NIHR ARCs showcase impactful research to mark fourth anniversary
This month, NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) turn four years old!
Impact case studies
To celebrate this milestone, 15 projects of research implementation and impact from across the country have been compiled. These illustrate how ARC research improves the quality, delivery and efficiency of health and care services, improving outcomes for patients and the public both locally and nationally.
Each year, the 15 NIHR ARCs submit impact case studies to the NIHR. The NIHR defines research impact broadly as, ‘research which makes a demonstratable contribution to society and the economy, of benefit to individuals, organsations and nations’.
The case studies help to demonstrate the added value of the NIHR to stakeholder such as, Government ministers, departments, patients, service users and the public.
Impact case studies submitted by ARC South London include:
- The development of a Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire to measure the impact of mental health care
- Research which has been instrumental in informing clinical guidance and service delivery of perinatal mental health services.
- Research used to support decision-making by local NHS Trusts and the South-East London Integrated Care System (ICS) about the funding and provision of tobacco dependence treatment, for patients admitted to hospitals in south-east London who smoke.
- Implementing and evaluating a new model of care – the Children and young people’s health partnership, which is improving the way care is delivered for the 128,000 children and young people in Southwark and Lambeth
- The development of a new online self-management programme specially designed to support adults of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes.
- Research and patient and public involvement and engagement, to transform the management of breathlessness in advanced illness
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