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Policy Research Programme - Minutes from the Round 33 Stage 1 Committee meeting- Day 1

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Published: 01 September 2022

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Minutes from the Round 33 Stage 1 Committee Meeting- Day 1

Date and Location

Wednesday 20 July 2022, held virtually

In Attendance:

Committee Members

Professor Karen Bloor (Chair), University of York, Health Sciences
Professor Michael Robling, Cardiff University, Centre for Trials Research
Professor Anne Mason, University of York, Centre for Health Economics
Professor Mark Petticrew, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Professor Catherine Law (Chair for Call 7), University College London, Institute of Child Health
Professor Andrew Hill, University of Leeds, Psychological & Social Medicine
Ms Josie Dixon, London School of Economics & Political Science, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Professor Tim Doran, University of York, Health Sciences
Professor Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling, Department of Applied Social Sciences
Professor Debora Price, The University of Manchester, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
Dr Simon Walker, University of York, Centre for Health Economics
Dr Kalpa Kharicha, King's College London, NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health & Social Care Workforce
Dr Mary Baginsky, King's College London, NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health & Social Care Workforce
Dr Peter Sivey, University of York, Centre for Health Economics
Dr Gemma Frances Spiers, Newcastle University, Population Health Sciences Institute
Ms Amander Wellings, PPIE representative
Mrs Gillian Bridgland, PPIE representative
Mr Paul Andersen, PPIE representative
Mr Stephen Edgar, PPIE representative
Mrs Justina Olotu, PPIE Representative
Mr Justin Greenwood, PPIE representative
Mr Adrian Barker, PPIE representative
Mrs Liz Sinker, PPIE representative
Mrs Una Rennard, PPIE representative

Subject Experts for Call 1:

Professor Carolyn Wallace, University of South Wales

Subject Experts for Call 7:

Professor Simon Brake, Warwick Medical School
Dr Axel Kaehne, Edge Hill University
Dr Kirsty Marshall, University of Salford

Subject Experts for Call 5:

Professor Ahmad Alkhatib, Teesside University
Dr David Blane, University of Glasgow
Dr Nicola Heslehurst, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Andrew James Williams, University of St Andrews

Subject Experts for Call 10:

Professor Leah Avery, Teesside University
Dr Sarah Cook, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Amanda Atkinson, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Fiona Sim, NHS England (written comments)

Subject Experts for Call 14:

Professor Marta Cohen, Sheffield Children's Hospital

Subject Experts for Call 15:

Dr Anita Mehay, University College London
Dr Dan Dalton, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Gerry Richardson, University of York

Department of Health and Social Care Liaison Officers

Jason Cox, Department of Health and Social Care
Georgina Preston, Department of Health and Social Care
Rachel Conner, Department of Health and Social Care
Abigail Wright, Department of Health and Social Care

Policy Representatives

Erin Hawkins, Policy Advisor, Department of Health and Social Care
Emmanouela Kritikaki, Offender Health Policy; Mental Health and Disabilities Directorate; Department of Health and Social Care
Steven Malcolm, Offender Health Policy; Mental Health and Disabilities Directorate
Liz Taylor-Diparno, National Implementation Manager for RECONNECT and Enhanced RECONNECT
Alejandro Ferrando-Gamir, Senior Economic Adviser at UK Civil Service, Department of Health and Social Care
Jack Bull, Policy Advisor, Department of Health and Social Care
Arsha Raina, Policy & Strategy, Department of Health and Social Care

NIHR

Mario Moroso, Assistant Director, Policy Research Programme
Maria Chisholm, Senior Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Nicholas Chandler, Senior Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Tyler Maher, Senior Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Emily Allen, Senior Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Mike Nelson, Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Sarah Lane, Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Minmin Xu, Programme Manager, Policy Research Programme
Marc Browne, Research Officer, Operations
Daniela Stremtan, Research Officer, Operations
Andrea Yáñez-Cunningham, Research Officer, Operations
Ludy Hills, Senior Research Officer, Operations
Jojo Leppink, Operations Manager, Operations

Observers

Rebecca Kandiyali
Dr Ruth Pritchett
Dr Fiona Aspinal
Professor Cecile Knai
Erin Shearman

Apologies

Professor Chris Todd, The University of Manchester, School of Health Sciences

Call 1: National Evaluation of the Complete Care Community Programme

NIHR204682: Complete Care Community Programme: What Works? A research and evaluation of the CCCP over three regions in England, North West, South West and London
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject

Call 7: Post Implementation Review of the Health and Care Act 2022

NIHR204669: Post Implementation Review of the Health and Care Act 2022
Conflicts: Professor Karen Bloor, Professor Mark Petticrew, Professor Tim Doran, Professor Debora Price, Dr Mary Baginsky, Dr Simon Walker, Professor Cecille Knai left the room
Outcome: Invited to Stage 2

Call 5: TORP 2

NIHR204672: Building evidence-informed consensus on how to prevent obesity in UK primary schools
Conflicts: Dr Gemma Spiers, Mrs Una Rennard left the room
Outcome: Reject

NIHR204684: Brief opportunistic weight loss (BWeL) interventions for adults living with serious mental illness (SMI).
Conflicts: Dr Gemma Spiers, Mrs Una Rennard left the room
Outcome: Reject

Call 10: Understanding the impact of alcohol calorie labelling on alcohol and calorie consumption

NIHR204674: Understanding the impact of alcohol calorie labelling on alcohol and calorie selection, purchasing and consumption
Conflicts: Professor Mark Petticrew, Professor Catherine Law, Professor Andrew Hill, Professor Tim Doran, Dr Simon Walker, Dr Fiona Aspinal, Mrs Una Rennard left the room.
Outcome: Invited to Stage 2

NIHR204680: Exploring the impacts of alcohol calorie labelling on intentions to purchase, patterns of consumption, and the potential long-term impacts of changes in consumption on morbidity and mortality.
Conflicts: Professor Mark Petticrew, Professor Catherine Law, Professor Andrew Hill, Professor Tim Doran, Dr Simon Walker, Dr Fiona Aspinal, Mrs Una Rennard left the room.
Outcome: Invited to Stage 2

Call 14: Evaluation of the Start for Life Programme

NIHR204679: Policy Research Programme - Evaluation of the Start for Life Programme: Improving outcomes in the 1,001 critical days
Conflicts: Professor Mike Robling, Professor Catherine Law, Dr Fiona Aspinal, Mrs Una Rennard left the room
Outcome: Reject

NIHR204678: National evaluation of Start for Life: What works for whom under what circumstances?
Conflicts: Professor Mike Robling, Professor Catherine Law, Dr Fiona Aspinal, Mrs Una Rennard
Outcome: Invited to stage 2

Call 15: Evaluation of RECONNECT Services for adult prison leavers- applications considered

NIHR204681: Evaluation of RECONNECT services for adult prison leavers
Conflicts: Professor Debora Price left the room
Outcome: Invited to stage 2

NIHR204675: National evalUAtioN of the reConnect programmE (NUANCE)
Conflicts: Professor Debora Price left the room
Outcome: Reject

NIHR204671: Evaluation of RECONNECT services for adult prison leavers
Conflicts: Professor Debora Price left the room
Outcome: Invited to stage 2