1. Dr Joanne Hartland, R&D Programme Manager, APCRC
The Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative R&D Strategy for
Dr Joanne Hartland, R&D Programme Manager, APCRC

2. 2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy
Strategic Background – National Context:
NHS 5 Year Forward View
Commissioning for Value
Better Care Fund
QIPP
Sustainability and Transformation Plans
Requirement to balance the books
Research Excellence Framework
Focus on Research with Impact
Care Act 2014, Focus on Integrated Services

3. 2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy
Strategic Background – Local Context:
Sustainability and Transformation Plan across 14 Organisations
Wider Partnership Footprint
CCGs’ Priorities – aligned with STP
Single Commissioning Board for BNSSG, and Single Accountable Officer – ‘3 into 1’
Sharp Focus on Robust Financial Management - achieving financial balance
Other Local Organisations:
University of Bristol, University of the West of England
West of England AHSN
NIHR CLAHRC West
Public Health Teams and the Core Offer to CCGs
Bristol Health Partners and the HITs
Realising the APCRC Vision
Health and wellbeing
Care and quality
Finance and efficiency

4. 2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy
APCRC Vision
Commissioners in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will achieve excellence in supporting research and in routinely using the best available evidence to commission the highest quality services and deliver better health.
Reduced Health Inequalities
Improved Patient Outcomes
Research
Evidence
Evaluation
Sustainable Health and Care System
Improved Quality of Care
Knowledge Mobilisation
Better investment decisions
Better
dis-investment decisions
Evidence Informed Commissioning

5. 2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy – “making it happen…”
Knowledge Mobilisation:
Bridging the gap between Research and Practice
Promoting Practice-informed Research
Research-informed Practice
Evidence Informed Commissioning Feeding Research Pipeline
Evaluation
Building the evidence base, feeding Research pipeline
Research Management
Building the evidence base, fostering more research
Promoting Use Of Evidence
Identifying evidence gaps and feeding the Research pipeline
World of Academia
World of Practice: NHS; Social Care; Public Health
APCRC Team: bringing it all together…
Providing a robust and objective basis for future (de)commissioning decisions
KM Partnership:
Professor of KM
Researchers in Residence
NHS Management Fellows
NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellows
GP Evidence Fellows
Health Integration Teams
Graduate Assistants
NIHR CLAHRC West
WE AHSN
Public Health Teams
Partnerships
CCGs
PPI & Communications

6. How this works in practice…

7. Research Grant Hosting at Bristol CCG
Collaborative teams, NHS staff and University staff, Co-production of NHS relevant research ideas
NIHR applications, submitted via the CCG as “Host Organisation”
Grant awarded, NIHR contract with Bristol CCG
Bristol CCG sub contract with all the other Partners (Universities, Charities and Trusts) to share finances and responsibilities
Bristol CCG do all the background work, researchers do all the research
At year end the NIHR review our grant income…..and reward us with a percentage of that, purely to support new research ideas, staff and infrastructure – this is the Research Capability Funding
The research Ideas are NHS ideas, the research output is useful for the NHS users – with real life impact which benefits Academia and Practice, RCF is generated

8. How the RCF cycle works

9. Research Grant Hosting: Benefits
Collaboration integrates NHS/academia – bridges the gap between the two worlds
Good research ideas, better evidence-based decisions , better use of resources,
Research is driven by NHS priorities and research findings are used by NHS…
Practice-Based Research and Research Based Practice Knowledge Mobilisation

10. 2017-2020 APCRC/CCG R&D Strategy
Dr Joanne Hartland
R&D Programme Manager
Tel:
@AvonNHSRD

11. Thoughts
Questions
Observations
Ideas…..