Minutes of the Research for Social Care (RfSC) funding committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 5 Stage 1.
Date and Location
Meeting Tuesday 15 November 2022 by Virtual meeting.
In Attendance
Funding committee
Professor Chris Hatton
Dr Jenni Brooks
Dr Robbie Duschinsky
Professor Lee-Ann Fenge
Mr Glen Garrod
Dr Luke Geoghegan
Professor Claire Hulme
Professor Deborah James
Mr Fran James
Dr Anne Killett
Ms Debra Lennard
Dr Brynmor Lloyd Evans
Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic
Dr Juliette Malley
Professor Jill Manthorpe
Mr Nanik Pursani
Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole
Professor Sara Ryan
Ms Helen Weatherly
Dr Phillip Whitehead
Dr Mark Wilberforce
Dr Paul Willis
Mr Keith Wyncoll
Secretariat
Mr Ben Morgan (NIHR CCF)
Dr Rifat Mahbub (NIHR CCF)
Ms Amy McSweeney (NIHR CCF)
Dr Beth Rowley (NIHR CCF)
Ms Bronwyn Matthews (NIHR CCF)
Ms Genis Fernandes (NIHR CCF)
Programme Director
Professor Marian Knight (Programme Director)
Observers:
Mrs Karen McCormick
Ms Caroline Norrie
Dr Sue Caton
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Tessa Parkes
Mr Duncan Cook
Ms Jane Whitehurst
Ms Bridget Penhale
Miss Imogen Davies, DHSC
Applications considered
NIHR205151: The Person-centred Observation and Reflection Tool (PORT) for supporting delivery of person-centred care in care homes: An intervention refinement and feasibility study
Conflicts: Dr Mark Wilberforce, Dr Juliette Malley, Dr Anne Killett, Dr Ruth McGovern, Ms Helen Weatherly, Professor Lee-Ann Fenge, Professor Claire Hulme, Professor Jill Manthorpe and Ms Caroline Norrie
Professor Chris Hatton assumed the Chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205152: A qualitative study of the experiences of working age self-funders of social care, and publication of resources for peers and professionals on Socialcaretalk.org
Conflicts: Dr Mark Wilberforce, Professor Jill Manthorpe, Dr Juliette Malley, Ms Debra Lennard, Dr Phillip Whitehead, Dr Luke Geoghegan Ms Helen Weatherly, Professor Sara Ryan and Dr Jenni Brooks
Professor Chris Hatton assumed the Chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205154: Evidencing a lifelong learning programme as a re-enablement model for people living with dementia and their caregivers: A convergent mixed methods control study
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme
Professor Chris Hatton assumed the Chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205148: Adaptation of the ‘Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention’ for use by ethnically diverse informal caregivers of people with a life-limiting illness
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme remained out of the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce, Professor Jill Manthorpe, Dr Anne Killett, Ms Bridget Penhale, Dr Robbie Duschinsky, Ms Helen Weatherly, Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole and Dr Jenni Brooks
Professor Chris Hatton assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205150: Trauma-informed Care in Children’s Homes: A Realist Co-production Development Study
Conflicts: Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole, Dr Anne Killett, Dr Robbie Duschinsky, Dr Ruth McGovern, Dr Luke Geoghegan,
Dr Sue Caton, Professor Chris Hatton, Professor Deborah James and Professor Sara Ryan
Professor Jill Manthorpe assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205162: Supporting Carers in a Strengths-based Social Care System (SuCCeSs)
Conflicts: Dr Mark Wilberforce, Dr Juliette Malley, Dr Anne Killett, Ms Bridget Penhale, Dr Luke Geoghegan, Ms Helen Weatherly, Dr Paul Willis and Ms Caroline Norrie
Professor Jill Manthorpe assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205163: Food Glorious Food: A mixed methods evaluation of food-related practices in post-diagnostic community-based group support for people affected by dementia
Conflicts: Dr Anne Killett, Dr Ruth McGovern and Professor Lee-Ann Fenge
Professor Jill Manthorpe assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205168: Support2Care: Supporting the Psychological Health of Care Home Staff Delivering End of Life Care
Conflicts: Dr Juliette Malley, Ms Debra Lennard, Dr Phillip Whitehead, Professor Claire Hulme, Dr Anne Killett and Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Jill Manthorpe assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205164: Validating the Resident Measure of Safety (RMOS) and understanding the barriers and facilitators of using a resident-reported measure of safety to make real-time improvements to quality and safety in care homes
Conflicts: Dr Mark Wilberforce and Professor Claire Hulme
Professor Jill Manthorpe assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205167: Evaluating the implementation of person-centred active support: A feasibility study
Conflicts: Dr Juliette Malley, Dr Sue Caton, Professor Chris Hatton and Miss Imogen Davies left the room
Professor Jill Manthorpe assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205169: Assessing risk of child exploitation in Child Safeguarding Partnerships: Exploring current practice
Conflicts: Ms Debra Lennard and Dr Luke Geoghegan
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205160: Community based models of social care at the end of life: towards better outcomes
Conflicts: Ms Debra Lennard, Mrs Karen McCormick, Professor Tessa Parkes And Mr Fran James
Dr Mark Wilberforce assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205153: Developing a place-based model of support for people with dementia from ethnic minorities: a participatory research approach
Conflicts: Dr Brynmor Lloyd Evans, Professor Jill Manthorpe, Dr Juliette Malley, Dr Luke Geoghegan, Dr Paul Willis, Professor Chris Hatton and Dr Jenni Brooks
Dr Mark Wilberforce assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205161: REBIAS II: How can appropriate, acceptable, family-wide and ‘whole family aware’ care and support packages for adults supported by a young carer and the young carer themselves be identified, developed and implemented?
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe, Dr Juliette Malley, Dr Anne Killett, Ms Helen Weatherly, Ms Caroline Norrie, Ms Bridget Penhale and Miss Imogen Davies
Dr Mark Wilberforce assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to stage 2
NIHR205170: Using innovative co-production approaches to address loneliness and social support for older women from marginalised communities.
Conflicts: Professor Sara Ryan
Dr Mark Wilberforce assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205171: Non-verbal Communication of People Living with Dementia and Care Staff in Care Homes
Conflicts: Professor Claire Hulme, Ms Bridget Penhale, Ms Caroline Norrie, Professor Jill Manthorpe and Professor Lee-Ann Fenge
Dr Mark Wilberforce assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR205172: Ageing, mental health and loneliness in minority groups: improving social care interventions to tackle social exclusion
Conflicts: Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole, Dr Anne Killett, Ms Bridget Penhale, Dr Luke Geoghegan, Professor Sara Ryan and Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic
Professor Chris Hatton assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205165: Developing a validated care work-related quality of life (CWRQoL) Scale for adult social care staff in England
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe, Ms Caroline Norrie and Dr Juliette Malley
Professor Chris Hatton assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205158: Understanding kinship carer networks to inform targeted support
Conflicts: Professor Jill Manthorpe, Professor Claire Hulme
Professor Chris Hatton assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205173: Reframing ‘wandering’ as a meaningful activity using realist synthesis and qualitative exploration: the FREEDEM study
Conflicts: Dr Anne Killett and Ms Helen Weatherly
Professor Chris Hatton assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR205157: ‘Object Relations’: How can co-created artefacts help to reduce loneliness by enhancing intergenerational connections?
Conflicts: Dr Luke Geoghegan, Professor Sara Ryan and Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic
Professor Chris Hatton assumed chair
Committee recommendation: Reject
Outcomes Table
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-10. This table displays the number of applications awarded each score in the committee meeting. The tables exclude applications that were rejected during the scrutiny and triage processes, and no ranking within columns should be inferred.
RfSC will fund applications that score in the range of 6-10, although a score of 6-10 does not guarantee funding. In exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be invited/funded that fall below the fundable range (scoring 1-5)
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Invited | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Invited | 2 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Invited | 3 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Invited | 6 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 4 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 5 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |