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Introduction
The Research Toolkit is a starting point for librarians in the health sector wanting to undertake a research project, from a small-scale local study to larger more formal projects.
Research skills are a key area of professional expertise inthe CHartered Institute foe Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Professional Knowledge and Skills Base.
They are defined as “ the ability of librarians to use research techniques and knowledge of information sources to support personal research projects. “
Before you get started, consider whether your project is a research project, a service evaluation or audit.
- a research project aims to systematically investigate and study a library service, establish facts and reach new conclusions
- an evaluation focuses on the effectiveness of a library service
- an audit reviews a library’s service or services, perhaps using a predefined audit tool, to enable improvements to be made
These resources will help you decide whether your project is a research project:
The Medical Research Council and NHS Health Research Authority's Is my study research? decision tool will help you decide whether or not your study is research.
The defining research table outlines the key features of research, service evaluation, audit, and usual practice.
This toolkit is based on a research flowchart originally developed by members of the defunct Health Information and Libraries for Evaluation and Research (HEALER) network.
Page last reviewed: 15 June 2021
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A wide range of bodies fund health and social care research. It is vital to the success of your project that it is costed accurately. Your local research and development office can suggest suitable sources of funding, and advise you on costing your project. It is important to understand the distinctions between research costs, support costs and treatment costs and how they are provided.
Applicants must secure any project funding required from bodies outside the NHS before submitting the applications to review bodies for approvals. Otherwise, if funding has not been secured, and the funding body later requires changes to be made to the proposal, these would require further review by the review bodies.
As outlined above, funding for research can come a variety of sources, including:
- commercial funders, including industry and private companies
- non-commercial funders such as government departments, research councils, charities, National Institute of Health in USA (NIH) and the European Commission.
It is important that the various types of costs of research are appropriately attributed in order to ensure that the appropriate funding arrangements are put in place. For funding queries related to a specific area of the country, please see the links below:
- Northern Ireland
Below are links to some possible sources of further information (note this is not an exhaustive list):
- Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) is the national membership organisation for medical and health research charities. AMRC members support over one-third of all UK publicly-funded medical research in the UK, with members investing over £1.2 billion in health research in the UK in 2012.
- Chief Scientist Office (CSO) offers a number of different funding streams to directly support health research in Scotland.
- Medical Research Council (MRC) funds research through a range of grants, calls, highlight notices, studentships and fellowships.
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds a range of programmes addressing a broad range of health priorities. Funding is based on the quality and relevance of the research to personal social services, public health and the NHS.
- NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) is part of the NIHR, manages a number of research programmes, including: Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation; Health Services and Delivery Research; Health Technology Assessment; Public Health Research; and Systematic Reviews.
- Health and Care Research Wales is the Welsh Government body whose goal is to fund research that will inform care and improve the health and wealth of the people of Wales.
- Public Health Agency – Health & Social Care Research and Development Directorate (HSC R&D) provides information about funding opportunities that are available to researchers working in Health & Social Care (HSC) Northern Ireland.
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) many different organisations fund health research in the UK. The UKCRC has developed a coherent approach to health research funding by providing a forum to coordinate the activities of funding bodies and by developing an evidence base to inform strategic planning.
- UK Research Office (UKRO) is the European office of the UK Research Councils. Activities include providing details on European Commission funding opportunities.
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Mar 13, 2023 · cross-ICS research proposals to identify research needs; research delivery – identifying how ICS-wide approaches could accelerate patient recruitment and deployment of research delivery staff; shared data architecture, including the NHS Secure Data Environment for Research Network and its subnational secure data environments (SDEs).
Your research proposal maps out how you’d like your research project to take place. Having a clear map of your research project will keep you on track in the coming weeks and months. Your research proposal needs to persuade someone, usually your manager or potential funder, of the value of investing time and money in the research project.
An overview of how to cost your research project. Be sure to allow enough time for your costings to be verified by your local finance office before submission to your funder. Advice on funding your research. For advice on seeking funding for your research project, the following may be helpful: NHS Research and Development Forum. (2020).
clinical practice, policy or the NHS as a whole. Background This section should include a review of the current literature and should identify the extent and quality of the existing research carried out in your project area. It should identify why further research is required and how the findings may be used in clinical practice. Aims and ...
The Research Toolkit is a starting point for librarians in the health sector wanting to undertake a research project, from a small-scale local study to larger more formal projects. Member of the KLS team discussing a research proposal with a clinician
Mar 29, 2023 · 9.5. Research proposals, protocols and procedures should be clear, comprehensive and easily accessible to the research team. Good document management and version control are essential so that, for instance, the same single version of the research proposal or protocol is being followed in the same way by everyone involved.
Simplify NHS research processes: 1. Manage excess treatment costs better. 2. Eliminate delays in confirming multi-site trials. Articulate the NHS’s own research priorities better: 3. Set out research priorities for national NHS programmes. 4. Increase research focus and capability on value and cost. 5.
This consultation sets out proposals for how NHS England, The Department of Health and the Health Research Authority, working together, will implement changes to simplify NHS research proposals to: Manage excess treatment costs better. Further improve commercial clinical research set-up and reporting.
Research proposal draft template The first table is designed to get you thinking about what, why and how you are going to do it, and what resources you need. This can help you get down their ideas on paper, without the formality of a grant application layout.
The UKCRC has developed a coherent approach to health research funding by providing a forum to coordinate the activities of funding bodies and by developing an evidence base to inform strategic planning. UK Research Office (UKRO) is the European office of the UK Research Councils. Activities include providing details on European Commission ...