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Identifying And Addressing Shared Challenges In Conducting Health And Social Care Research For Older People (OPAL)

Identifying And Addressing Shared Challenges In Conducting Health And Social Care Research For Older People (OPAL)

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Victoria Shepherd

Background To The OPAL Programme The world’s population is ageing: virtually every country in the world is experiencing growth in the number and proportion of older people in their population. […]

#WhyWeDoResearch Tweetchat On Research Involving Adults Who Lack Capacity To Consent

#WhyWeDoResearch Tweetchat On Research Involving Adults Who Lack Capacity To Consent

Posted on 24 May 2018 by Victoria Shepherd

Background to the #WhyWeDoResearch campaign The hugely successful #WhyWeDoResearch social media campaign was established in 2014 to raise research awareness and opportunities to staff, patients and the public, and to […]

PRAM Study Dissemination Event

PRAM Study Dissemination Event

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Sue Channon

The PRAM Study Dissemination Event As part of the dissemination of our study findings on 15 May 2018 in Park Plaza, the PRAM team welcomed 19 researchers and practitioners from […]

Involving People: Research Design and Conduct Service South East Wales (RDCS) Ideas Event

Involving People: Research Design and Conduct Service South East Wales (RDCS) Ideas Event

Posted on 2 May 2018 by Claire Nollett

The Research Design and Conduct Service South East Wales (RDCS SE Wales) recently ran a one day "Early Ideas" workshop for NHS and social care staff. The Research Design and […]

From Antwerp to Cardiff and back again

From Antwerp to Cardiff and back again

Posted on 30 April 2018 by Kerry Hood

For the last week in April, Dr Sibyl Anthierens from the Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care at University of Antwerp has visited the Centre for Trials Research and Division […]

PACE-HD – A Tale of Site Training: 5 Days, 4 Sites and 3,280 Miles

PACE-HD – A Tale of Site Training: 5 Days, 4 Sites and 3,280 Miles

Posted on 19 March 2018 by Cheney Drew

The Stats Number of flight hours logged = 8.5 hours over 4 flights Number of hours spent on trains = 14.5 Number of train connections = 4 (of which 2 […]

RDCS Writing Retreat Achieves 95% Customer Satisfaction From NHS And Social Care Delegates Seeking To Submit Research Funding Applications

RDCS Writing Retreat Achieves 95% Customer Satisfaction From NHS And Social Care Delegates Seeking To Submit Research Funding Applications

Posted on 6 December 2017 by Philip Pallmann

3-Day Residential Retreat Early in November the Research Design and Conduct Service (RDCS) South East Wales hosted a three-day residential writing retreat at the Old Rectory hotel in Llangattock near […]

My Health and Care Research Wales Fellowship – One Year In!

My Health and Care Research Wales Fellowship – One Year In!

Posted on 11 October 2017 by Dr Emma Yhnell

Brain Training Background In September 2015, as I was writing up my PhD thesis and deciding what I wanted to do next, I was invited along to the Cardiff Huntington’s […]

Sensory Integration Therapy Trial For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sensory Integration Therapy Trial For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Posted on 9 August 2017 by Elizabeth Randell

Background The SenITA team all very excited as the trial is now going live and open to recruitment. SenITA is a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT) of sensory integration therapy (SIT) […]

Right Evidence, Better Decisions: National Institute of Health Research Dissemination Centre

Right Evidence, Better Decisions: National Institute of Health Research Dissemination Centre

Posted on 19 July 2017 by Victoria Shepherd

Background Earlier this month I was invited to attend an event at the Wellcome Collection in London being held to launch the latest themed review by the National Institute of […]