The event was coordinated by the NIHR South West Central Research Delivery Network, which gives researchers and health care teams the practical support they need to deliver high-quality clinical research.
There was a packed programme of presentations highlighting research that illustrated the value of NIHR-funded research across four categories: Impact, Investment, Innovation and Inclusion.
The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), University of Bristol, which is one of nine members of the national NIHR School for Primary Care Research, joined the celebrations with presentations in three out of the four categories.
In the Impact category, Matthew Ridd, Professor of Primary Care and Director of the Centre for Applied Excellence in Skin and Allergy Research (CAESAR), shared how two major clinical trials on the effectiveness of emollients for childhood eczema – BATHE and BEE – had led to improved advice for parents, changes in prescribing formularies and cost-savings to the NHS.
In the Innovation category, Helen Cramer and Karen Morgan from the BRIGHT (Bristol Research on the Intersection of Gender, Health and Trauma Group) described how their research on domestic abuse perpetrator programmes shows how vital it is to integrate survivor support to ensure the safety of survivors of men taking part in the programmes.
In the Inclusion category:
- Michelle Farr, Lucy Potter and lived experience members from the Bridging Gaps project celebrated the team’s achievements in improving access to primary health care for women who have experienced multiple disadvantage and trauma, through their award-winning co-production work and partnering with GP practices.
- Beth Winn, a GP and academic NIHR Clinical Fellow in General Practice, presented on the work of GPs at the Deep End Bristol – a network of GP practices in the most deprived practices in the city. The network aims to tackle health inequalities and support inclusion of Deep End GP patients in primary care research.
- Jasmine Chingono, GP at Lawrence Hill Health Centre and a GPs at the Deep End Bristol Health Inequality Fellow, and Kurtney Gordon, Senior Research Nurse, Bristol Clinical Research Facility, presented on the Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) BioResource, sharing their experience of adapting how the study was delivered and how collaboration, flexibility and trusted community relationships helped support more inclusive research delivery.
The event concluded with a panel of public partners – Taj Sandhu, Sharron Smith and Soumeya Bouacida, chaired by Primrose Granville – who discussed their experiences of being involved in research and the imperative of ensuring inclusion from diverse populations through building trust with community members.
Jessica Watson, co-lead of CAPC, who attended the celebration, said: “The South West has an incredible track record of involving the public in health and care research, with over 40,000 participants in studies over the last 20 years. The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board is the most successful in the country at securing research capability funding. We are lucky to be so well supported and are immensely grateful to the NIHR for its continued support for our research, which aims to improve primary health care for all.
“We are also grateful to our research partners, patients and public contributors, who make our research both possible and of greatest benefit to those whose lives it aims to improve. It was a great pleasure to join with them to celebrate our achievements together.”
To mark the occasion, CAPC has created a ’20 years’ timeline marking key milestones in its development and highlights from its research. Download the timeline: 20 Years of CAPC (PDF, 1,856kB)
We have also recently launched a short film about the Centre, available on our YouTube channel.
Special thanks to Ruth Mears, who was CAPC’s representative on the event’s organising committee.
View the full programme.
NIHR20 CAPC Timeline
