Combined minutes of the Committee meetings for the Policy Research Programme (PRP) funding call Recovery, Renewal, Reset: Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems. The call had three rounds, each of which had two stages.
Round 1 Stage 1
These minutes refer to all Stage 1 applications submitted to round 1 of the call Recovery, Renewal, Reset: Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems.
Date and location
Meeting held on 20 August 2020 virtually.
In attendance
Expert Commissioning Group (ECG) members
Professor Jill Manthorpe (Chair), King's College London
Professor Karen Bloor (Chair), University of York,
Professor Stuart Logan (Chair), University of Exeter
Professor Ruth McDonald, University of Manchester
Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Paul Aveyard, University of Oxford
Professor Barbara Maughan, King's College London
Professor Sally Brailsford, University of Southampton
Professor Nan Greenwood, Kingston University
Professor Stephen Duffy, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Julien Forder, University of Kent
Mrs Anne Mason, University of York
Professor Nicholas Mays, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Falko Sniehotta, Newcastle University
Professor Mark Petticrew, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Martin Knapp, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Alison Petch, Director Institute for Research and Innovation in social services (Retired)
Professor Jenny Donovan, Bristol University
Dr Frank Kee, Queens University Belfast
Professor William Hollingworth, University of Bristol
Ms Josie Dixon, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Nils Gutacker, University of York
Professor Jennifer Kurinczuk, University of Oxford
Professor Martin Buxton, Brunel University
Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Glasgow
Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) experts
Mrs Una Rennard, PPIE Representative
Mr Nanik Pursani, PPIE Representative
Mr Stephen Edgar, PPIE Representative
Ms Amander Wellings, PPIE Representative
Department of Health and Social Care
John Wilkinson, Department of Health and Social Care
Natalie Owen, Department of Health and Social Care
Rebecca Black, Department of Health and Social Care
NIHR secretariat
Mario Moroso, Assistant Director, PRP
Maria Chisholm, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Mike Nelson, Programme Manager, PRP
Joanna Leppink, Senior Research Officer, Operations
Krishna Kothandapani, Research Officer, Operations
Tracy Duffus, Operations Manager, Operations
Emily Allen, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Nick Chandler, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Chiara Gasparini, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Olena Myronova, Programme Manager, PRP
Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR202166: Assessment of quality of life in paediatric patients undergoing home cardiorespiratory polygraph compared to inpatient cardiorespiratory polygraph
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202177: An evaluation of whether and how national policy and guidelines for the management of Covid 19 in care homes is effective, and implemented.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202179: Semi-autonomous robotic system to reduce risk of COVID-19 among frontline healthcare professionals providing vaccination services
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202180: Learning from disabled people: the policy and practice implications for health and social care from disabled people’s experiences of COVID19
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202189: Feasibility testing of a COVID-risk managed, short stay endovascular aneurysm repair under loco-regional/ anaesthesia (STAR) pathway.
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202192: Risk and Recovery for Dementia Day Services: Comparison of The Netherlands and England
Outcome: Reject
NIHR202259: The impact of Care Easements under the Coronavirus Act 2020 on co-resident older carers of people with dementia
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202290: A study of the effects of the restrictions in health provider activity in England due to the COVID-19 pandemic on health inequality, and the role of primary care
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202293: The other keyworkers in care homes: implications of including domestic staff in social care workforce strategies and practices relating to Covid-19 recovery
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202301: Care Home and Teleconsultation Study (CHATS): A Realist Evaluation
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202302: General practice service use towards end-of-life among patients who died before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research DataLink
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202303: Addressing inequalities in recovery of cancer screening services following the COVID-19 crisis
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202305: COVID-19: Enablers and Constraints to Implementing Safe Practices in Domiciliary Care
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202306: Impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) on health care workers performance and risk of heat stress: experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic to inform future pandemics.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202307: Communicating pandemic prevention measures: an analysis of social and commercial Covid-19 mass communications
Outcome: Reject
NIHR202308: ANSWERS STUDY: Assessing the NeedS and WEllbeing of Pre-existing Mental Health service useRS post COVID-19 Pandemic
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202309: Recovery through COVID-19 vaccines: finding the right vaccination strategy
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202310: Evaluation of the implementation of pandemic preparedness plans during COVID-19 at the interface with infection prevention and control services in acute and community care.
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202311: Optimising people-centred access in primary care in the context of Covid-19: facilitating organisational and policy change
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202312: Preventing Super-Spreading Events in South East London: Collaborative Data Ecosystem for Population Health Interventions for COVID19 (CoDEPHI-COVID19)
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202313: Forecasting COVID-19 at UK local authority level
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202314: Informing a national COVID-safe admissions policy for children requiring elective surgery
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202315: A framework for identifying the equity harms of COVID-19 interventions: practical utility of a tool developed during the first pandemic wave
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202316: Impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening in England
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202317: Understanding the needs for end-of-life care and the impact of COVID-19 in the population age 65+ with frailty and multiple long-term conditions
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202318: Innovation in service organisation and delivery: learning from international experiences Phase-2
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application following Committee discussion
NIHR202319: Keeping the NHS safe: A Hospital Alert System to inform infection control measures for elective surgery
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202320: Appraising Social Distributions To Guide Levelling Up Health And Wellbeing During Covid-19 Recovery
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202321: MusculoSkeletal paiN during the COVID-19 PandEmic: an observational study of UK primary care electronic health records to inform national policy (the SNIPE Study)
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202322: Understanding the disruption of children and young people's health and healthcare use during and after COVID-19 to inform healthcare and policy responses
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202323: Reducing Hesitancy to a COVID-19 Vaccination Programme: Producing Policy and Implementation Recommendations for the UK and Devolved Governments
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202324: Resilient Health Systems for Children: A strategy for learning from the COVID-19 pandemic
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202325: Exploring the wider potential of innovations during the covid-19 pandemic to reduce excessive workloads, stress and burnout in NHS staff
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202326: Rapid evaluation of the care home response to the need for palliative and end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: integration, communication and workforce resilience (CovPall_CareHome)
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202327: Restarting elective orthopaedic joint surgery after COVID-19 (The REJOIN Study)
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202328: Rapid realist review of implementation of tele-mental health during the COVID-19 crisis, and in the longer term
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202329: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on GPs’ wellbeing
Outcome: Recommended for funding subject to addressing Committee comments
NIHR202330: What is the most efficient triage system for dental practices during the different stages of an airborne infectious disease pandemic/epidemic like COVID 19?
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202331: The psychological impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on social care workers.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202332: Evaluating the economic and health effects of the measures implemented during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-country analysis
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202333: What are the lessons internationally to inform recovery and strategies for future Covid-19 infection prevention and management in social care settings?
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202334: Development of policy recommendations to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on physical activity and mental health in individuals with multimorbidity: a mixed methods study
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202335: Exploring COVID19 specific immune responses in acute and convalescent phases of infection - EXCOVIR
Outcome: Rejected during pre-committee triage (considered out of scope or duplicating existing research)
NIHR202336: Policymaking and Public Health Emergencies from an Information Systems Perspective: Face Coverings, Data Sharing, Policy Profiling and Impact Analytics
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
Round 2 Stage 1 and Round 1 Stage 2
These minutes refer to all applications submitted to Round 1 Stage 2 and Round 2 Stage 1 of the call Recovery, Renewal, Reset: Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems.
Date and location
Meeting held on 15 October 2020 virtually.
In attendance
ECG members
Professor Jill Manthorpe (Chair), King's College London
Professor Karen Bloor (Chair), University of York,
Professor Stuart Logan (Chair), University of Exeter
Dr Matt Egan, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Catherine Law, University College London
Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Sally Brailsford, University of Southampton
Dr Frank Kee, Queens University Belfast
Dr Nils Gutacker, University of York
Professor Andrew Hill, University of Leeds
Professor Ruth McDonald, University of Manchester
Professor Jo Thompson-Coon, University of Exeter
Professor Alison Petch, Director Institute for Research and Innovation in social services (Retired)
Professor Julien Forder, University of Kent
Ms Josie Dixon, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Barbara Maughan, King's College London
Mrs Anne Mason, University of York
Professor Martin Knapp, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Anita Charlesworth, The Health Foundation
Professor William Hollingworth, University of Bristol
Professor Chris Todd, University of Manchester
Professor Hilary Graham, University of York
Professor Nan Greenwood, Kingston University
Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Glasgow
PPIE experts
Mrs Una Rennard, PPIE Representative
Mr Nanik Pursani, PPIE Representative
Mr Stephen Edgar, PPIE Representative
Ms Amander Wellings, PPIE Representative
Mr Paul Andersen, PPIE Representative
Department of Health and Social Care
John Wilkinson, Liaison Officer
Natalie Owen, Liaison Officer
Rebecca Black, Liaison Officer
Jason Cox, Liaison Officer
Charlotte Miller, Liaison Officer
NIHR
Mario Moroso, Assistant Director, PRP
Maria Chisholm, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Mike Nelson, Programme Manager, PRP
Joanna Leppink, Senior Research Officer, Operations
Krishna Kothandapani, Research Officer, Operations
Delanie Dennie, Research Officer, Operations
Tracy Duffus, Operations Manager, Operations
Emily Allen, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Nick Chandler, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Chiara Gasparini, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Olena Myronova, Programme Manager, PRP
Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR202461: Translating COVID-19 research into policy action to reduce its impact on widening inequalities
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202462: The impact of COVID-19 on the health and social care demands, and clinical outcomes, of vulnerable ‘shielded’ groups
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202463: How effective are changes to information governance improving access to confidential patient data and/or personal data for medical research purposes? Should these changes be made permanent in the future?
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202467: Learning from voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) mental health provision for poverty-affected communities during COVID-19: informing recovery and policy development
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202468: Exploiting COVID’s paradox: Using ‘long COVID’ as a paradigm condition to drive recovery and redesign of primary care services
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202471: Primary caRE contribution to Public hEalth paNDemic reSponses: evidence, lessons learnt and recommendations for future planning (PREPENDS).
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202472: The experience of people with dementia and cognitive impairment in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic: a quantitative analysis of the ELSA
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202473: ‘Everybody’s Voice’: Developing and testing a new e-democracy approach for rapid inclusive population health research
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202475: Living systematic review of disruptions arising from and interventions initiated in response to COVID-19 and relevant disasters and emergencies and their impacts on people with diabetes
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202476: Monitoring Attendance, INvestigation, Referral, and OUTcomEs in Primary Care: Impact of and Recovery from COVID-19 lockdown (MAINROUTE)
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202477: Examining the impact of COVID-19 on memory clinic services in Edinburgh: experiences of people with dementia and remote consultations
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202478: Recovery, Renewal and Reset of Services to Disabled Children
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202479: Social Policy Adaptations under COVID-19 to Emergency mental health crisis pathways: impacts of lockdown on vulnerable populations and best practice implications (SPACE mental health crisis pathways)
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee score
NIHR202480: Frontline workers' experiences and views about psychosocial interventions during COVID-19
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202481: Exploring older people's support needs for making healthier decisions about alcohol during COVID-19
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202482: Understanding the factors that shape care homes’ responses to Government COVID-19 guidance on visiting arrangements
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202483: Impact of Covid19 pandemic on people who receive Opiate Substitution Therapy: The What C-OST? Study
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202484: RESTORE - Research for Equitable SySTem RespOnse and REcovery
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202485: Producing evidence-based guidelines for delivering telephone befriending to lonely or socially isolated older adults
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202486: A study of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for older people's health and use of services
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application based on favourable ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202487: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 technology responses on care home inequalities (URGENT - UndeRstandinG the impact of COVID-19 tEchnology responses on care home iNequaliTies)
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202488: BUMP RESET study: Blood pressUre Monitoring in Pregnancy REset Study
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202489: Adaptive governance for resilience in a time of COVID-19: studying recovery and adaptation in NHS acute care trusts
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202490: REcovering From enforced InacTivity during COVID-19 lockdown (REFIT): Estimating the burden of the unintended consequences of inactivity during lockdown and exploring solutions to increase physical activity during the recovery
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202491: The impact of COVID-19 policy changes on access to early medical abortion in England and Wales: A health equity impact assessment and natural experiment
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202492: Implementing and Evaluating a Digital Laryngology Triage Pathway
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202493: Addressing Barriers to Cancer management from COVID-19 (ABC COVID-19): Developing strategies to restore cancer service delivery and outcomes across specialties and sectors
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202494: Effects and costs of Shielding to protect Vulnerable people from coVid-19: quasi-experimenTal Evaluation (EVITE)
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202495: The Management of early pregnancy in a COVID-19 pandemic
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202496: Exploring Perception, Intention and Motivation to Change Health Behaviour Post COVID-19 Lockdown
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202497: IPPPA: Informing Public Policy through Personalised behaviour intervention App for the young generation and disabled citizens
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
Stage 2 applications discussed
NIHR202333: What are the lessons internationally to inform recovery and strategies for future Covid-19 infection prevention and management in social care settings?
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202180: Learning from disabled people: the policy and practice implications for health and social care from disabled people’s experiences of COVID19
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202290: Effects of the restrictions in health provider activity in England due to the COVID-19 pandemic on health inequality
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202308: ANSWERS STUDY: Assessing the NeedS and WEllbeing of Pre-existing Mental Health service useRS post COVID-19 Pandemic
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202312: Preventing Super-Spreading Events in South East London: Collaborative Data Ecosystem for Population Health Interventions for COVID-19 (CoDEPHI-COVID19)
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202328: Rapid realist review of implementation of tele-mental health during the COVID-19 crisis, and in the longer term
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202301: Care Home and Teleconsultation Study (CHATS): A Realist Evaluation
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202310: Evaluation of the implementation of pandemic preparedness plans during COVID-19 at the interface with infection prevention and control services in acute and community care.
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202311: Optimising people-centred access in primary care in the context of Covid-19: facilitating organisational and policy change
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202318: Improving service integration between and within health and care: learning from international experience, phase 2
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202322: Understanding the disruption of children and young people's health and healthcare use during and after COVID-19 to inform healthcare and policy responses
Outcome: Recommend for funding
Round 3 Stage 1 and Round 2 Stage 2
These minutes refer to all applications submitted to Round 2 Stage 2 and Round 3 Stage 1 of the call Recovery, Renewal, Reset: Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems.
Date and location
Meeting held on 25 and 26 November 2020 virtually.
In attendance
ECG members
Professor Jill Manthorpe (Chair), King's College London
Professor Karen Bloor (Chair), University of York,
Professor Stuart Logan (Chair), University of Exeter
Professor Ruth McDonald, University of Manchester
Professor Catherine Law, University College London
Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Barbara Maughan, King's College London
Professor Nan Greenwood, Kingston University
Professor Stephen Duffy, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Julien Forder, University of Kent
Mrs Anne Mason, University of York
Professor Nicholas Mays, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Mark Petticrew, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Martin Knapp, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Alison Petch, Director Institute for Research and Innovation in social services (Retired)
Professor Jenny Donovan, Bristol University
Ms Josie Dixon, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Nils Gutacker, University of York
Professor Jennifer Kurinczuk, University of Oxford
Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Glasgow
Professor Andrew Hill, University of Leeds
Professor Chris Todd, University of Manchester
Professor Katherine Checkland, The University of Manchester
Professor Tim Doran, University of York
Professor Anita Charlesworth, The Health Foundation
Professor Ruth Gilbert, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Professor Hilary Graham, University of York
Professor Barbara Hanratty, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Professor Russell Viner, University College London
Professor Ellen Nolte, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
PPIE experts
Mrs Una Rennard, PPIE Representative
Mr Nanik Pursani, PPIE Representative
Mr Stephen Edgar, PPIE Representative
Ms Amander Wellings, PPIE Representative
Mr Paul Andersen, PPIE Representative
Department of Health and Social Care
John Wilkinson, Liaison Officer
Natalie Owen, Liaison Officer
Rebecca Black, Liaison Officer
Jason Cox, Liaison Officer
Charlotte Miller, Liaison Officer
NIHR
Mario Moroso, Assistant Director, PRP
Maria Chisholm, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Mike Nelson, Programme Manager, PRP
Joanna Leppink, Senior Research Officer, Operations
Krishna Kothandapani, Research Officer, Operations
Delanie Dennie, Research Officer, Operations
Tracy Duffus, Operations Manager, Operations
Emily Allen, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Nick Chandler, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Chiara Gasparini, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Olena Myronova, Programme Manager, PRP
Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR202472: The experience of people with dementia and cognitive impairment in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic: a quantitative analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
Outcome: Recommended for Funding
NIHR202475: Living systematic review of disruptions arising from and interventions initiated in response to COVID-19 and relevant disasters and emergencies and their impacts on people with diabetes
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202476: Monitoring Attendance, INvestigation, Referral, and OUTcomEs in Primary Care: Impact of and Recovery from COVID-19 lockdown (MAINROUTE).
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202478: Recovery, Renewal and Reset of Services to Disabled Children
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202484: RESTORE - Research for Equitable SySTem RespOnse and REcovery
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202486: A study of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for older people's health and use of services
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR202657: Understanding the antecedents, response strategies and consequences of the COVID-19-related Personal Protective Equipment procurement crisis in the English NHS (the ARC-PPE study)
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202658: PUPPEE: psychometry under personal protective equipment
Outcome: Rejected - out of scope/duplication
NIHR202659: Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of children, young people and families: exploring a national longitudinal probability sample.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202660: Recovery from COVID-19 within the Children and Young Peoples Secure Estate (CYPSE): A mixed-methods study of wellbeing
Outcome: Recommend for funding
NIHR202661: Identification of chargeable patients in the NHS: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of overseas visitor managers
Outcome: Rejected - out of scope/duplication
NIHR202662: Breastfeeding support and its impact on breastfeeding rates before and during the 2020 UK Covid pandemic
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202663: Seeing beyond COVID-19 study': Redesigning NHS paediatric ophthalmology services to improve outcomes and experiences of children/young people with eye conditions and their families during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202664: Community Pharmacy and COVID-19: Involvement, Integration and Evolution.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202665: Rapid self-testing to inform development of COVID-19 global health policy: assessing the acceptability and feasibility of COVID-19 self-testing for vulnerable populations
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202666: A mixed methods real-world evaluation of the delivery of remote community rehabilitation.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202667: Reducing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy – using behavioural science to redesign and test new messaging
Outcome: Rejected - out of scope/duplication
NIHR202668: Caring through Coronavirus: The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family carers.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202669: Impact of COVID-19 On Referrals to The Hospital Eye Service (ICORTH)
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202670: AddRessing the ImpAct of coviD-19 paNdEmic on the access to and experience of mental health care of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups (ARIADNE)
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202671: The impact of COVID-19 on individuals with visual impairment (IVI) and their care and support services: evidence to support future planning.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202672: ECLIPSE – ThE impaCt of schooL closures during Lockdown on the emotIonal wellbeing of Primary School childrEn
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202673: The impact of the UK COVID-19 pandemic on the independence and quality of life of older people living in England
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202674: Resetting health and social care regulation in the light of Covid-19: Developing local system regulation by learning from Care Quality Commission Provider Collaboration Reviews
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202675: Reducing the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on pre-school children: developing resources for families and policy makers and identifying policy responses to mitigate health inequalities for pre-school children during recovery.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202676: COVID-19 measures and prisoner self-harm: critical timetrends analysis informing policy to improve individual and institutional resilience (COPE)
Outcome: Recommended for funding
NIHR202677: Understanding the role of community resilience as a factor during the Covid-19 pandemic and actions taken to strengthen it
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202678: Mitigating the impact of bereavement: learning from service innovation under COVID-19 to develop an acute hospital bereavement strategy.
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202679: Proportionate response mechanisms through developing an ontology for disease outbreaks
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202680: Evaluation of the response in General Practice to COVID-19 across six Clinical Commissioning Groups to determine the impact on health inequalities, service efficiency and the implications for future national policy
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202681: COVID-19 and hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) demand: analysis of the fall in A&E attendances by patient type across areas of England
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202682: Managing surge capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Learning from the NHS Nightingale Hospitals.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202683: Understanding the effect of multiple long-term conditions and health inequality on COVID-19 responses among adults in England (COvid-19, Multiple long-terM conditions, and health InequaliTies - COMMIT)
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202684: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections: What infrastructure policy changes should we expect?
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202685: End of life care experience of Black people during the coronavirus pandemic: Bereaved relatives’ views
Outcome: Recommended for funding
NIHR202686: CICADA-NET: Coronavirus Intersectionalities: Chronic Conditions and DisabilitiesNetworks for ethnic minorities
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202687: PAINLESS: Pandemic-relevant Assets In Navigating Limited Endometriosis Support and Services
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202688: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospice patient care and frontline staff wellbeing; multidisciplinary team and bereaved relatives' views and recommendations for innovation in the face of adversity.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202689: Creating a more resilient food provision system for young children in England: the importance of Early Years settings for food security in times of crisis
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202690: Improving discussions about resuscitation for bereaved relatives in COVID-19.
Outcome: Recommended for funding
NIHR202691: How to utilise the potential of Hospital at Home to deliver more acute non-COVID and COVID care outside of hospital
Outcome: Recommended for funding
NIHR202692: Quality of care in care homes during COVID-19: Co-ordination between healthcare sectors
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202693: Using Digital Epidemiology to Understand the Public Health Impact of COVID-19 on Gambling and Help-Seeking
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202694: Experience of the transition to parenthood during COVID-19; a qualitative study of parent's and health professionals' perspectives to inform practice and the future policy response.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202695: Local mutual aid responses during COVID-19: Exploring their impact and potential within integrated care services.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202696: Health Visitor Support for Women: Addressing Inequalities and Informing Policy Beyond the Pandemic.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202697: CONNECT-Remote Consultations as part of Renewal and Recovery for Contraception and Sexual Health Services
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202698: Defining and understanding the longer-term effects of COVID-19: A mixed methods study exploring the frequency, nature, and impact of ‘long COVID’ in the Scottish population
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202699: ICARUS: An investigation of the impact of COVID-19 and the associated restrictions on the well-being of LGBT+ people to understand support needs and inform inclusive responses to emergency situations.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202700: Postnatal service response to COVID-19 and impacts on women’s health, service access and health disparities: A mixed-methods study to support recovery, renewal and reset of services for women giving birth
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202701: Understanding the needs for end-of-life care and the impact of COVID-19 in the population age 65+ with frailty and multiple long-term conditions
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202702: Rethinking Induction of Labour during the Pandemic and Beyond: Balancing restrictions to manage infection risks in the 'new normal' with safe, personalised, compassionate care.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202703: Recovering the safety net: the impact of Covid-19 on schools’ ability to protect vulnerable children
Outcome: Rejected - out of scope/duplication
NIHR202704: Implementing the ‘discharge to assess’ policy in social care services during the Covid-19 pandemic
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202705: Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on people living with overweight and obesity, and on weight management and obesity services
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202706: Overcoming fragmentation between the health and care sector: stakeholder perspectives on the potential of the new Care Home Clinical Lead role in England
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202707: Using data and technology to support survivors of domestic violence
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202708: UK evaluation of NHS support post-hospitalisation for COVID19 to inform service development and achieve holistic, integrated, equitable and cost-effective services
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
NIHR202709: Assessing the impact of changes in policy around the daily supervision of opioid agonist treatment by community pharmacists in England, as a result of COVID-19 emergency public health control measures.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202710: CLASS: COVID-19 Longevity And Symptoms StudyDetermining the prevalence and impact of long-COVID on the Portsmouth locality, with a particular interest in understanding patients' health & social care needs.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202711: Estimating the long-term health impacts of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic
Outcome: Recommended for Funding
NIHR202712: OpenSAFELY-mitigate: a national data science programme to monitor, communicate, and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on NHS activity and patient outcome
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202713: Reintroduction of surgery in the NHS after COVID-19 (RESURGENT): a national observational study using hospital episode data.
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202714: Effectiveness and feasibility of a co-produced, community based, integrated intervention to manage the long term physical and mental health impact of COVID-19 in BAME communities: to inform national response policy
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202715: The impact of COVID-19 on the manufacturing, distribution and delivery of the flu and 6-in-1 vaccination programmes
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202716: The impact on GPs' of total triage and remote working
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202717: Cardiovascular diseases in homeless populations- estimating and mitigating impact of the pandemic
Outcome: Rejected based on low ECG pre-committee scores
NIHR202718: A Rapid cross-secctional mixed methods study to scope, understand and co-develop the policy priorities for reducing inequalities and mitigating the long-term impacts of COVID-19 for CYP with SEND
Outcome: Invited to submit a stage 2 full application
Round 3 Stage 2
These minutes refer to all applications submitted to Round 3 Stage 2 of the call Recovery, Renewal, Reset: Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems.
Date and location
Meeting held on 27 January 2021 virtually.
In attendance
ECG members
Professor Jill Manthorpe (Chair), King's College London
Professor Karen Bloor (Chair), University of York,
Professor Stuart Logan (Chair), University of Exeter
Professor Barbara Maughan, King's College London
Professor Julien Forder, University of Kent
Professor Nicholas Mays, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Mark Petticrew, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Martin Knapp, London School of Economics & Political Science
Professor Alison Petch, Director Institute for Research and Innovation in social services (Retired)
Ms Josie Dixon, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Nils Gutacker, University of York
Professor Chris Todd, University of Manchester
Professor Russell Viner, University College London
Professor Stephen Duffy, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Samuel Seidu, University of Leicester
Professor Ruth Gilbert, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Professor Louise Howard, King’s College London
Professor Barbara Hanratty, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
PPIE experts
Mrs Una Rennard, PPIE Representative
Mr Nanik Pursani, PPIE Representative
Mr Stephen Edgar, PPIE Representative
Ms Amander Wellings, PPIE Representative
Mr Paul Andersen, PPIE Representative
Department of Health and Social Care
John Wilkinson, Liaison Officer
Natalie Owen, Liaison Officer
Rebecca Black, Liaison Officer
Jason Cox, Liaison Officer
Charlotte Miller, Liaison Officer
NIHR
Mario Moroso, Assistant Director, PRP
Maria Chisholm, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Mike Nelson, Programme Manager, PRP
Joanna Leppink, Senior Research Officer, Operations
Yvette Arku-Nelson, Research Officer, Operations
Tracy Duffus, Operations Manager, Operations
Emily Allen, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Nick Chandler, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Chiara Gasparini, Senior Programme Manager, PRP
Olena Myronova, Programme Manager, PRP
Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR202670: AddRessing the ImpAct of coviD-19 paNdEmic on the access to and experience of mental health care of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups (ARIADNE)
Outcome: Recommended for Funding
NIHR202677: Understanding the role of community resilience as a factor during the Covid-19 pandemic and actions taken to strengthen it
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202678: Mitigating the impact of bereavement: learning from service innovation under COVID-19 to develop an acute hospital bereavement strategy.
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202684: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections: What infrastructure policy changes should we expect?
Outcome: Rejected following Committee discussion
NIHR202707: Using data and technology to support female survivors of domestic violence and abuse
Outcome: Recommended for Funding
NIHR202708: UK evaluation of NHS support post-hospitalisation for COVID19 to inform service development and achieve holistic, integrated, equitable and cost-effective services
Outcome: Recommended for Funding
NIHR202718: PA Rapid cross-sectional mixed methods study to scope, understand and co-develop the policy priorities for reducing inequalities and mitigating the long-term impacts of COVID-19 for CYP with SEND
Outcome: Recommended for Funding