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This page signposts useful toolkits, repositories, networks and teams working in research, evidence, or evaluation across our Integrated Care System and nationally.
Local resources
Other pages in the knowledge and research hub section:
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Research and development functions
Partners have different Research and Development functions that support research including:
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust – two teams Bristol R&D and Kingshill Research Centre
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board – Research Team
- North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) – Various research functions
- South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) – Research, Audit and Improvement Department
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS foundation Trust (UHBW) – Various research functions
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Knowledge and library services
There are knowledge and library services that provide support around evidence or literature searching and reviews:
- NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
- Library & Knowledge Services – NBT
- Library and Information Services – UHBW
- Sirona Knowledge and Library Services
Please note the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board Clinical Effectiveness Team has conducted rapid evidence work and delivered evidence training to colleagues in the past and can share materials.
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Academic partners and support
There are various academic collaborations, teams and researchers working on health and social care issues.
- Bristol Health Partners, including their Health Integration Teams gather and use evidence to improve the health of people in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire by connecting researchers with the needs and ambitions of communities, the health service, social care, public health and the voluntary sector.
- Health Innovation West of England collaborates with local health and care systems and academic, industry and VCSE partners to discover, develop and deploy proven innovation, driving better and fairer health outcomes for our communities.
- The Impact Accelerator Unit (IAU) a collaboration between Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB), University of Bristol and UWE Bristol. IAUs are services dedicated to championing and disseminating evidence.
- Various UWE Research centres and groups. Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing.
- Various UoB schools – NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West, which conducts applied health research with partners and others in the health and care sector, alongside patients and members of the public.
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Toolkits and training
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has developed surveys, evidence and evaluation resources, templates and toolkits email research@nhs.net for information.
- Evaluation Works and Evidence Works toolkits have been developed to facilitate the creation and use of evidence in decision making for new and existing services and products.
- NIHR ARC West training course and self-led online learning
- Toolkits and resources from Health Innovation West of England
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Repositories
- The Engagement Log is a library of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (Market Research or Opinion Research) across BNSSG. It coordinates research and healthcare engagement, connecting teams to similar projects, sharing insights, and fostering community relationships by acknowledging past engagements. To access the Log, email research@nhs.net.
- Evidence Repository (coordinated by West of England Health Innovation Network) – uses the national portal Future NHS to safely sharing non-peer reviewed documents that are not published elsewhere to promote a culture of shared learning and collaboration.
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Networks
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Evidence and Evaluation Group – an informal network of colleagues in evidence and evaluation roles across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System email research@nhs.net for information.
- Research Engagement Network (REN) has been set up to improve the inclusion of under-served, racially-minoritised communities in research. It is led by led by Caafi Health and Nilaari, and supported by People in Health West of England.
- Patient and Public Engagement Group (PenPEG) a group of patients, service users and carers who volunteer their time to ensure research is relevant to the needs of the community. PenPEG is supported by NIHR ARC West Patient and Public Involvement & Engagement (PPIE) Team.
- South West Online Evaluation Network – a free virtual group for those interested in health and care evaluation.
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National resources
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Future NHS
- Future NHS is a collaboration platform hosted by NHS England that supports commissioners, providers, senior management, front line staff, clinicians, health and social care colleagues, charity, voluntary and community sector organisations, and other interested stakeholders to connect, share and learn.
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Knowledge and library services
- NHS Knowledge and Library Hub – connects healthcare staff and learners to high quality, NHS-funded, knowledge and evidence resources in one place, using a single search. Access the hub using NHS Open Athens – an account which unlocks a range of quality, trusted, evidence-based information for health and care staff. Accounts are available to more members of the wider health and care community than you might think.
- UKHSA evidence reviews – GOV.UK – evidence reviews conducted by the national Clinical and Public Health Response Evidence Review team and the Science Evidence Review team within UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
- Ask a librarian, the Kings Fund – the Kings Fund offer a free ‘ask a librarian’ service as well as a paid-for literature search service.
- Strategy Unit – provides rapid evidence scans.
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Networks
- AnalystX Applied Evaluation Community of Practice – national community of people working on applied evaluation across health and social care.
- Health Innovation Networks – there are the 15 health innovation networks across England, including our local one Health Innovation West of England.
- Midlands Decision Support Network (run by The Strategy Unit) – comprises 12 integrated intelligence functions across the Midlands region supporting Integrated Care Systems decision making.
- UK Evaluation Society – membership of evaluation professionals, practitioners and commissioners from national and local government, the research community, consultancies and the voluntary sector.