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Reflections of an ARC Director

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:15:50 GMT

ARC West Midlands Director, Prof Richard Lilford, has produced a series of 5 blog articles, which reflect on over 13 years of experience. These articles include an overview; the role of ARCs in research and in implementation; how ARCs can deliver on their manifold objectives; the role of ARCs in service evaluation; and feedback for research commissioners.

Read the set by clicking here.

Publication of Citizen Leadership & Integrated Care Report

Thu, 25 May 2023 12:05:00 GMT

Professor Robin Miller and Dr Caroline Jackson (Social Care theme) have been collaborating with research partners in Europe and Canada to understand how people with lived experience of health and/or social care can influence the development of integrated care. The first report from the research is now available for download: Citizen Leadership & Integrated Care Report

PEP-OA Project Osteoarthritis Video

Mon, 08 May 2023 21:38:00 GMT

Production of a video for patients with osteoarthritis, describing what it is and what patients can do to help themselves

Videos on Key Information About Learning Disability

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:15:00 GMT

Dr Hayley Crawford and Dr Hayley Trower from ��TV Medical School have created a series of four videos on key information about people with learning disability, suitable for healthcare professionals, parents and carers. The series is available to view on YouTube.

How NIHR Applied Research Collaborations rose to the challenge of COVID-19

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:51:56 GMT

The contribution of NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) to the fight against COVID-19 is marked today, the third anniversary of the first UK lockdown, with the launch of a new publication: NIHR ARCs: Supporting the Fight Against COVID-19 (PDF).

Vi and Vincent the Jibber Jabbers Book

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:37:03 GMT

Prof Celia Brown, Professor of Medical Education at ��TV Medical School and part of ARC WM Research Methodology theme, has recently published a book for children, Vi and Vincent the Jibber Jabbers, explaining how vaccines work, and how they keep many people safe and healthy. It is available from 3 March 2023. Further information is available at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/book/vi-and-vincent-jibber-jabbers.

Ethnic Health Inequalities in Maternal and Neonatal Health

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 13:24:33 GMT

Dr Abimbola Ayorinde, Assistant Professor in our Public Health Theme at ��TV Medical School, recently made headlines for her work on ethnic health inequalities in maternal and neonatal health.

The NHS Race and Health Observatory report describes how few maternal policies have been developed by hospital trusts to address ethnic health inequalities across maternity care. Authors identified a lack of a national, central focus; a lack of diversity in research; and a lack of national commitment, which all contribute to this issue. Dr Ayorinde, said: “Ethnic inequalities in maternal and neonatal health is a very important issue. It was disappointing that in over 40 years of published evidence we only found 19 interventions aimed broadly at tackling ethnic inequalities. This suggests paucity of robust evidence as well as lack of clear records of interventions in this area. The report highlights recommendations for various stakeholder groups and we hope that each party would play their part to ensure we achieve the much-needed improvement going forward.”

This work was commissioned in partnership the University of Liverpool.

More information is also available at the RHO press release: http://nhsrho.org/news/new-research-identifies-gaps-in-ethnicity-research-in-maternal-care/

This report was also covered in the News section of the BMJ (http://bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2964).

In addition, an explainer video of the key findings can be accessed at: https://youtu.be/FPkdEnObgZs.

Further, ARC WM is now involved in further work specifically focussing on identifying interventions to improve communication with ethnic minority pregnant people. There are language and communication barriers in maternity care that affect inequalities in health and we aim to identify what has been done to address these. The work is being conducted with London School of Economics and funded by NHS Race and Health Observatory.

Margaret Peters Centre Annual Report 2021/22

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:24:00 GMT

The latest Annual Report, covering work carried out in 2021/22 (year three), has now been published by the Margaret Peters Centre. It details a number of projects that have been completed, along with ongoing projects. It is available to view at: https://arc-wm.nihr.ac.uk/mpc/annual-reports.

NIHR Infrastructure

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:43:38 GMT

The NIHR have released a short video explaining their research infrastructure at: https://youtu.be/3h0OW8wusBE.

Leadership and Social Work in the UK: Valuing its Potential

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:39:00 GMT

Our Social Care theme, in partnership with BASW (the professional association for social work and social workers), have published a report on leadership and social work in the UK. It is now available to download.