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HSDR Funding Committee public minutes January 2024

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Published: 05 March 2024

Version: 1.0 - March 2024

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Day 1 - 24 January 2024

Venue

  • virtual via Microsoft Teams

Present members

  • Kathy Rowan (Chair and Programme Director – does not vote)
  • Judith Smith (Chair and Deputy Programme Director – does not vote)
  • Alan Smith (Public Committee Member)
  • Andrew Price
  • Angela Ruddock (Public Committee Member)
  • Annette Boaz
  • Artemis Igoumenou
  • Bethan Copsey 
  • Catriona Connell 
  • Dimitrios Koutoukidis 
  • Duncan Stewart
  • Edward Aldus 
  • Enya Daynes (Committee Member Development Scheme member)
  • Fiona Verity
  • Fiona Warren 
  • Godfred Boahen
  • Greg Irving
  • Jason Madan 
  • Jenni Burton
  • Karen Matttick 
  • Kate Lippiett (Committee Member Development Scheme member)
  • Laura Bojke
  • Linda Parton (Public Committee Member)
  • Lisa Hinton
  • Lucy Webb 
  • Mariam Watling 
  • Michaela Rogers 
  • Nicki Walsh
  • Parveen Ali (Deputy Chair)
  • Patrick Burch 
  • Rob Newton 
  • Rupert Payne 

Secretariat

  • Tara Lamont
  • Suzy Hopper
  • Irene Moreno Millan
  • Lisa Stockwell
  • Abi Chalk

Apologies

  • Alexis Foster
  • Clarissa Giebel
  • Lorna Gibson
  • Mark Cadman (Public Committee Member)
  • Rachel Meacock
  • Rebecca Harris

Observers

  • Samuel Relton (New committee member)
  • Fiona Sampson (New committee member)
  • Katie Stiles – Research Manager at NIHR CC
  • Elke Streit – Researcher Manager at NIHR CC
  • Sara Rayhan – Research Manager at NIHR CC
  • Evelin Dombay – Research Manager at NIHR CC

Quoracy information

  • Voting members: 35 (Quoracy = 66% = 23)
  • Voting members present on Day One: 30 (88%)

Stage 1 applications

23/91 Improving the Organisation and Quality of Health and Social Care Services in Rural and Coastal Areas of the UK

NIHR162343 - Shifting the balance of care for older people with frailty in coastal and rural areas: an input, process and outcome evaluation of technology-enabled prevention, diagnosis and care in people’s homes (Sheena Asthana, University of Plymouth)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR162566 - Adult Social Care in rural and coastal areas – the issues, emerging evidence and process mapping models (Michael Clark, London School of Economics & Political Science)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Fiona Warren, Rupert Payne, Nicki Walsh, Annette Boaz, Kate Lippiett 
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR162324 - Identifying innovative models of emergency care in rural and coastal areas in England: a mixed methods study (Arabella Scantlebury, University of York)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: Laura Bojke, Nicki Walsh, Rob Newton
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR162162 - Integrated models of community service delivery for children and young people in coastal regions of England: A Realist evaluation (Sally Kendall, University of Kent)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Linda Parton, Nicki Walsh, Patrick Burch
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR164236 - What does good look like? Supporting the recruitment and retention of social workers in rural and coastal communities in England (Jermaine Ravalier, Bath Spa University)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160694 - UNDERStanding and addressing how, why, for whom, and when rural living impaCts health Outcomes among people with seveRE mental illness: UNDERSCORE study (Sherifat Oduola, University of East Anglia)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Karen Mattick, Fiona Warren, Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Lisa Hinton
Decision: Decline

NIHR162053 - Coastal and Rural Mental Health Realist Study (CARMHRS): what works, for whom, in what circumstances, how and why? (Rebecca Hardwick, University of Plymouth)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Fiona Warren, Rupert Payne, Kate Lippiett,
Decision: Shortlist

23/77 National Learning Disability and Autism Programme Demand Signalling Sub-theme 1 - Better use of data

NIHR161389 - Data use for supporting quitable cAre to people with iNtellectual Disabilities and Autistic people (LANDAU mixed methods study) (Angela Hassiotis, University College London)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lucy Webb, Rupert Payne, Artemis Igoumenou, Jenni Burton
Decision: Decline

NIHR163394 - Identification, recording, and reasonable adjustments for people with learning disability and/or autistic people in NHS electronic clinical record systems: studies using routine data, data linkage and artificial intelligence to improve access to, and quality of, NHS care (Rory Sheehan, King’s College London)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rupert Payne
Decision: Shortlist

23/77 National Learning Disability and Autism Programme Demand Signalling Sub-theme 2 - Improving health checks

NIHR160380 - The use of virtual consultations to support Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities their families and healthcare providers. A co-designed evaluation study (Freda Mold, University of Surrey)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: Karen Mattick, Fiona Warren, Rupert Payne, Nicki Walsh, Jason Madan 
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160384 - Increasing the uptake of annual health checks in children and young people aged 14-17 years with learning disability (Hayley Crawford; University of Warwick)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jason Madan 
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR164041 - IMPROVE. An improvement toolkit for health checks with people who have a learning disability: An evaluation of acceptability, feasibility, and national implementation. (Simon Hackett, Newcastle University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Lisa Hinton
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR162051 - What makes health checks work well for people with a learning disability and for autistic people to improve their health and wellbeing? What works, how and in which contexts? (Laurence Taggart, University of Ulster)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Artemis Igoumenou 
Decision: Shortlist

23/77 National Learning Disability and Autism Programme Demand Signalling Sub-theme 3 - Mental health support outside hospital settings

NIHR162340 - Improving mental health provision for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults – Understanding how to increase inclusiveness of NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression (INCLUSIVE-TALK) (Joshua Stott, University College London)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161797 - Evaluating the value of providing a home-based intervention to improve mental well-being, self-care and communication for adolescents with autism and learning disabilities ACHIEVE (AdolesCents Home based InterVEntion Study) (Vicky Slonims, King's College London)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: Fiona Warren, Bethan Copsey, Annette Boaz – Institution
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160579 - Unlocking excellence: examining effective community mental health care for people with intellectual disability (Sujeet Jaydeokar, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161719 - What mental health support can be provided outside hospital settings to reduce reliance on inpatient mental health care for people with ID and autistic people? (Bhathika Perera, University College London)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Artemis Igoumenou 
Decision: Shortlist

23/10 Researcher-led call

NIHR159053 - Evaluating the wider effects of mental health support programmes in schools on healthcare and education settings in England (Ruth Blackburn, University College London)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: Fiona Warren, Rupert Payne, Annette Boaz, Patrick Burch
Decision: Shortlist

23/130 Reducing compound pressures on the NHS and social care - invitation only

NIHR161602 - Understanding and improving compound pressures in primary care: a realist review and embedded study within a review (SWAR) (Sophie Park, University College London)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Karen Mattick, Duncan Stewart, Fiona Warren, Rupert Payne, Enya Daynes, Jenni Burton, Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Lisa Hinton
Decision: Shortlist

23/133 HSDR January 2024 (Seacole) Researcher-led - Invitation only

NIHR160286 - Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of general practice-facilitated text messages encouraging people to access an online sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing platform on STI testing and positivity: a cluster randomised controlled trial (Jane Nicholls, Cardiff University)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline

Day 2 - 25 January 2024

Venue

  • virtual via Microsoft Teams

Present members

  • Kathy Rowan (Chair and Programme Director – does not vote)
  • Judith Smith (Chair and Deputy Programme Director – does not vote)
  • Alan Smith (Public Committee Member)
  • Angela Ruddock (Public Committee Member)
  • Annette Boaz
  • Artemis Igoumenou
  • Bethan Copsey 
  • Catriona Connell 
  • Dimitrios Koutoukidis 
  • Duncan Stewart
  • Edward Aldus 
  • Enya Daynes (Committee Member Development Scheme member)
  • Fiona Verity
  • Fiona Warren 
  • Godfred Boahen
  • Jason Madan 
  • Jenni Burton
  • Karen Matttick 
  • Kate Lippiett (Committee Member Development Scheme member)
  • Laura Bojke
  • Linda Parton (Public Committee Member)
  • Lisa Hinton
  • Lorna Gibson
  • Lucy Webb 
  • Mariam Watling 
  • Mark Cadman (Public Committee Member)
  • Michaela Rogers 
  • Nicki Walsh
  • Parveen Ali (Deputy Chair)
  • Patrick Burch 
  • Rob Newton 
  • Rupert Payne 

Secretariat

  • Tara Lamont
  • Suzy Hopper
  • Irene Moreno Millan
  • Lisa Stockwell
  • Abi Chalk

Apologies

  • Alexis Foster
  • Andrew Price
  • Clarissa Giebel
  • Greg Irving
  • Rachel Meacock
  • Rebecca Harris

Observers

  • Samuel Relton (New committee member)
  • Fiona Sampson (New committee member)
  • Katie Stiles – Research Manager at NIHR CC
  • Elke Streit – Researcher Manager at NIHR CC
  • Sara Rayhan – Research Manager at NIHR CC
  • Evelin Dombay – Research Manager at NIHR CC
  • Janet Diffin - Northern Ireland Devolved Administration

Quoracy information

  • Voting members: 35 (Quoracy = 66% = 23)
  • Voting members present on Day One: 30 (86%)

Stage 2 applications

23/46 NICE Rolling Call

NIHR160325 - The ASK Trial: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of a patient and family outreach service to improve AccesS to living-donor Kidney transplantation (Pippa Bailey, North Bristol NHS Trust)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rupert Payne
Decision: Fund with Changes

23/132 Straight to Stage Two (fast track)

NIHR163165 - Pressure Ulcer Prevention at Home 2 (PUP@home2): Self-management intervention development and user testing for people with Long-term Neurological Conditions (Susanne Coleman, University of Leeds)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Laura Bojke, Bethan Copsey, Patrick Burch, Judith Smith, Fiona Warren
Decision: Fund with Changes

23/45 Researcher-led

NIHR158081 - Understanding interventions to improve the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s with either dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a realist review and synthesis (Jane Simpson, Lancaster University)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Reject

NIHR160780 - Barriers and facilitators for older adult vaccinations in rural and remote coastal populations: A systematic mixed studies review (Aloysius Siriwardena, University of Lincoln)
Chair: Parveen Ali
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nicki Walsh
Decision: Reject

NIHR159868 - The acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Enhanced Patient Observation in reducing the risk of self-harm and suicide on psychiatric wards (Alexandra Pitman, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Artemis Igoumenou
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR160363 - EMbedding Sensory Assessments in Memory Clinics (EMSAMs) (Bernadette McGuinness, The Queen's University of Belfast)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jenni Burton
Decision: Reject

NIHR159714 - Strengthening Counter Fraud Provision across the NHS in England (Cerian Griffiths, Northumbria University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR159486 - Improving maternity and neonatal care in England: a formative evaluation of the implementation of the Core Competency Framework to improve multi-professional practice (Rebecca Whybrow, King's College London)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Annette Boaz
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR159286 - Implementing professional support for the voluntary sector workforce: A multi-case action research study (Alexis Foster, The University of Sheffield)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Parveen Ali, Bethan Copsey, Rob Newton, Laura Bojke, Fiona Sampson
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR160972 - Investigating How Dedicated Youth Worker Services for Young People with Physical and/or Mental Health Conditions are Organised, Provided and Experienced (Susan Kirk, The University of Manchester)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR158510 - CHildren and young people’s Options In the Community for Enhancing wellbeing through Social prescribing: Identifying and scaling effective practice (CHOICES2) (Vashti Berry, University of Exeter)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Fiona Warren
Decision: Reject

NIHR159467 - Accessible Results: enabling patients with diverse needs to access and understand their test results online (Jessica Watson, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Patrick Burch, Angela Ruddock, Rupert Payne, Lisa Hinton, Nicki Walsh
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR161150 - Optimising delivery of integrated palliative care and heart failure services: A realist evaluation (PalliatHeartSynthesis II) (Tracey McConnell, The Queen's University of Belfast)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lisa Hinton, Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Fiona Warren
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR160622 - SeclUSioN USe iN pSychiatry (SUN): developing an evidence-base and training programme on seclusion use across five major care pathways (Paula Reavey, London South Bank University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Reject

NIHR160824 - Understanding the support needs of African and African-Caribbean people living with dementia, their care partners and families and the impacts of delayed support: identifying inclusive strategies to facilitate timely and culturally appropriate social care support (Shadreck Mwale, University of West London)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Kathy Rowan, Godfred Boahen
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR160995 - Creating patient-centred infrastructures to enhance informed consent and improve patient experience of radiotherapy for gynaecological cancers (Lisa Ashmore, Lancaster University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with Changes