Minutes of the January 2019 meeting (Day 1)
Date: Wednesday, 16th January 2019
Venue: Danubius Hotel, London
Present
Members:
- Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone (Chair)
- Professor Matt Sutton (Deputy Chair)
- Dr Sarah Alderson
- Professor Ruth Boaden (Arrived at 15:30)
- Professor Annette Boaz
- Professor Chris Bojke
- Ms Jennifer Bostock
- Professor Paul Brocklehurst
- Dr Peter Coventry
- Professor RoshandasNair
- Ms Sandra Duggan
- Professor Mark Exworthy
- Professor Martin Gulliford
- Professor Kamlesh Khunti (Arrived at 13:00)
- Dr Mark Lambert
- Professor Louise Locock
- Professor James Mason
- Dr Mark Pearson
- Professor Kathy Rowan
- Professor Julius Sim
- Mr Steve Sparks
- Dr Alan Watkins
- Dr Louella Vaughan
- Professor Fiona Verity
- Secretariat:
- Stephanie Garfield-Birkbeck
- Kevin Campbell
- Rebecca Moran
- Abi Chalk
- Louise Wallace
Apologies:
- Dr Andrew Booth
- Dr Ghazala Mir
- Dr Peter Brindle
- Prof Steve Morris
- Mr Bernard Gudgin
- Ms Jenny McKibben
- Professor Kevin Brazil
Observers/In attendance:
- Ms Claire Nollett – RDCS, Cardiff University
- Dr Katie Gillies – Associate Committee Member to Louise Locock, University of Aberdeen
- Brian Crosbie - Senior Research Adviser in Qualitative Methods, RDS East Midlands
Quoracy Information:
Voting members: 30 (Quoracy = 20)
Voting members present on Day 1: 23 (77%)
18/02 Researcher-Led (Standard)
18/02/11 – The MyPrescribe Study: A feasibility study of a digital solution to reducing prescribing errors in hospital and improve patient safety (Mary Tully)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jennifer Bostock & Louise Locock
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
18/02/21 – Investigation of sex-specific differences in peri-operative mortality for arterial and bowel cancer surgery: towards an EQUality Improvement Programme (EQUIP) (Janet Powell)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
18/02/25 – Emergency Surgery Or noT (ESORT) (Richard Grieve)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Kathy Rowan & Matt Sutton
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
18/02/27 – Supporting survivors of sexual violence: a mixed methods, co-research study of the role, funding and commissioning of specialist services provided by the voluntary sector in England (Gill Combes)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Exworthy
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127310 – Redefining the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening strategy: Can targeted screening improve cost-effectiveness whilst maintaining acceptable levels of disease detection? (Matthew Bown)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
NIHR127315 – Optimising teamwork in specialist maternity and diabetes teams to improve outcomes in pregnancies for mothers with T1 or T2 Diabetes: a mixed methods realist evaluation (Cath Taylor)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Louise Locock, Mark Pearson & Martin Gulliford
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
NIHR127368– Optimisation of the Deployment of Automatic External Defibrillators in Public Places in England (Gavin Perkins)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Chris Bojke, James Mason & Julius Sim
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127237– An Evaluation of the Implementation of the Role of Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Jane Callaghan)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
17/147/35– Evaluation of a consultation-level intervention to improve care and address service use of frequently attending patients in general practice (Rebecca Barnes)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Alderson, Peter Coventry & Julius Sim
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
18/74 Researcher-led Evidence Synthesis Proposals
NIHR127653– A qualitative evidence synthesis to understand and improve the experience of living with osteoarthritis (Francine Toye)
Chair: Matt Sutton
Declared a conflict and left the room: James Mason & Jo Rycroft-Malone
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
NIHR127709 – A realist synthesis to explain how, for whom and in what circumstances different community mental health crisis services work (Nicola Clibbens)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Chris Bojke & Sarah Alderson
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127879 – 'Fit for surgery' or 'fit for life'? Exploring the potential of using the perioperative encounter to promote regular exercise and physical activity: an expanded evidence synthesis (Andrew Smith)
Chair: Matt Sutton
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127926 – Effects of computerised clinical decision support systems (CDSS) on nursing and Allied Health Professional performance and patient outcomes: A systematic review and user contextualisation (Carl Thompson)
Chair: Matt Sutton
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Lambert, Chris Bojke & Sarah Alderson
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127955 – A realist synthesis and economic evaluation of the impact of advance care planning at the end of life (Sonia Dalkin)
Chair: Matt Sutton
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Pearson
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
NIHR128068 – Perinatal Mental Health Assessment and Treatment: An Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Framework of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation (Susan Ayers)
Chair: Matt Sutton
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Alderson & Peter Coventry
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
Minutes of the January 2019 meeting (Day 2)
Date: Thursday, 17th January 2019 (Day 2)
Venue: Danubius Hotel, London
Present
Members
- Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone (Chair)
- Professor Matt Sutton (Deputy Chair)
- Dr Sarah Alderson (Left the meeting at 11:00)
- Professor Ruth Boaden
- Professor Annette Boaz (Left the meeting at 11:00)
- Professor Chris Bojke
- Ms Jennifer Bostock
- Dr Peter Brindle
- Professor Paul Brocklehurst
- Dr Peter Coventry
- Professor RoshandasNair
- Ms Sandra Duggan
- Professor Mark Exworthy (Left the meeting at 14:30)
- Professor Martin Gulliford
- Professor Kamlesh Khunti
- Dr Mark Lambert
- Professor Louise Locock
- Professor Stephen Morris
- Dr Mark Pearson
- Professor Julius Sim
- Mr Steve Sparks
- Dr Alan Watkins
- Dr Louella Vaughan
- Professor Fiona Verity
Secretariat:
- Stephanie Garfield-Birkbeck
- Kevin Campbell
- Susannah Hopper
- Abi Chalk
- Louise Wallace
Apologies:
- Professor James Mason
- Professor Kathy Rowan
- Dr Ghazala Mir
- Dr Andrew Booth
- Ms Jenny McKibben
- Mr Bernard Gudgin
- Professor Kevin Brazil
Observers:
- Amanda Blatch-Jones – Senior Research Fellow for Research on Research, NETSCC
- Pippa Anderson – WHESS (RDCS – Welsh Health Economics Support Service)
- Sarah Brien – RDS, South Central
Quoracy Information:
Voting members: 30 (Quoracy = 20)
Voting members present on Day 2: 23 (77%)
18/03 Straight to Stage 2
18/03/01 – Creating Learning Environments for Compassionate Care (CLECC) for older people in hospital settings: an implementation study (Jackie Bridges)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Annette Boaz, Chris Bojke, Louise Locock & Martin Gulliford
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
17/112 HS&DR Mental Health Themed Call
17/112/11 – Investigating the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of an optimised discharge and care package for people with stable psychosis being cared for in primary care: A randomised controlled trial. Short Title: P.I.P.C. Psychosis in Primary Care (Sarah Sullivan)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Roshan dasNair, Martin Gulliford & Peter Brindle
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
17/112/15 – Prospective and Retrospective Observational, (Greater) Manchester, Implementation Study and Staged Evaluation-Liaison Mental Health Services (PROMISSE-LMHS) (Elspeth Guthrie)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Alderson, Chris Bojke, Jennifer Bostock, Peter Coventry & Ruth Boaden
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
17/112/16– Scientific Title: Interpersonal Counselling for Adolescent Depression delivered by Youth Mental Health Workers without Core Professional Training: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
Public Title: ICALM (Interpersonal Counselling for Adolescent Low Mood) (Paul Wilkinson)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127295 – A Realist Evaluation of Recovery Colleges: an intervention to promote recovery of mental health service users and tackle stigma through blurring identities of staff, patients, tutors and students (Mary Leamy)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
Commissioned Proposals
18/09 Health services and interventions for children and young people who have experienced online-facilitated abuse, including on-line grooming
NIHR127424 – Di-MeSH: Developing and evaluating a digitally-mediated self-help intervention for young people who have experienced online sexual abuse (Sandra Bucci)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for revision and resubmission
Decision: Revise and resubmit
18/10 Research on interventions to improve the patient and family experience of complaints management and the decision to litigate against the NHS proposals
NIHR127309 – Complaints Mitigation and Prevention: Learning to Apply Insights into Non-Technical Skills (CoMPLAINTS) (Julian Bion)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
18/10/02 – Patient and family involvement in serious incident investigations: Co-designing national and local guiding processes (Jane O’Hara)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Chris Bojke, Mark Exworthy, Rachel Meacock & Paul Brocklehurst
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127367 – Enhancing the patient complaints journey: harnessing the power of language to transform the experience of complaining (Catrin Rhys)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Roshan das Nair
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
18/11 Improving the participation and conduct of health services research in nursing and care homes at scale
NIHR127379 – Co-production and implementation of a digital minimum data set for resident health and wellbeing within care homes for the elderly: assessing population outcomes (Sally Fowler-Davis)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined
NIHR127234 – Developing research resources And minimum data set for Care Homes' Adoption and use (the DACHA study) (Claire Goodman)
Chair: Matt Sutton
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jennifer Bostock, Roshan das Nair, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Mark Pearson, Fiona Verity & Chris Bojke
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
18/12 Predicting failure of quality of care in NHS healthcare service provider organisations, and evidence for the interventions that lead to sustained improvement
NIHR127430 – Towards a framework for partnering as an intervention for improvement: lessons for NHS providers from a realist synthesis of theoretical, empirical, and stakeholder evidence (Ross Millar)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Exworthy, Mark Pearson, Louella Vaughan & Louise Locock
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal and recommended it for funding subject to certain conditions.
Decision: Fund with changes
18/12/04 – An exploration of the antecedents of medical engagement and its impact on organisational performance in English acute hospital trusts (Ian Kirkpatrick)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Exworthy
The Funding Committee discussed the proposal but did not recommend it for funding.
Decision: Declined