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HS&DR Funding Committee Public Minutes July 2021

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Published: 28 July 2021

Version: 1.0 Aug 2021

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Day 1 - Wednesday 28 July 2021

Venue: Microsoft Teams Meeting

Present Members

Jo Rycroft-Malone – Programme Director (observing Day One, Chair on Day Two)
Judith Smith – Deputy Programme Director (Chair of Day One)
Kath Checkland - Deputy Chair
Alison Allam
Kham Bhui (Joining at 1:00pm)
Katja Behrendt
Andrew Booth
Brendan Collins
Sandra Duggan
Jane Hopkinson
Sue Jordan
Gerald McKenna
Sam Midwinter
Robina Mir
Silviya Nikolova
Alicia O’Cathain
Mark Pearson
Catherine Pope
Victoria Tzortziou-Brown
Louella Vaughan
Alan Watkins
Adele Webb
Robert West
Charlotte Williams
Professor Yvonne Birks – Co-opted
Professor Fiona Verity – Co-opted

Secretariat

Stephanie Garfield-Birkbeck
Lisa Stockwell
Ruth Challis
Ricky Piper
Tara Lamont

Apologies

Sarah Alderson
Chris Bojke
Dawn Dowding
Kerryn Husk
Peta Stross
Andrea Williamson

Observers

Roshan das Nair – Inclusion and Diversity Observer
Claire Gregory – NETSCC, ID&P
Sheetal Bhurke – NETSCC, ID&P
Fardawza Ahmed – What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC)
Alison Farnworth – RDS

Quoracy Information

Voting members: 30 (Quoracy = 20 = 66%)
Voting members present on Day 1: 24 (80%)


21/04 CYP Mental Health

NIHR133960 – Improving the mental health of care experienced children through early access to multi-disciplinary assessment, consultation, and support: a multi-site study in England and Wales. (Katy Burch - Oxford Brookes University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR134623 – “Space to talk”: Group intervention for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children with mental health difficulties (Pallab Majumder - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Roshan das Nair (obs)
Decision: Decline

NIHR134877 – Co-produced mental health service re-design for suicidal children. (Margaret Maxwell - University of Stirling)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Alicia O’Cathain
Decision: Decline

NIHR134894 – Crisis care for children and young people with mental health problems: national mapping, models of delivery, sustainability, and experience (CAMH-Crisis2) (Ben Hannigan - Cardiff University).
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jane Hopkinson, Mark Pearson, Fiona Verity
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR134975 – Stay Alive: A Realist Evaluation of The Use of Technology To Support Children And Young People With Suicidal Ideation. (Lisa Edwards - University of Bradford)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Alderson, Chris Bojke, Robert West
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR134922 – What CAMHS interventions predict positive outcomes for which young people with a social worker: A mixed-methods study of clinical support and cost-effectiveness utilising linked operational data. (Robbie Duschinsky - NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group)
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR134864 – Getting NICE-recommended mental health treatments to young people in care: A cross-sector implementation and effectiveness trial of trauma-focused CBT (Rachel Hiller - University of Bath)
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith, Adele Webb, Roshan das Nair (obs)
Decision: Decline

NIHR135036 – MAPS: Mental Health Admissions to Paediatric Wards Study. (Lee Hudson - UCL Institute of Child Health)
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith, Kam Bhui, Brendan Collins
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR134916 – Strengthening mEntaL heaLth cARe in primary cARe for 16-25-year-olds transitioning out of mental health services (STELLAR): developing and implementing a collaborative care model (Helena Tuomainen - University of Warwick).
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith, Kam Bhui, Roshan das Nair (obs)
Decision: Decline

NIHR134944 – Supporting young children with anxiety in social care services: An individually randomised controlled effectiveness trial of the Fear-Less intervention (UK Fear-Less Trial) (Rachel McNamara - Cardiff University)
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith, Andrew Booth, Alicia O’Cathain, Jane Hopkinson
Decision: Decline

NIHR134979 – Feasibility study concerning using the ‘Natural Helpers’ peer support approach in UK secondary schools to provide preventive early intervention for pupil anxiety and promote early identification and onward referral of more serious mental health difficulties, including suicide. (Penelope Welbourne - University of Plymouth)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR134860 – ADoption Openness & Planned Therapeutic contact (ADOPT): Pilot study of an intervention that integrates therapeutic life story work with supported birth parent contact to improve the mental health of children adopted from care (Rebecca Anthony - Cardiff University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Pearson, Sue Jordan, Alicia O’Cathain, Jane Hopkinson, Fiona Verity
Decision: Decline

NIHR135049 – Examining the impact of children’s transitions into, through and out of Secure Children’s Homes on child mental health and wellbeing (Annie Williams - Cardiff University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jane Hopkinson, Fiona Verity
Decision: Decline

NIHR135000 – Co-Production and Realist Evaluation of an Adversity and Resilience Framework for Children in Care (Sarah Parry - Manchester Metropolitan University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Andrew Booth, Mark Pearson, Catherine Pope
Decision: Decline

Straight to Stage 2 Applications: 21/06 National Evaluation of the rollout of Social Prescribing Link Workers in Primary Care

NIHR134876 – Evaluating the role of social prescribing link workers in primary care: A mixed-methods, multi-themed, platform programme of study centred on the patient journey (Kamal Mahtani)
Chair: Stephanie Garfield-Birbeck
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jo Rycroft-Malone, Judith Smith, Kath Checkland, Victoria Tzortziou-Brown, Brendan Collins, Catherine Pope, Andrew Booth, Mark Pearson, Martin Cattermole
Decision: Decline

NIHR134066 – Multi-region (and multi-level) evaluation of the roll out of social prescribing link workers in primary care. (Paul Wilson)
Chair: Stephanie Garfield-Birbeck
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jo Rycroft-Malone, Judith Smith, Kath Checkland, Victoria Tzortziou-Brown, Brendan Collins, Catherine Pope, Andrew Booth, Mark Pearson
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR134847 – Evaluating the rollout of social prescribing in Primary Care Networks in England Acronym: Investigation of National Social Prescribing through Implementation Research and Evaluation (INSPIRE) (Nefyn Williams)
Chair: Stephanie Garfield-Birbeck
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jo Rycroft-Malone, Judith Smith, Kath Checkland, Victoria Tzortziou-Brown, Brendan Collins, Catherine Pope, Andrew Booth, Mark Pearson
Decision: Decline

20/56 Community Pharmacies (Deferred)

NIHR133041– A cluster randomised controlled trial of the S-MAP (Solutions for Medication Adherence Problems) intervention delivered by community pharmacists to patients prescribed polypharmacy. (Carmel Hughes)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline

19/165 Injuries & Accidents (Deferred)

NIHR133022 – Improving Hospital Opiate Substitution Therapy (iHOST): implementation and assessment of an intervention to reduce late presentations, discharges against medical advice and repeat admissions among people who use opiates (Magdalena Harris).
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Fund with changes

Day 2 - Thursday 29 July 2021

Venue: Microsoft Teams Meeting

Present Members

Jo Rycroft-Malone – Programme Director (observing Day One, Chair on Day Two)
Judith Smith – Deputy Programme Director (Deputy Chair)
Sarah Alderson
Alison Allam (PPI)
Kham Bhui
Katja Behrendt
Andrew Booth
Kath Checkland
Sandra Duggan (PPI)
Jane Hopkinson
Sue Jordan
Gerald McKenna
Sam Midwinter
Robina Mir (PPI)
Alicia O’Cathain
Mark Pearson
Catherine Pope
Peta Stross
Louella Vaughan
Alan Watkins
Adele Webb (PPI)
Robert West
Charlotte Williams

Secretariat

Stephanie Garfield-Birkbeck
Lisa Stockwell
Ruth Challis
Ricky Piper
Tara Lamont

Apologies

Chris Bojke
Brendan Collins
Dawn Dowding
Kerryn Husk
Silviya Nikolova
Victoria Tzortziou-Brown
Andrea Williamson

Observers

Puvan Tharmanathan – RDS

Quoracy Information

Voting members: 28 (Quoracy = 19 = 66%)
Voting members present on Day 1: 21 (75%)

21/09 Evidence Synthesis (Fast-track)

NIHR134535 – ARM@DA: A Realist Inquiry into Maternity Care @ a DistAnce (Catrin Evans).
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Andrew Booth, Alicia O’Cathain, Kam Bhui, Roshan das Nair (obs)
Decision: Fund with changes

20/02 Researcher-Led (Deferred)

NIHR132931 – Care Under Pressure 3: Optimising the delivery and impacts of interventions to reduce hospital doctors’ mental ill-health in the NHS. (Daniele Carrieri)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Pearson, Andrew Booth, Catherine Pope
Decision: Fund with changes

20/113 Researcher-Led

NIHR133742 – What changes following the launch of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework in the English NHS? A formative and summative evaluation of the implementation of a national patient safety policy. (Jane O’Hara)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Alderson, Chris Bojke, Kath Checkland, Robina Mir
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR133727 – OptiMising cAre for Perinatal Anxiety: evaluation of heaLth servIce utilisAtioN, outComEs and costs (MAP ALLIANCE) (Susan Ayers)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Roshan das Nair (obs)
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR133620 – Whatever happened to all those attempts to change access to General Practice? Revisiting case studies to learn about innovation, impact and SUStainable change. (GP SUS) (Catherine Pope)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Catherine Pope, Kam Bhui, Alicia O’Cathain
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR133895 – Evaluating video and hybrid group consultations in general practice: mixed-methods, participatory study. (Chrysanthi Papoutsi)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Kam Bhui, Catherine Pope, Judith Smith, Chris Bojke, Mark Pearson, Kath Checkland
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR133807 – Exploring British South Asian patients' experiences of type 2 diabetes, diabetes distress and depression to improve support. (Suman Prinjha)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Catherine Pope
Decision: Decline

NIHR134029 – Pressure Ulcer Prevention at Home: Pressure ulcer prevention for people with long-term neurological conditions (LTNCs) who self-managed care and live at home. A participatory intervention development approach. (Susanne Coleman)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Alderson, Chris Bojke, Kath Checkland, Robina Mir, Mark Pearson, Alicia O’Cathain
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR133888 – ‘Come and work here!’ Exploring the role of local community-led initiatives to improve recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in remote and rural areas. (Louise Locock)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Louella Vaughan, Judith Smith, Catherine Pope
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR134011 – Improving services to support NHS staff who have personal experiences of domestic violence and abuse: a mixed-methods study with co-researchers. (June Keeling)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Decline

NIHR134035 – Realist evaluation of online mental health communities to improve policy and practice. (Fiona Lobban)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR133941 – SET-UP: Screening for Erosive Toothwear - Uptake in Primary Care: A mixed methods implementation study. (David Bartlett)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jo Rycroft-Malone, Roshan das Nair (obs)
Decision: Decline

21/13 Researcher-Led (Rapid)

NIHR134539 – Community-based interventions for COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who are homeless: a mixed method evaluation. (Lucy Platt)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Decline

NIHR134584 – Realist evaluation of integrated services to support long-COVID and recovery of hospitalised and non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients (REAL-COVID). (Natalie Pattison)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline

20/70 Self-neglect in the Community

NIHR133885 – Improving collaborative inter-agency systems and practice in self-neglect: identifying barriers and co-producing solutions. (David Orr)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with changes

21/49 Resubmission call

NIHR134589 –Forced to Flee. Co-designing a peer-led community approach to support the mental health of refugees. (Helen Lloyd)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with changes

21/53 Rapid Call

NIHR134906 – Pandemic Experience And Reflective Learning for Staff (PEARLS). (Julian Bion)
Chair: Jo Rycroft-Malone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mark Pearson, Louella Vaughan, Judith Smith
Decision: Decline