What's new in HSC R&D?
• Central Governance team now recruited, which will work closely with ethics,
social care and other parts of the system to deliver streamlined governance
approvals in NI, linking with the rest of the UK
• UK-wide changes in the Cochrane Programme - over 51 themed review groups
previously funded by NIHR will now become 9 'generic' Evidence Synthesis
Groups (ESGs) - one of these will be an Aberdeen-Belfast collaboration
• Closing event for the Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland
Network (CHITIN) programme - June 2023 - targeting the forthcoming PEACE
Plus programme for further funding
• HSC R&D working with DoH and PHA in the delivery of the mental health strategy
• Evaluation of PPI in research
• New HSC R&D Strategy in development for 2025 start