Hosted by the NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England
A free half-day support showcase and workshop for those interested in social care research. If you are a social care practitioner, manager, provider, commissioner or researcher of social care services and have ideas about how to develop and support social care research in the West of England, please join us for the day!
What to expect from the day
An event including discussion and idea generation to further social care research in the West of England. The day will bring together people with experience of research in social care and care at the interface of health and social care and practitioners, users, commissioners and providers of services.
- What opportunities are available to those in social care wanting to support research?
- What research is ‘out there’ already in the West of England and could be built on?
- What would help facilitate research in social care in the West of England?
- What are the current difficulties in undertaking research in social care and how might these be overcome?
- How can we best address NIHR priorities in social care research?
Speakers include:
- Dr Kyla Thomas, Clinical Director, CRN West of England
- Ifan Jones, Chief Operating Officer, CRN West of England
- Prof Geraldine Mcdonald, CRN National Social Care Lead
- Lisa Smith, Assistant Director at Research in Practice
- Christie Cabral, Co-Lead Research Design Service South West​