Research Partnership Team: our work
Welcome to the Research Partnership Team (RPT)! We are a group of senior researchers with specialist methodological and subject expertise, who support the work of NIHR ARC North Thames. As a team, we support the delivery of research by:
- Enhancing research design
- Identifying potential for reseach impact and implementation
- Reaching out and engaging with our partners and communities
Through our wider engagement efforts, we respond to emerging local and national priorities by forming new collaborations, delivering emergent research, and leveraging externally funded grants.
How do we work with you?
The process begins by listening to your ideas, questions and needs. The team works with you to identify the key issues and to determine if an evidence-based solution could be achieved through applied health research. No problem is too big or too small, and we encourage you to get in touch.
Experience among team members is diverse and includes: evaluation of complex interventions (using quantitative and qualitative methods), social care research, applied statistics, health economics, organisational research, and systematic reviewing.
Contact us via email to share your ideas and explore opportunities for new research.
Full list of our projects
ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing
ActEarly works closely with local communities, local authorities and other national organisations to understand how we can help families live healthier and more active lives.
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Disability data in UK higher education: Evidence from EDI reports
We are looking at UK Higher Education Institutions' commitment to publishing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) data on their staff, specifically information on staff disability.
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Evaluating the effectiveness of emergency surgery for patients with acute conditions
We are evaluating the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of emergency general surgery compared to non-operative strategies for patients with acute conditions.
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Evaluating services for older adults with multimorbidity across health and social care
We are looking at existing service models for older patients across diverse settings - primary, secondary, mental health and social care - for a range of outcomes.
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Increasing capacity for public health and prevention research in local government
We are working with London Borough of Islington on a range of activities, with a view to using evidence well to reduce inequalities.
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Impact of comorbid conditions on access to, and safety and outcomes of, cancer treatments
Addressing the impact of comorbid conditions on cancer patients’ access to specialist cancer treatments, patient safety and patient experiences.
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Implications of digital health innovations on health and social care services
Analysing existing data to evaluate the impact of digital technologies (such as Liva and HealthUnlocked) on the demand and use of health and social care services.
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Improving breast cancer outcomes whilst reducing inequalities by enhanced activities in prevention, screening and early symptomatic diagnosis
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Improving NHS orthopaedic care in England: The Getting It Right First Time programme
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Understanding the needs of people with dementia who live on their own and do not have someone to help them access services or act as a point of contact.
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Understanding and mitigating the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on NHS staff in England.
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Evaluating interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in people living with severe mental illness.
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Supporting the mental health and well-being of researchers in academia
Exploring how personal mental health difficulties impact on working in academic research, and how working in academic research impacts on personal mental health and well-being.
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Tackling barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake in London
Analysis of the patterns of, and inequalities in, COVID-19 vaccine uptake across London.
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Identifying and evaluating the existing evidence on the health impacts of LTN interventions.
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An initiative aiming to collate stories on inequalities faced by the early-career researcher (ECR) community, and help enact institutional change.
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The mental health and wellbeing of UK emergency services call-handlers and dispatchers
Developing recommendations for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of call handlers in the NHS, police, and fire services.
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Understanding Diverse Cultural Backgrounds and Ethnicity for Adult Social Care
Scoping study to better understand the influence of diverse cultural backgrounds and ethnicity as barriers to access and uptake of local authority commissioned adult social care services
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Using data on housing and health inequalities to reduce local health and care inequalities
Identifying how staff in local government might be able to address health inequalities linked to housing problems.
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Investigating how residents’ NHS and council data can be used to help us better understand the social circumstances of residents with multimorbidity, to help inform how senior decision makers design and deliver health and care services.
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29 Nov 2023