1. Today… Tell you about the LYBRA CLAHRC and TRiP-LaB. what we would like from the Leeds and Bradford NHS Timelines and expectations An opportunity to put faces to names and ask questions

2. TRiP-LaB Child Health Steering Group 1 st meeting 27-10-08

3. LYBRA – an NIHR CLAHRC Leeds York Bradford Research Alliance A partnership between the Universities of Leeds and York & Bradford and Leeds NHS NIHR - part funded (10m) NHS & LA – matched funding 1 of 7 Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs)

4. LYBRA – structure

5. TRiP-LaB? Translating Research into Practice in Leeds and Bradford “activities to support the translation of research evidence into practice in the NHS for the benefit of patients, including the trialling and evaluation of initiatives to encourage adoption of evidence based practice or clinical effectiveness”. R and “D”: bringing together expertise in higher education and research application in practice

7. How? Select important areas for improvement Describe the local context: culture & values Design and support interventions with stakeholders Predict and, describe progress over time (using multi level statistical modelling and qualitative methods) towards, predicted change

8. TRiP-LaB Team Claire seymour Project manager & 4 research staff

9. What we would like Not much at this stage –First stage: describing context, culture, values –Opening doors –Being available for interview and/or advice on routine data Later –Helping inform the design of any interventions –Setting the future agenda & work plan

10. information Carl Thompson: cat4@york.ac.ukcat4@york.ac.uk M: 07939 254 863 t: 01904 321350 John Bibby: john.bibby@bradford.nhs.ukjohn.bibby@bradford.nhs.uk Web: trip-lab.com NIHR CLAHRCS: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/infrastructure_clahrcs.aspx