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Call for Tenders: Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve the Health of Isolated and Vulnerable Persons

Deadline 13/03/2015 Summary The European Commission, DG for Health and Food Safety, has published a call for tenders regarding the pilot project related to the development of evidence-based strategies to improve the health of isolated and vulnerable persons. Article The subject of this contract is to support the development of actions to address the health […]

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Healthcare Technologies Grand Challenges: Expression of Interest to attend the launch

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/httownmeetingeoi/ This call is to express an interest to attend a town meeting in London on 14 April 2015, to launch EPSRC’s Healthcare Technologies future strategy around a number of healthcare grand challenges.   Issue date:              03 February 2015 Closing Date:           02 March 2015 at 23:59

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Patient Safety Collaborative Engagement Event – 02/02/2015

Sharing best practice in patient safety and experience – establishing our collaborative Holywell Park, Ashby Road, Loughborough, LE11 3GR With your help the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network(EMAHSN) has been shaping the East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative.  Patient Safety Collaboratives are of national importance and this key one day event will provide attendees with a clear outline of […]

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Health Policy, Organisation and Management (HPOM) Network – Seminar on “The Professions” (16.04.2015)

The Birmingham and Nottingham Health Policy, Organisation and Management (HPOM) Network  are hosting a joint seminar on 16th  April 2015.  Anyone with an interest in Health Policy, Organisation and Management research is welcome to attend (there is no cost). The seminar will focus on the professions, with papers being presented from speakers across both universities. […]

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NIHR article – a helping hand in PPI

A helping hand The National Institute of Health Research wants researchers to involve patients and the public at all stages of the research cycle, and demonstrating how you will do this is an important part of any proposal to the NIHR. This article on Research Professional hears from Simon Denegri, the institute’s national director for public […]

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MRC – Research Grants – Molecular and Cellular Medicine – May15

These are suitable for focused research projects that may be short- or long-term in nature. In addition, they can be used to support method development and continuation of research facilities and may involve more than one research group or institution. Grants do not typically exceed £1 million. Funding is usually given on the basis of […]

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NHS Innovation Accelerator

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) programme aims to give patients more equitable access to cutting edge, high impact products, processes and technologies, by focusing on the conditions and cultural change needed to enable the NHS to adopt innovations that matter to patients, at scale and pace. The NIA invites leading healthcare pioneers from around the world […]

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Prof. Elaine Hobby – Herbal history book selected by Choice Magazine

Choice magazine has selected the book the History of Herbal Medicine as one of its Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014. Prof. Elaine Hobby was a contributor to this book. This is a highly coveted badge of distinction for the book. The Bloomsbury web page promoting the titles that have been selected can be found here: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/superpage/choice-oat-2014/  

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CHILL / CLAHRC Seminar on Knowledge Sharing – 16/03/15

The Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning (CHILL) at Nottingham University Business School, in collaboration with NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands, are pleased to announce that Vicky Ward, an NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow, will be delivering an interactive seminar on the challenges of knowledge sharing. The seminar will be held on 16th March 2015, starting […]

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Innovating for Improvement programme – Deadline 10/02/15

The Health Foundation has just opened the call for their ‘Innovating for Improvement’ programme. Full details are available here. In summary: funding available for 20 projects to test and develop innovative ideas and approaches to improving health care delivery and/or the way people manage their own health care. each team will receive up to £75,000 […]

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