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HTA Funding Committee Public Minutes 27 September 2023

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Published: 20 November 2023

Version: 1

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Day 1 - 27 September 2023

Venue

  • Virtual via Microsoft Teams


Present Members

  • Rupert Pearse (Chair)
  • Nefyn Williams (Deputy Chair)
  • Pollyanna Hardy
  • Greta Rait
  • Trevor Jones (Public Committee Member)
  • Helen Chester
  • Geraldine Macdonald
  • Michael Clark
  • Angela Hassiotis
  • Zoe Clarke

Secretariat

  • Jason Horsley (Consultant Advisor)
  • Karen Williams (Senior Research Manager)
  • Kathy Tier (Research Manager)
  • Hebe Sims (Assistant Research Manager)

Apologies

  • Andrew Farmer (Programme Director)
  • David Burling (Public Committee Member)

Observers

  • Gill Watson

Quoracy Information

  • Voting members: 11
  • (Emergency Quoracy = 6 = 50%)
  • Voting members present: 10

Stage 2 Applications

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR160125 - DIALOGUE: Digital care technologies for social connection, care and support of older adults. (Grant Gibson)
Chair: Rupert Pearse
Conflicts: Helen Chester, Michael Clark, Geraldine Macdonald
Decision: Programme Oversight Committee to consider fund with changes

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR158251 - Digital technology for Social care research: a Collaboration for Evaluation and Research design (DISCOVER). (Daniel Hind, Gemma Wright)
Chair: Rupert Pearse
Conflicts: Pollyanna Hardy, Trevor Jones, Zoe Clarke
Decision: Decline

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR160850 - Development and feasibility testing of an evaluation protocol to measure the benefits of the Motion Exercise physical activity programme for care home residents. (Anouska Carter)
Chair: Nefyn Williams
Conflicts: None Advised
Decision: Decline

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR161147 - Establishing the path to a large scale RCT of Positive Behavioural and Active Support (PBAS): a digital technology for supported living services in learning disability. (Alexander Toogood, Vasiliki Totsika)
Chair: Rupert Pearse
Conflicts: Angela Hassiotis, Greta Rait
Decision: Programme Oversight Committee to consider fund with changes

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR160414 - A digital parent skills training programme for parents of children with intellectual disabilities (Kylie Gray, Richard Hastings)
Chair: Nefyn Williams
Conflicts: Angela Hassiotis
Decision: Programme Oversight Committee to consider fund with changes

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR160619 - A Parenting Application Underpinned by Skills from Evidence-based Programs (PAUSE Program) (Domenico Giacco, Nathan Hodson)
Chair: Rupert Pearse
Conflicts: None Advised
Decision: Decline

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR159433 - Evaluate and develop an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Toolkit to enhance professionals’ understanding of, and outcomes for, trauma exposed children. (Jacqueline Wheatcroft)
Chair: Nefyn Williams
Conflicts: None Advised
Decision: Decline

22/171 Acceleration Award – adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care

NIHR160552 - Adaptation and cost-effectiveness of an Australian model of bundling assistive technology devices and services for UK social care: A Cluster Randomized ControlledTrial (Arlene Astell)
Chair: Rupert Pearse
Conflicts: None Advised
Decision: Decline