The NIHR Policy Research Programme (PRP) has funded rapid COVID-19 research during the pandemic, through its Recovery, Renewal, Reset funding call and its Policy Research Units. This research funding is part of NIHR and the Department of Health and Social Care's wider response to funding COVID-19 research.
Recovery, Renewal, Reset
The PRP Recovery, Renewal, Reset call held three rounds between July and October 2020 to fund research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems.
The funded research projects will inform the policy response to challenges posed by COVID-19, including medium- to longer-term policy decisions for health and social care, and capture learning arising from the pandemic.
| Project title | Reference number |
|---|---|
| The impact of Care Easements under the Coronavirus Act 2020 on co-resident older carers of people with dementia | NIHR202259 |
| The other keyworkers in care homes: implications of including domestic staff in social care workforce strategies and practices relating to COVID-19 recovery | NIHR202293 |
| 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 | NIHR202302 |
| 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. | NIHR202310 |
| Optimising people-centred access in primary care in the context of COVID-19: facilitating organisational and policy change | NIHR202311 |
| Impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening in England | NIHR202316 |
| Appraising Social Distributions To Guide Levelling Up Health And Wellbeing During Covid-19 Recovery | NIHR202320 |
| Understanding the disruption of children and young people's health and healthcare use during and after COVID-19 to inform healthcare and policy responses | NIHR202322 |
| 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 | NIHR202326 |
| Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on GPs’ wellbeing | NIHR202329 |
| What are the lessons internationally to inform recovery and strategies for future Covid-19 infection prevention and management in social care settings? | NIHR202333 |
| 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? | NIHR202463 |
| 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) | NIHR202472 |
| Recovery, Renewal and Reset of Services to Disabled Children | NIHR202478 |
| Exploring older people's support needs for making healthier decisions about alcohol during COVID-19 | NIHR202481 |
| Understanding the factors that shape care homes’ responses to Government COVID-19 guidance on visiting arrangements | NIHR202482 |
| RESTORE - Research for Equitable SySTem RespOnse and REcovery | NIHR202484 |
| Recovery from COVID-19 within the Children and Young Peoples Secure Estate (CYPSE): A mixed-methods study of wellbeing | NIHR202660 |
| 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) | NIHR202670 |
| COVID-19 measures and prisoner self-harm: critical timetrends analysis informing policy to improve individual and institutional resilience (COPE) | NIHR202676 |
| End of life care experience of Black people during the coronavirus pandemic: Bereaved relatives’ views | NIHR202685 |
| Improving discussions about resuscitation for bereaved relatives in COVID-19 | NIHR202690 |
| How to utilise the potential of Hospital at Home to deliver more acute non-COVID and COVID care outside of hospital | NIHR202691 |
| Using data and technology to support female survivors of domestic violence and abuse | NIHR202707 |
| UK evaluation of NHS support post-hospitalisation for COVID-19 to inform service development and achieve holistic, integrated, equitable and cost-effective services | NIHR202708 |
| Estimating the long-term health impacts of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic | NIHR202711 |
| A 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 | NIHR202718 |
Further details of these projects can be found on the NIHR Funding and Awards website.
Policy Research Units
The following projects led by NIHR Policy Research Units (PRUs) have been awarded funding through the PRP rapid COVID-19 funding process or are PRU projects adapted to address COVID-19, supported by existing funding.
| Project title | Unit |
|---|---|
| Post-ICU Support for Survivors of COVID-19 | Call-off Analytical Facility (PREPARE) |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services from pregnancy through age 5 years for families who are high risk or have complex social needs | Children and Families PRU (CPRU) |
| COVID-19 Step-Down from Emergency Measures - learning from past experience | Call-off Analytical Facility (PREPARE) |
| A rapid review of reviews identifying effective remote befriending and social support interventions, how they work, and their training components/content | Older people and Frailty PRU (OPFPRU)/ Reviews Facility (London-York)/ University of York |
| Impact on mental health service users of the COVID-19 pandemic and ways of mitigating it: a mixed methods investigation | Mental Health PRU (MH PRU) |
| A mixed methods investigation of impact on mental health services of the COVID-19 impact and experiences of ways of mitigating it | Mental Health PRU (MH PRU) |
| Delivery of strength and balance exercises for falls prevention amongst older people using digital technologies to replace face to face contact during COVID-19 home isolation | Older People and Frailty PRU (OPFPRU) |
| IDEAL COVID-19 Dementia Initiative | Older People and Frailty PRU (OPFPRU), PenARC, ARC-GM |
| Geographical variation in COVID-19 mortality and its relationship to social care provision in England | Adult Social Care PRU (ASCRU /Quality, Safety and Outcomes PRU (QSO - PRU) |
| Maintaining an up-to-date evidence map | Reviews Facility (London-York) |
| Scoping research requirements for recovery and learning from COVID-19 – system impacts and behaviour change | Several PRUs/ Call-off Analytical Facility (PREPARE) and Reviews Facility (London-York) |
| Presenting present COVID-19 test results to the public: Communicating uncertainty and optimising compliance to guidance self-isolation measures | Behavioural Science PRU (BSci PRU) |
| What are the implications of COVID-19 for public health and obesity prevention policy? Insights from people's lived experience of food and food environments | Obesity PRU |
| Estimating delayed cancer diagnosis and impact on the NHS in England per week following lock-down due to COVID-19 | Cancer PRU |
| Investigating the impact of changes in the NHS in response to the COVID-19 crisis on cancer diagnosis in the South West of England | Cancer PRU |
| BPSU study of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related neonatal unit admissions | Maternal and Neonatal Health PRU |
| The feasibility and acceptability of different methods for collecting national maternity survey data - adapted to include COVID-19 data | Maternal and Neonatal Health PRU |
| Re-visiting Expert Interviews as part of the Nursing Associate Evaluation to explore the COVID-19 context | Health and Social Care Workforce PRU |
| Exploring facilitating and enabling factors for effective remote working in general practice | Call-off Analytical Facility (PREPARE) |
| Presenting present COVID-19 test results to the public: Communicating uncertainty and optimising compliance to guidance self-isolation measures | Behavioural Science PRU (BSci PRU) |
| Health and social care workers’ quality of working life and coping while working during a COVID-19 Pandemic | Health and Social Care Workforce PRU |
| Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable children | Children and Families PRU (CPRU) |
| Exploring facilitating and enabling factors for effective remote working in general practice | Call-off Analytical Facility (PREPARE) |
| Models of Care Resilience – COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Contexts | PRP: Birmingham, Lasserson |
| Modelling the health consequences of changes in personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from second-hand tobacco smoke and other sources in indoor and outdoor air during the response to the COVID-19 epidemic in the United Kingdom | Public Health PRU |
| Impact of COVID-19 on people with autism, including children and young people | Policy Innovation Research Unit (PIRU) |
| Improving service integration between and within health and care: learning from international experience, phase 2 | Policy Innovation Research Unit (PIRU) |