Type 1 RCF Funded Projects

These are very early stage projects, exploring a particular health condition or the needs of a particular patient group to find out what research is most needed. Mainly these projects involve talking to the people who plan, deliver and receive health and care services.

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Community researcher to establish the research priorities of Chinese, Caribbean and South Asian communities living with dementia.
Continuity of care in general practice and its relationship with access to care and health inequalities.
Explore a novel approach to reducing health inequalities in people who use drugs. Understanding the acceptability of, practicalities around and barriers to the introduction of a community pharmacy-based health check for people who use drugs
Exploring research capacity among the pharmacy workforce
Exploring stakeholder concerns around children and young people’s access to community mental health care
Exploring the understanding and experiences of gynaecological issues (including endometriosis) for under-served women from ethnically minoritised communities. This will include interactions with healthcare professionals while accessing care
Exploring ways to deliver primary care for people aged over 50 living with HIV
Functional Neurological Disorders – Ambulance services recognition, care and management of FND patient presentations.
Head and neck cancer patients who have localised disease but are not fit for radical radiotherapy: the patient experience following completion of palliative radiotherapy
How health inequalities experienced by disabled people have been exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis
Improving continuity of care and health outcomes of people with Learning Disabilities living in assisted housing. Developing and enhancing work initiated by the BNSSG ICB
Investigating how the buildings and interior spaces through which primary care is delivered impact the workforce and patients’ wellbeing and experience of care and their health
Menopause: Perimenopause, awareness, knowledge and support for women experiencing menopausal symptoms
Minor trauma in older adults (SilverMinT)
Nutritional assessment of the homeless population. A collaboration with patients and stakeholders to refine a new nutritional assessment tool.
Public and patient involvement (PPI) and stakeholder workshops to explore and refine educational and supported self-management interventions that support people with cancer-related chronic pain
Reasons for ordering laboratory tests and the cascade effects of testing in UK primary care
Reducing Health Inequality amongst a Somali Community in Lawrence Hill, Bristol with a focus on cardiovascular risk factor interventions developed through community based participatory research
The impact of changes to general practice delivery due to COVID-19
The impact of operational improvements on patient experience in multi-specialist GP practices