321- 1324

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Programme Aims

• To build and support a skilled workforce
  capable of advancing high quality research with
  the aim of maintaining health within a knowledge
  based patient centred health service

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Research Capacity

• An environment which supports and values the
  development of research skills and experience
• Access to research training opportunities
• Access to resources to undertake research
  activity
• Provision of secure career pathways

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Research Capacity Continuum
Independent research
Chair leading a research team and a programme
of research
Understanding the evidence - critical
appraisal skills
Using evidence to inform practice
Writing research proposals
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DH Delivery of RD
National RD Programmes
Policy Research Programme
Trust RD
RCD Programme personal award schemes to support
career pathways for individuals infrastructure
funding to underpin research capacity and
capability
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National Co-ordinating Centre for Research
Capacity Development

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RCDSC
Applications
Eligibility
NCCRCD
Filtering Shortlisting by consensus Peer
Review
Expert Panel Large pool can co- opt expertise to
panels best fit for applications received

RDA Core Panel Consistent Panel Chair Awards
Manager
PD/CSA Core Panel Consistent Panel Chair
Awards Manager
Interviews
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RCDSC
Priority Recommendations
Funding
NCCRCD
RDD
Decisions
Interviews
Funding Recommendations
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Chair CPMs
Chair CPMs
Chair CPMs
Core Panel
Interview Panel
SPMs
SPMs
SPMs
X awards above quality threshold
Scores
Scores
Scores
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National Infrastructure Portfolio Supporting
capacity building 150 contracts, value 13.85m

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Network of Research Support Units
North East Gap
Health RD NoW
RDInfo/Learning/ Direct Signposting
West Midlands Gap
East Cluster
Trent Institute
SouthEast Cluster
SouthWest Cluster

Regional co-ordinator
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Identification mapping of CTUs at all levels
funded by the various sponsors
Trials units that provide central co-ordination
of clinical trials
Teams of researchers set up to co-ordinate one or
more trials
Co-ordination of local accrual of patients into
trials centrally co-ordinated elsewhere
Establish core competencies for each level
against which CTUs are assessed
Development of a network of CTUs
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RDSU Map
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Primary Care Research Networks
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Other Networks
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Recommendations from AMS and BIGT Reports

• The further expansion of research infrastructure
  of the NHS
• an expansion of the UK clinical research activity
  including clinical trials
• and extensive and sustained increase in the
  research trained workforce and the development
  and spread of best practice

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UKCRC

• Partnership between government, the voluntary
  sector, patients and industry
• Research Networks
• Clinical Research Programmes
• Research Workforce
• Regulatory Framework

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Questions

• What is RCD?
• What strategies are being employed to increase RC
  _at_ trust level
• (Pre postdoctoral)
• How do we encourage/ support clinicians to use
  evidence to support
• RCD?
• What national structures should be in place to
  support RCD?
• How might NHS HEI links be strengthened?
• What is the role of networks in RCD?
• Is investing in RNs to support clinical trials
  the right way forward?