1. Simon Large – Chief Executive
Improving Health & Well-Being through Excellent Research - Research and Development at BDCT
Simon Large – Chief Executive
Overview of 15 min talk
Aim: -Brief overview from where we come from the last couple of years
- Why and how we want to be involved?
What we have achieved so far
What we have to offer: and the opportunities to develop areas of expertise
- What next – develop our home grown research reputation and expertise Increase our portfolio : develop and expand service user and carer group (XPLORE)

2. Bradford District Care Trust
Welcome to
Bradford District Care Trust

3. The people we serve Bradford Craven 5th largest metropolitan district
Fastest growing population in UK
High proportion of young, growing numbers of older people
23% BME population
Top 10% most deprived area
High levels of cardio-vascular, heart disease, respiratory and mental health problems
Craven
Dispersed rural communities
High proportion and growing numbers of older people
Areas of deprivation and affluence
High incidence of heart disease and obesity
Increasing levels of mental health problems

4. Healthcare and Diversity
Principle 1 of the NHS Constitution
‘The NHS provides a comprehensive service, available to all irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. It has a duty to each and every individual that it serves and must respect their human rights. At the same time, it has a wider social duty to promote equality through the services it provides and to pay particular attention to groups or sections of society where improvements in health and life expectancy are not keeping pace with the rest of the population’.

5. Our Vision Wheel You and your care
To provide the best care for the people of Bradford, Airedale and Craven
So that….
The Trust is recognised as one of the country’s leading providers of integrated community health care services
Our vision puts ‘You and Your Care’ at the centre of everything we would like to achieve and sets out how we will deliver on four key aims:
Top Quality of care
Excellence in Patient Experience
Great Relationships
Good Value for money

6. BDCT Research - Mission Statement
To create a vibrant research culture in BDCT that
supports high quality health research,
reflecting the diversity of the local population and
benefiting service users and communities.
Goal 1: To increase our capacity and reputation for high quality research.
Goal 2: To develop and undertake programmes of research that will deliver real benefit to patients and communities. Goal 3: To be at the forefront of evidence based innovative care and services.
Goal 4: To establish governance that facilitates research and ensures safety of research participants.

7. Service user & carer involvement (XPLORE GROUP)
Strengths
A growing R&D focus
Forefront of offering services & therapies that meet the diverse needs of our population
Partnership working
Service user & carer involvement
(XPLORE GROUP)
What we have to offer
NIHR: Provides a structure for research opportunities and delivery : As mentioned earlier We as a trust have taken the opportunities of the Core funding to provide support for backfill for staff to take part in recruiting onto portfolio studies : also collaborative research bids for NIHR grants: will expand later

8. Future focus
Family and Child Health: Autism spectrum, Disordered eating, Obesity
Delirium & Dementia
Leadership
Culture/ethnicity/spirituality & health
Service User and Carer experience
Building a research focus and reputation- for home grown research
A key part of growing success will be building on BDCT’s existing known strengths. From recent consultation and review of our strategy and review of current projects we have identified clear areas of excellence therefore we propose that the focus for developing applied health research within the Trust will largely include the following areas:
Dementia: Older peoples (mental health) research: beginning to develop team here
Addressing diversity : e.g. the development and modification of assessment and referral tools also therapies : link into the addressing depression: Addressing depression sits very well within the Research focus of the trust
Family and childhood: e.g. Eating disorders, obesity and Autism: and collaborative teams here too
Service user and carer experience:
The aim is not to exclude all research outside these areas, but to build a ‘critical mass’ of experience and expertise in these domains by focusing our resources. Students and staff undertaking research projects in the Trust (e.g. Masters, PhD) should be encouraged to develop projects relevant to these Trust priorities.

9. Where next Increase overall portfolio
Increase opportunities to participate
Translating research into practice
Leading research in our area of expertise

10. R&D@bdct.nhs.uk http://www.bdct.nhs.uk/rd/
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