Day One - Wednesday 17 May 2023
Venue
- virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams
Present Members
- Kathy Rowan (Programme Director)
- Judith Smith (Chair and Deputy Programme Director)
- Alan Smith (Public Committee Member)
- Alexis Foster
- Angela Ruddock (Public Committee Member)
- Annette Boaz
- Clarissa Giebel
- Debra Bick
- Doreen Joseph
- Duncan Stewart
- Enya Daynes (Committee Member Development Scheme Participant)
- Fiona Verity
- Greg Irving
- Laura Bojke
- Linda Parton (Public Committee Member)
- Lisa Hinton
- Lorna Gibson (Deputy Chair)
- Mark Cadman
- Nicola Walsh
- Rachel Meacock
Secretariat
- Tara Lamont
- Steph Garfield-Birkbeck
- Suzy Hopper
- Claire Fenton
- Irene Moreno Millan
- Abi Chalk
- Emma Davies
Apologies
- Andrew Price
- Elisabeth Atlan
- Godfred Boahen
- Mona Kanaan
- Parveen Ali
- Rebecca Harris
Observers
- Elizabeth Robertson – Director of Research from Diabetes UK
- Richard Buchanan – Identification and Prioritisation team at NIHR Coordinating Centre (Southampton)
- Lisa Nicholas – Research Inclusion Manager, NIHR Coordinating Centre (Southampton)
Quoracy Information
- Voting members: 24 (Quoracy = 66% = 16)
- Voting members present on Day One: 18 (75%)
Stage One Applications
22/143 Improving Services for People Living with Diabetes
NIHR158473 Evaluating staff training and implementation in care homes to improve diabetes care for older adults (Mary Cherry, University of Liverpool)
Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rebecca Harris, Clarissa Giebel, Fiona Verity
Decision: Decline
NIHR158442 Digital multi-component intervention to IMPROVE the care of older people living with Diabetes and chronic Kidney Disease: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomised trial in primary care (Short title: IMPROVE DKD Trial) (Indranil Dasgupta, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Linda Parton, Laura Bojke, Judith Smith, Nicki Walsh, Deb Bick
Decision: Shortlist
22/164 Researcher-Led
NIHR158218 Impact and inequalities of winter pressures in primary care: providing the evidence base for mitigation strategies (Rosalind Eggo, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nicki Walsh, Lorna Gibson, Judith Smith, Kathy Rowan, Annette Boaz
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158513 Community Emergency Medicine Services (CEMS) to Manage Winter Pressures; A Mixed Methods Realist Evaluation. (Jonathan Benger, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nicki Walsh, Lorna Gibson
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158355 Tackling winter pressures by improving patients flows in paediatric emergency departments (Andrew Judge, University of Bristol)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nicki Walsh
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157622 Organisation of eye care services for adults and children following acquired brain injury and in cerebral visual impairment (Lauren Hepworth, University of Liverpool)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rebecca Harris, Clarissa Giebel, Mark Cadman
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158641 A mixed-methods investigation into the long-term effectiveness of IAPT for patients with selected long-term conditions and co-existing depression and/or anxiety disorders (Alex Dregan, King’s College London)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Alexis Foster
Decision: Decline
NIHR158676 Mixed methods study to understand the scale, impact and care trajectory for patients who have long lie after a fall. (Fiona Sampson, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Laura Bojke, Alexis Foster
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158488 Improving quality of postnatal information, care planning and care outcomes across health systems in England: a mixed methods study (Rebecca Taylor, University of Warwick)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Debra Bick, Lisa Hinton, Judith Smith
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157976 Optimising the use of Professionally Trained Interpreters in maternity services of England (Jennifer MacLellan, University of Oxford)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lorna Gibson, Deb Bick, Kathy Rowan, Lisa Hinton, Laura Bojke
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158498 Understanding the role of pharmacy support staff in prevention interventions: A realist review (Andrew Sturrock, Northumbria University)
Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rebecca Harris, Duncan Stewart, Lisa Hinton
Decision: Decline
22/562 Children and Young People's Mental Health
NIHR158006 Transforming Neurodevelopmental Pathways for Children and Adolescents: exploring pathways towards needs led healthcare services for neurodivergent children and adolescents and their families (Neurodevelopmental Pathways) (Silvana Mareva, University of Exeter)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Alexis Foster
Decision: Decline
NIHR158011 Improving access to mental health services for autistic children and young people (Emma Ashworth, Liverpool John Moores University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: No Conflicts
Decision: Decline
NIHR157415 Optimising the delivery of mental health and mental health support to adolescents looked-after via adolescent-focused low-intensity life story work: a realist evaluation with co-design [LIMITLESS 2] (Simon Hammond) (University of East Anglia)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lisa Hinton
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158484 ENGAGE: Improving the engagement and delivery of mental health services for CYP from seldom heard groups (Nicola Evans, Cardiff University)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158624 Improving mental health and neurodevelopmental pathways from CHAT (Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool) within the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate (Charlotte Lennox, The University of Manchester)
Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock
Decision: Decline
NIHR158809 EN-CAMHS 2: Enhancing CAMHS Referrals (Kathryn Abel) (Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock, Laura Bojke, Angela Ruddock
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158509 Evaluating the Implementation of a Mental Health Joint Response Car with Young People and Families (Sarah Parry, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lisa Hinton, Rachel Meacock
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158583 Wait Less: Co-designing and Evaluating An Online Self-Help Brief Psychosocial Intervention (eBPI) For Young People With Mood Related Mental Health Problems To Reduce Waiting Lists in Specialist CYPMHS. (Tamsin Ford, University of Cambridge)
Chair: Lorna Gibson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lisa Hinton, Judith Smith
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158823 A scalable system for the identification and support of mental health needs for young people (Jessica Deighton, Anna Freud Centre)
Chair: None
Declared a conflict and did not score: None
Decision: Decline
Day Two - Thursday 18 May 2023
Venue
- virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams
Present Members
- Kathy Rowan (Programme Director)
- Judith Smith (Chair and Deputy Programme Director)
- Alan Smith (Public Committee Member)
- Alexis Foster
- Angela Ruddock (Public Committee Member)
- Annette Boaz
- Clarissa Giebel
- Debra Bick
- Doreen Joseph
- Enya Daynes (Committee Member Development Scheme Participant)
- Fiona Verity
- Greg Irving
- Linda Parton (Public Committee Member)
- Lisa Hinton
- Lorna Gibson (Deputy Chair)
- Mona Kanaan
- Nicola Walsh
- Rachel Meacock
- Rebecca Harris
Secretariat
- Tara Lamont
- Steph Garfield-Birkbeck
- Suzy Hopper
- Irene Moreno Millan
- Maria Oosterwijk
- Emma Davies
Apologies
- Andrew Price
- Elisabeth Atlan
- Duncan Stewart
- Godfred Boahen
- Laura Bojke
- Mark Cadman
- Parveen Ali
Observers
- Petra Makela - Associate Committee Member (Annette Boaz)
- Richard Buchanan – Identification and Prioritisation team at NIHR Coordinating Centre (Southampton)
- Rebecca Kandiyali - RDS Advisor, University of Warwick
Quoracy Information
- Voting members: 24 (Quoracy = 66% = 16)
- Voting members present on Day One: 17 (71%)
Stage Two Applications
22/116 NICE Rolling Call
NIHR156488 Improving kidney failure risk calculations in ethnically diverse populations (Mariam Molokhia, King's College London)
Chair: Kath Checkland
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lorna Gibson, Kathy Rowan, Judith Smith
Decision: Fund with changes
22/102 Supporting the Delivery of Net Zero Health and Social Care System
NIHR155944 A multI-centre study to coMpare the carbon footPRINT, patient experience and resources of standard and hypofractionated radiotherapy (IMPRINT) (Robert Chuter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Judith Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Meacock, Angela Ruddock
Decision: Fund with Changes
22/103 Delivering a Sustainable Health and Care System
NIHR155444 Freight as a Service for the NHS (FaaS NHS) (Janet Dickinson, Bournemouth University)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lorna Gibson, Judith Smith
Decision: Reject
22/117 Researcher-led
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: Lisa Hinton, Kathy Rowan
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR156452 Getting the bloods to the laboratory: developing interventions to improve the blood culture pathway for patient safety and antimicrobial stewardship (Carolyn Tarrant, University of Leicester)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Fund with Changes
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: Nicki Walsh
Decision: Not fund
Post-meeting decision made by the Programme Director to invite team to revise and resubmit application
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: Deb Bick, Lisa Hinton, Kathy Rowan
Decision: Fund with Changes
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: Alan Smith, Annette Boaz, Lisa Hinton
Decision: Reject
22/125 Improving Access and Use of Services for People with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs
NIHR155921 COMmunicating in STroke cAre and Rehabilitation (COM-STAR): Improving staff communication skills for better access to and inclusion in care and rehabilitation for stroke survivors with communication impairments (Rebecca Palmer, The University of Sheffield)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mona Kanaan, Clarissa Giebel, Alexis Foster, Annette Boaz
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR156329 PLACES: Promoting Local Access to Children’s Early language and communication Support (Lindsay Pennington, University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rebecca Harris
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR156132 Improving access to mental health services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (Emma Pagnamenta, University of Reading)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Smith
Decision: Reject
Stage One Applications
22/132 Optimal Models for Reablement Services
NIHR157899 Selecting reablement models that best support older people leaving hospital after an unplanned admission (Catherine Henderson, London School of Economics & Political Science)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Annette Boaz, Judith Smith
Decision: Shortlist
22/563 Evaluating New Models of Care for Children and Young People with Excess Weight and Related Complications
NIHR158954 Optimising specialist services for children and young people with severe obesity: a mixed methods evaluation of "Complications of Excess Weight" (CEW) pilot clinics (Billy White, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lorna Gibson, Judith Smith
Decision: Decline
NIHR158453 ENHANCE - Evaluating the NHs englANd Complications from Excess weight clinics (Catherine Homer, Sheffield Hallam University)
Chair: Kathy Rowan
Declared a conflict and left the room: Alexis Foster
Decision: Shortlist