Presentation by Dr William van't Hoff, NIHR Clinical Research Network: How to embed research in NHS Trusts to improve patient care at How to embed research in NHS Trusts to improve patient care event at The Foresight Centre, Liverpool on 28 November 2019

1. Dr William van’t Hoff & Roger Steel
NIHR Clinical Research Network
Innovation Agency & Royal College of Physicians 28th
November, 2019
Best patient care, clinical research and you

3. NIHR CRN NHS Engagement
● Helping the NHS recognise the importance of research in improving
patient care
● Working to increase the capacity and breadth of research so that
there are more opportunities for patients to participate
● A whole-systems approach: from national high level strategic work,
though the needs of frontline staff in the NHS to the needs of patients
and the public.

4. A strong record of research activity improves
patient outcomes

5. NIHR work with the CQC
● A partnership with the Care Quality Commission
(CQC) and other health organisations to agree how to
include clinical research into CQC Monitoring and
Inspection of NHS trusts.
● The partnership included NIHR, HRA, MHRA, NHS
R&D Forum, UKRD, CQC, CRN and Patient Research
Ambassadors.
● This has resulted in clinical research being included in
CQCs criteria for inspection (under the ‘Well-led)
domain and a new question on research opportunities
in their annual in-patient experience survey.

6. A Trust-wide approach for clinical research
Equity
Facilitation
Leaders Patients
Staff

7. Research Prompts in CQC Well Led Framework:
• Are divisional staff aware of research undertaken in and through the Trust,
how it contributes to improvement and the service level needed across
departments to support it?
• How do senior leaders support internal investigators initiating and managing
clinical studies?
• Does the vision and strategy incorporate plans for supporting clinical
research activity as a key contributor to best patient care?
• Does the Trust have clear internal reporting systems for its research range,
volume, activity, safety and performance?
• How are patients and carers given the opportunity to participate in or
become actively involved in clinical research studies in the trust?

8. CQC Annual Patient Experience Survey
● There is now a question included
on whether in-patients have been
offered a research opportunity
during their last hospital stay
● This is offered to approximately
80,000 inpatients in 150 Trusts
annually

11. The Be Part of Research website

12. Further Information about
NIHR
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/
CQC Project and FAQs
www.nihr.ac.uk/cqc
CQC Well Led Framework
NIHR Frontline Staff Support Package
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/health-and-care-professionals/engagement-and-
participation-in-research/embedding-a-research-culture.htm