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HSDR Funding Committee Public Minutes January 2023

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Published: 24 February 2023

Version: 1.0 February 2023

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Day One - Wednesday 18 January 2023

Venue

  • virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams

Present Members

  • Judith Smith (Chair and Deputy Programme Director)
  • Alan Smith (Public Committee Member)
  • Alexis Foster (Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) Participant)
  • Andrew Price
  • Annette Boaz
  • Debra Bick
  • Duncan Stewart
  • Elisabeth Atlan (Public Committee Member)
  • Greg Irving
  • Helen Elliott
  • Jenni Burton (Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) Participant)
  • Laura Bojke
  • Linda Parton (Public Committee Member)
  • Lisa Hinton
  • Lorna Gibson (Deputy Chair)
  • Mona Kanaan
  • Nicola Walsh
  • Parveen Ali
  • Rachel Meacock
  • Remi Apata-Omisore (Public Committee Member)

Secretariat

  • Tara Lamont
  • Suzy Hopper
  • Claire Fenton
  • Abi Chalk

Apologies

  • Kathy Rowan (Programme Director)
  • Doreen Joseph
  • Fiona Verity
  • Muhammad Usman
  • Rebecca Harris
  • Steph Garfield-Birkbeck
  • Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity, University of Manchester (HSDR Inclusion Observer)

Observers

  • Joanna Moschandreas, RDS, Senior Trial Statistician, University of Oxford
  • Clarissa Giebel, Senior Research Fellow, University of Liverpool (new Committee Member)
  • Angela Ruddock (new Public Committee Member)
  • Mark Cadman (new Public Committee Member)
  • Enya Daynes, Clinical Academic Physiotherapist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) Participant)

Quoracy Information

  • Voting members: 22 (Quoracy = 66% = 15)
  • Voting members present on Day One: 18 (82%)


Stage One Applications

22/102 Supporting the Delivery of a Net Zero Health and Social Care System

NIHR155944 - A multi-centre study to estimate the carbon footprint and patient experience of standard and hypofractionated radiotherapy (Robert Chuter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock, Debra Bick
Decision: Shortlist

22/117 HSDR Researcher-led call (Aug 22 - Nov 22)

NIHR156314 - OPTICAL: Optimising Paediatric Transition to Intensive Care for AduLts (Sonya Crowe, University College London)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Kathy Rowan, Lisa Hinton
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156038 - Identifying evidence-based approaches to reduce the link between burnout and unhealthy behaviours among healthcare workers (Anthony Montgomery, Northumbria University)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR156061 -  The impact of electronic nursing documentation on documentation time, nursing practice, and patient safety: A realist investigation (Rebecca Randell, University of Bradford)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lorna Gibson, Rachel Meacock
Decision: Decline

NIHR156125 -  CARer ADministration of as-needed subcutaneous medication for breakthrough symptoms in people dying at home in the UK: the CARiAD realist evaluation (Marlise Poolman, Bangor University)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Joanna Moschandreas (observer)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156216 - Understanding and improving endometriosis experiences: a qualitative study into patient and healthcare professionals' experiences of management, diagnosis and treatment (Abigail McNiven, University of Oxford)

Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lisa Hinton, Debra Bick, Joanna Moschandreas (observer)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR155323 -  Increasing engagement and patient experience of cervical screening in primary care: Implementing the left lateral test position (Nicola Walsh, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board)

Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nicola Walsh
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156423 - Development of an evidence based framework for effective implementation of electronic Medication Administration Recording system (eMAR) within care homes (Linda Birt, NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board)

Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mona Kanaan, Judith Smith
Decision: Decline

NIHR156452 - Getting the bloods to the laboratory: developing behavioural interventions to improve the blood culture pathway for patient safety and antimicrobial stewardship (Carolyn Tarrant, University of Leicester)

Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156114 - The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Decision Making in Health and Social Care (Dawn Dowding, The University of Manchester)

Chair: None
Declared a conflict and did not score: Rachel Meacock, Debra Bick
Decision: Decline

22/125 Improving Access and Use of Services for People with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs

NIHR155921 -  Improving access to and inclusion in care and rehabilitation for stroke survivors with communication impairments: The development and evaluation of a novel national communication training programme for multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation staff (Rebecca Palmer, The University of Sheffield)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mona Kanaan, Alexis Foster, Annette Boaz, Parveen Ali
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156132 - Improving access to mental health services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (Emma Pagnamenta, University of Essex)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Laura Bojke, Mona Kanaan, Joanna Moschandreas
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156329 - PLACES: Promoting Local Access to Children’s Early language and communication Support (Lindsay Pennington, University of Newcastle upon Tyne)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR156640 - Designing and evaluating a multi-stakeholder programme to improve access to mental health services for children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs (Courtenay Norbury, University College London)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Annette Boaz, Mona Kanaan
Decision: Decline

NIHR156435 - Evaluating the delivery of home-based PECS therapy to parents of autistic children with minimal or no verbal communication. (Vicky Slonims, King’s College London)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock
Decision: Decline

NIHR156523 - Access AAC: a realist evaluation to identify how local commissioning can deliver positive outcomes from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) (Simon Judge, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)

Chair: None
Declared a conflict and did not score: Alexis Foster
Decision: Decline

 

Day Two - 19 January 2023

Venue

  • virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams

Present Members

  • Kathy Rowan (Programme Director)
  • Judith Smith (Deputy Programme Director)
  • Alan Smith (Public Committee Member)
  • Alexis Foster (Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) Participant)
  • Andrew Price
  • Annette Boaz
  • Doreen Joseph
  •  Duncan Stewart
  • Elisabeth Atlan (Public Committee Member)
  • Greg Irving
  • Helen Elliott
  • Jenni Burton (Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) Participant)
  • Laura Bojke
  • Linda Parton (Public Committee Member)
  • Lisa Hinton
  • Mona Kanaan
  • Nicola Walsh
  • Parveen Ali
  • Rachel Meacock
  • Remi Apata-Omisore (Public Committee Member)

Secretariat

  • Tara Lamont
  • Suzy Hopper
  • Irene Moreno Milan
  • Steph Garfield-Birkbeck
  • Abi Chalk

Apologies

  • Fiona Verity
  • Muhammad Usman
  • Rebecca Harris
  • Lorna Gibson
  • Debra Bick
  • Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity, University of Manchester (HSDR Inclusion Observer)

Observers

  • Petra Makela, Associate Committee Member to Annette Boaz
  • Godfred Boahen, Principal Social Worker – Adult Services, London Borough of Hackney (new Committee Member)
  • Clarissa Giebel, Senior Research Fellow, University of Liverpool (new Committee Member)
  • Graham Martin, Director of Research, THIS Institute (new Committee Member)
  • Angela Ruddock, (new Public Committee Member)
  • Enya Daynes, Clinical Academic Physiotherapist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Committee Member Development Scheme (CMDS) Participant)

Quoracy Information

  • Voting members: 22 (Quoracy = 66% = 15)
  • Voting members present on Day Two: 18 (82%)

 

Stage One Applications

22/116 NICE Rolling Call

NIHR156488 - Improving kidney failure risk calculations in ethnically diverse populations (Mariam Molokhia, King's College London)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith, Graham Martin, Annette Boaz
Decision: Shortlist

22/103 Delivering a Sustainable Health and Care System

NIHR156635 - Comparing the impact of care closer to home initiatives on NHS and social care and how these are incorporated in service planning and commissioning (Stephen Peckham, University of Kent)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock
Decision: Decline

NIHR156626 -  Delivering high quality low carbon care across the NHS; building a methodological approach for decarbonising clinical care pathways (Jenny Shand, UCL Partners)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Decline

NIHR155444 - Freight as a Service for the NHS (FaaS NHS) (Janet Dickinson, Bournemouth University)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Shortlist

Stage Two Applications

22/46 NICE Rolling Call

NIHR154205 -  Pragmatic Evaluation of Effectiveness and Acceptability of the Bristol Medication Review Toolkit (BRISMED) (Deborah McCahon, University of Bristol)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nicki Walsh
Decision: Fund with changes

22/11 Implementing the Mental Capacity Act in Practice

NIHR154668 -  Use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness in England (Jill Manthorpe, King’s College London)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Annette Boaz, Clarissa Giebel
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR152800 - Evaluating staff training and the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in care homes for older adults (Alys Griffiths, University of Liverpool)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Greg Irving, Clarissa Giebel
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR153264 - High-quality mental capacity assessments for hEalthcare decisions: improving Leadership, assessment Procedures, and service user Support (HELPS) (Domenico Giacco, University of Warwick)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith, Greg Irving, Debra Bick, Laura Bojke, Mona Kanaan
Decision: Fund with changes

22/10 Adult Social Care Needs Assessment

NIHR154077 - Assessing care needs of older adults and their carers (ASSESS) (Stacey Rand, University of Kent)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Laura Bojke, Jenni Burton, Alan Smith, Annette Boaz, Alexis Foster, Petra Makela (observer), Clarissa Giebel (observer), Mona Kanaan
Decision: Not Fund

22/47 Researcher-led

NIHR153960 - Developing and evaluating a peer-based approach to updating living Evidence and Gap Maps for health and social care (Sian de Bell, University of Exeter)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Not Fund

NIHR153121 - Evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence triage in online consultations to reduce delays in urgent and emergency primary care (Benjamin Brown, The University of Manchester)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock, Angela Ruddock (observer)
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR153603 - Service configurations for psychosis – what works for whom in what combinations and contexts and why? A realist evidence synthesis (Sue Holttum, Canterbury Christ Church University)

Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Doreen Joseph, Laura Bojke, Rachel Meacock, Alexis Foster, Parveen Ali
Decision: Fund with changes

NIHR152830 - SafeTy, clinical, system effects and costs of AmbuLances queuing with deLayed patient handovers at Emergency Departments (STALLED) (Helen Snooks, Swansea University)

Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Alexis Foster, Judith Smith
Decision: Not Fund