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Opportunities to participate in specific research projects will be updated when they become available.
If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us at psrc@newcastle.ac.uk
Contact UsWelcome to the NIHR Newcastle PSRC: Leading the Way in Patient Safety and Innovation
About Us
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Newcastle Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC) carries out research with the goal of improving healthcare safety where there are inequalities for those from disadvantaged communities.
Listening to patients, public and practitioners, taking their experiences into consideration from design to evaluation, strengthens our research. Collaborating with a range of partners with expertise in the field further benefits patients and professionals.
The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people’s health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.
ABOUT US
What do we do?
Experts from our collaboration deliver research that results in real-world change for patient safety and health outcomes for those with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs).
We address challenges identified by the National Institute for Health and Care Research around:
Patient safety behaviours
Effective patient safety practices
Clinical risk scores
(validation, implementation and outcomes)
WHAT WE DO
Partnerships
The NIHR Newcastle PSRC is a part of the NIHR and hosted by The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with, Newcastle University; Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust; Queen Mary University of London; University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
MORE ABOUT PSRC
Aims
NIHR PSRCs are partnerships between the NHS and universities in England to support patient safety research. The Collaborations aim to develop, validate and test innovations, approaches and interventions that have the potential to lead to improvements in patient safety and the safety of health and care services.
A key emphasis underpinning all research themes is the reduction in inequalities in the safety of healthcare. The NIHR awarded £25 million over five years from 1 April 2023 to six Collaborations across England.
Areas of Research
Four Research Areas
We improve patient safety by supporting research across several different areas. We want that research to reflect the needs of patients, carers and clinicians. We ensure our research is relevant by involving a wide variety of people. This helps to direct the paths our research takes and also to ready the next generation of research leaders, especially in those professions who are not well represented in the research community.
We are focusing on four areas of research:
1.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences in multiple long-term conditions
2.
Safer management of polypharmacy in multiple long-term conditions
3.
Safer integrated health and social care environments
4.
Safer management of multiple long-term conditions in disadvantaged communities
Involvement
Public and patient involvement
It is important for us to capture different perspectives, with public, patients and practitioners being involved in our PSRC research. Getting valuable feedback from those with lived experience, across diverse backgrounds, allows us to tailor our work to be as effective as possible, making the most impact in improving safety in health and social care, particularly for those in underrepresented groups.
TEAM
Meet the Team
Professor Andy Husband
Director of NIHR Newcastle PSRC
Gwen Forster
NIHR Newcastle PSRC Operations Manager
Pippa Wood
NIHR Newcastle PSRC Operations Administrator
Dr Meera Vijayaraghavan
Business Development Manager
Professor Niina Kolehmainen
Academic Career Development Theme Lead
Professor Sheena Ramsay
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Co-Theme Lead
Olivia Grant
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Co-Theme Lead
Dr Anna Robinson-Barella
Equality and Diversity Inclusion Lead
Prorfessor Nick Reynolds
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences in multiple long-term conditions Co-Theme Lead
Professor Michael R Barnes, PhD
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences in multiple long-term conditions Co-Theme Lead
Professor Adam Todd
Safer management of polypharmacy in multiple long-term conditions Co-Theme Lead
Professor Barbara Hanratty
Safer management of polypharmacy in multiple long-term conditions Co-Theme Lead
Professor Hamde Nazar
Safer integrated health and social care environments Co-Theme Lead
Professor Annette Hand
Safer integrated health and social care environments Co-Theme Lead
Professor Linda Sharp
Safer management of multiple long-term conditions in disadvantaged communities Co-Theme Lead
Professor Clare Bambra
Safer management of multiple long-term conditions in disadvantaged communities Co-Theme Lead
Dr Chris Lovegrove
Academic Career Development, Clinical Research Fellow in Patient Safety
Judy Baariu
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement, Research Assistant
Zainab Awan
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences in multiple long-term conditions, Data Scientist
Anum Iqbal
Safer management of polypharmacy in multiple long-term conditions theme, Research Assistant
Dr Ayesha Sahar
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences in multiple long-term conditions, Research Associate
Shaurya Pal
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences in multiple long-term conditions, Research Assistant
Dr Charlotte Richardson
Safer management of polypharmacy in multiple long-term conditions
Dr Matt Cooper
Safer integrated health and social care environments, Research Associate
Evgenia Stepanova
Research Associate
Adam Biran
Research Associate
James Blyth
Research Software Specialist