PenARC has received £560,000 from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to increase “knowledge mobilisation” in South West health and care services over the next three years.
Knowledge mobilisation is the process of getting evidence into practice to make informed, meaningful change. This funding aims to tackle local health and care challenges by reducing the time it takes to roll out effective service change, treatments and policies.
PenARC – in collaboration with Health Innovation South West – is appointing Knowledge Mobilisation “Fellows” in local health and care organisations. Fellows will access training to find and use relevant evidence and work alongside passionate researcher mentors to achieve meaningful change. They will work actively to tackle a problem currently facing their organisation and build a local network of Fellows doing the same.
Dr Nick Axford, PenARC Implementation Lead and Associate Professor in Health Services Research at the University of Plymouth, said:
“This funding offers us an exciting opportunity to work closely with our health and care partners to really make a difference at a service level. Research evidence is crucial to informing changes which work, benefitting services and ultimately patients and service users. These Fellowships offer passionate individuals a great opportunity to make meaningful, measurable change to their service and learn skills that will be invaluable to them – and their organisation – for years to come.”
Dr Natalie Owen, Head of NIHR Research Infrastructure, said:
“Ensuring that effective, evidence-based interventions and models of care reach people living with the greatest burden of disease is vital. This capacity and capability building initiative will enable the ARCs to support work at the interface of research and practice for population benefit.”
Learn more about the PenARC Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowships.
Applications close: 12pm Monday 14 October 2024.