HSDR Funding Committee public minutes January 2024

  • Published: 05 March 2024
  • Version: V1.0 - 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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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? 
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) 
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 
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 
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 
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. 
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? 
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) 
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) 
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 
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? 
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
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) 
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
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 
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 
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 
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
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 
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Artemis Igoumenou
Decision: Fund with Changes

NIHR160363 - EMbedding Sensory Assessments in Memory Clinics (EMSAMs) 
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jenni Burton 
Decision: Reject

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