Dr Joanne Hartland, R&D Programme Manager, APCRC The Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative R&D Strategy for 2017-2020 Dr Joanne Hartland, R&D Programme Manager, APCRC

2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy Strategic Background – National Context: NHS 5 Year Forward View Commissioning for Value Better Care Fund QIPP Sustainability and Transformation Plans Requirement to balance the books Research Excellence Framework Focus on Research with Impact Care Act 2014, Focus on Integrated Services

2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy Strategic Background – Local Context: Sustainability and Transformation Plan across 14 Organisations Wider Partnership Footprint CCGs’ Priorities – aligned with STP Single Commissioning Board for BNSSG, and Single Accountable Officer – ‘3 into 1’ Sharp Focus on Robust Financial Management - achieving financial balance Other Local Organisations: University of Bristol, University of the West of England West of England AHSN NIHR CLAHRC West Public Health Teams and the Core Offer to CCGs Bristol Health Partners and the HITs Realising the APCRC Vision Health and wellbeing Care and quality Finance and efficiency

2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy APCRC Vision Commissioners in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will achieve excellence in supporting research and in routinely using the best available evidence to commission the highest quality services and deliver better health. Reduced Health Inequalities Improved Patient Outcomes Research Evidence Evaluation Sustainable Health and Care System Improved Quality of Care Knowledge Mobilisation Better investment decisions Better dis-investment decisions Evidence Informed Commissioning

2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy – “making it happen…” Knowledge Mobilisation: Bridging the gap between Research and Practice Promoting Practice-informed Research Research-informed Practice Evidence Informed Commissioning Feeding Research Pipeline Evaluation Building the evidence base, feeding Research pipeline Research Management Building the evidence base, fostering more research Promoting Use Of Evidence Identifying evidence gaps and feeding the Research pipeline World of Academia World of Practice: NHS; Social Care; Public Health APCRC Team: bringing it all together… Providing a robust and objective basis for future (de)commissioning decisions KM Partnership: Professor of KM Researchers in Residence NHS Management Fellows NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellows GP Evidence Fellows Health Integration Teams Graduate Assistants NIHR CLAHRC West WE AHSN Public Health Teams Partnerships CCGs PPI & Communications

How this works in practice…

Research Grant Hosting at Bristol CCG Collaborative teams, NHS staff and University staff, Co-production of NHS relevant research ideas NIHR applications, submitted via the CCG as “Host Organisation” Grant awarded, NIHR contract with Bristol CCG Bristol CCG sub contract with all the other Partners (Universities, Charities and Trusts) to share finances and responsibilities Bristol CCG do all the background work, researchers do all the research At year end the NIHR review our grant income…..and reward us with a percentage of that, purely to support new research ideas, staff and infrastructure – this is the Research Capability Funding The research Ideas are NHS ideas, the research output is useful for the NHS users – with real life impact which benefits Academia and Practice, RCF is generated

How the RCF cycle works

Research Grant Hosting: Benefits Collaboration integrates NHS/academia – bridges the gap between the two worlds Good research ideas, better evidence-based decisions , better use of resources, Research is driven by NHS priorities and research findings are used by NHS… Practice-Based Research and Research Based Practice Knowledge Mobilisation

2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy Dr Joanne Hartland R&D Programme Manager jo.hartland@nhs.net APCRC.research@nhs.net Tel: 0117 984 1581 www.apcrc.nhs.uk @AvonNHSRD

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