Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System has launched a new Research and Innovation Hub which offers a variety of resources to people working in health and care. The hub supports the vision and ambition for research in our ICS Research Strategy.
The research and innovation hub includes information about different types of research and evaluation, opportunities to get involved and connect with others, research support and resources, and a range of case studies.
Research is about generating new knowledge that could lead to changes to treatments, policies or care. Examples include:
- Clinical research into the discovery and development of medical treatments.
- Evaluation and development of care models and pathways.
- Research into methods of diagnosing, monitoring and predicting health.
- Social care research into how to improve people’s lives and help them live well.
- Public health research into population health issues, prevention of ill health and reduction of health inequalities.
- Management research into efficiency of delivering health and care.
One research example featured in the hub is the Falls in Care Homes Randomised Controlled Trial which was led by a team from the University of Nottingham. This study to reduce falls, led to the implementation of the Action Falls Programme, now utilised in over 300 care homes nationally.
Dr Kathy McLean, Chair of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, said: “We know that research is essential to increase our knowledge and provide the evidence for new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat health conditions, improve population health and wellbeing, provide high quality joined up services, contribute to a net zero health and care system and reduce health inequalities.
“From the improvement of clinical and care practice to the reduction in the cost of healthcare and the wellbeing of the workforce, research offers enormous opportunities for solutions to today’s challenges and has a key part to play in delivering our ICS strategic priorities.
“We hope that the hub can act as a powerful one-stop shop to drive innovation, connect colleagues working in research and inspire others to get involved for the benefit of our local population, workforce and health and care system.”
For more information about our ICS research strategy or hub e-mail nnicb-nn.research-evidence@nhs.net.