Research for Patient Benefit Programme- Yorkshire and North East Competition 51 Stage 1 Competition 50 Stage 2 Minutes

Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme Yorkshire and North East Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to Competition 50 and Stage 1 applications to Competition 51.

Date and Location

Thursday 21 September 2023 at Double Tree by Hilton, York.

In attendance

Committee members

Dr Judith Cohen (Chair)
Mrs Samina Begum
Dr Nicola Clibbens
Professor Peter Day
Dr Emma Giles
Dr Julia Hackett
Dr Ann Henry
Dr Harry Hill
Dr Laura Jefferson
Dr Rachael Kelley
Dr Peter Knapp
Mrs Ellen Lee
Professor Rory O’Connor
Professor Bethany Shinkins
Dr Samuel Smith
Mrs Jan Speechley
Professor Claire Surr
Dr Eugene Tang
Ms Alexandra Wright-Hughes

Secretariat

Dr Diana Kyriazis (NIHRCC)
Dr Kasia Kuleszewicz (NIHRCC)
Ms Sarah Deria (NIHRCC)
Ms Sophie Tattersall (NIHRCC)
Professor Kevin Munro (Programme Director)
Mrs Anne Benson (Public member - observer)

Competition 50 Stage 2 applications considered

NIHR206236: Exploring the feasibility of using an exercise-based, self-managed, lifestyle intervention for venous leg-ulcer prevention in adults with a venous leg-ulcer history (FISCU III).
Conflicts: Dr Judith Cohen, Dr Nicola Clibbens and Mrs Ellen Lee

Final outcome: Invite to resubmit at Stage 2

NIHR206237: Co-designing a low-intensity sleep intervention for adults in a psychiatric inpatient setting
Conflicts: Dr Peter Knapp, Professor Ann-Louise Caress, Dr Julia Hackett and Dr Laura Jefferson

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206186: Feasibility and Acceptability of providing a digital self-management healthcare intervention within the NHS to improve diabetes outcomes in adults from the South Asian community
Conflicts: Dr Nicola Clibbens, Professor Ann-Louise Caress, Professor Peter Day and Professor Rory O'Connor

Final outcome: Reject

NIHR206219: Investigating socioeconomic, ethnic and geographical inequalities in planned surgery rates and outcomes in South Yorkshire
Conflicts: Dr Judith Cohen, Dr Harry Hill and Mrs Ellen Lee

Final outcome: Reject

NIHR206779: What is the risk of stroke for patients with migraine-like symptoms referred as suspected TIA? A multi-site observational cohort study to inform development of a standardised clinical risk assessment.
Conflicts: Professor Andy Husband, Professor Samuel Smith and Dr Eugene Tang

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206780: Improving Services for Imprisoned Women with Severe Mental Illness (IP-SIS)
Conflicts: Dr Nicola Clibbens and Professor Ann-Louise Caress

Final outcome: Conditional support

Competition 51 Stage 1 applications considered

NIHR206739: Telehealth to reduce compound pressures on the NHS and Social Care
Conflicts: Dr Peter Knapp

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206746: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention
Conflicts: Dr Judith Cohen, Dr Nicola Clibbens, Professor Peter Day, Dr Laura Jefferson and Mrs Ellen Lee

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206579: Evaluating a Standardised Post-diagnostic Strengths and Needs Assessment for Autistic Adults: an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
Conflicts: Professor Peter Day

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206584: Co-producing an intervention to support wellbeing and risks associated with progression to dementia, for people on waiting lists for memory assessment services and people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Conflicts: Dr Judith Cohen, Mrs Ellen Lee, Professor Rory O'Connor and Dr Eugene Tang

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206602: Virtual Reality for Visions (VRV): a feasibility study examining the development of a new treatment for distressing visual hallucinations in people with psychosis.
Conflicts: Victoria Bartle

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206606: CRYoanalgesia for Pain and Opioid reduction after ThoracIC surgery - The CRYPTIC trial
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206688: A place-based understanding of living & coping with Persistent Physical Symptoms (PPS): An action-research approach
Conflicts: Dr Emma Giles

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206572: How does an Acute Care Model provide patient benefit and address compound pressure on the health and social care system in a rural coastal town in the North of England: a qualitative study
Conflicts: Dr Julia Hackett, Dr Laura Jefferson and Dr Peter Knapp

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206616: Measuring Bonding in Maternal-Infant Relationships: Equitable Implementation and Measurement Properties of the Me and My Baby Tool in the Humber Region's Perinatal Mental Health Services
Conflicts: Dr Judith Cohen, Professor Peter Day, Dr Julia Hackett, Dr Laura Jefferson and Dr Peter Knapp

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206653: SUNSHINE (Sheffield University Neuro-imaging Score in Hypoxic Ischaemic Neonatal Encephalopathy).A validity study in predicting outcome from acute profound, chronic partial and mixed hypoxic ischaemia in the perinatal period using a new scoring system for neonatal brain MRI. Acceptability and impact for clinicians and families.
Conflicts: Dr Judith Cohen and Mrs Ellen Lee

Outcome: Reject

Outcomes Table

The tables below display the mean scores for each application that was assessed in the regional assessment committee meeting. They exclude applications that were rejected during the scrutiny and triage processes. 

Stage 2

Stage 1