Grant applications 2015

2/6/2015

At the PRN meeting on 28/05/15 we considered co-writing at least one grant application during 2015. Two possible target funding streams are NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) and the BABCP research fund. The submission dates for both streams are in September 2015.

The purpose of this blog is to enable PRN members to discuss and refine the ideas and topics for the application(s).

5 Comments

Steve Kellett

2/6/2015 02:54:49 am

Hi

I was thinking on the way home about the follow-up study planned. If this is going to be a must do for services then what aspect of this is research for the PRN? Maybe its corralling the data across sites?

Dean was saying lets do one thing well - good point - but we need to
think about how not to replicate what is being driven by the DoH?

Mike Lucock

2/6/2015 02:55:56 am

Hi Steve and all,

I wonder if a key question is what happens to the routinely collected follow up data if it becomes a must do. I wonder if services would still like to work with that data across services via the PRN so they can have more control over the research questions and data analysis given that the national IAPT database seems to be so difficult to access?

does anyone know when the DoH is likely to announce something on this?

Dean McMillan

2/6/2015 02:49:00 pm

Hello everyone,

I think Steve is right: if we are asking for money to duplicate what the DoH is going to make services do anyway, the idea is dead in the water.

Here's one idea that what we could propose as a RfPB application:
We could work with some friendly Health Economists to do some decision modelling. We could ask questions such as should everyone be targeted for follow up or - given the restricted resources - would it be better to seek to follow up only certain people? Every follow up with someone who is well may reduce subsequent relapse for that person but is one fewer treatment session with someone who is currently not well. The Health Economists could help us get a handle on these trade offs. The results of this could then inform how IAPT services should configure a follow-up strategy.

The key issue, as Mike points out, is the timing of all this. Does anyone know who we can speak to so that we can find out when the 'follow up everyone directive' is likely to become IAPT law?

I think we are on to something with IAPT and sustained improvement. It obviously has traction with the DoH. We just need to find a research angle on this that cannot be dismissed as 'so what, IAPT is going to do this anyway'.

Pete Spencer

2/6/2015 04:00:03 am

Well done Jaime, this looks great and one heck of a turnaround! Hopefully it'll prove a fertile ground for discussion and it might even furnish the PRN with some nice qualitative data. I wonder if it might be an idea to set some ground rules for contribution?

Pete Spencer

5/6/2015 08:48:10 am

Hello all, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could provide direction to some of the source material for the above discussion. I afraid I'm not really aware of the DoH policy drivers around sustained improvement and it would help in order to frame research questions that would be useful to our service. Thanks in advance.

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