PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula)

The NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) August 2025 newsletter The national newsletter from across all the NIHR ARCs. In this edition: Creative arts for dementia care and involvement, improving child health, benefits of giving patients online access to medical no...

Explore the August roundup of top stories from all 15 of our Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs):
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Including the latest research news, resources, blogs, events, training & more from ARCs across the country

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We're proud to see the NOAH Project featured by the BBC! 🎥

👶 Fewer hospital stays
💙 Empowered families
💷 £12m/year potential savings for the NHS

Big thanks to Emily & Luna for sharing their story. This is what innovation looks like.

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#NIHR #NOAHProject

Meet PenARC’s Knowledge Mobilisation Fellows! - PenARC We’re proud to introduce our first cohort of Knowledge Mobilisation (KM) Fellows – six dedicated professionals helping to turn research into real-world change across health and social care.  Each Fell...

🆕Introducing the newest Knowledge Mobilisation Fellows at PenARC! 🎉

These passionate practitioners are working across the South West to turn research into meaningful improvement in health & care services.

Learn how they’re making a difference ➡️ tinyurl.com/46mrvdr8

#KnowledgeMobilisation #NIHR

🚨Funding opportunity for early & mid-career researchers in ageing through @vivensa.bsky.social!

Apply for £500 award to support public, patient or community involvement.

Next deadline: 30th Sept 2025 (with more up to August 2026).

More here: tinyurl.com/2ukn49p8

📣 Join the next Ageing Research Café on 12th Sept, 12-12:45 or 12:45-13:30 (online)!

A friendly space to pitch early research ideas with public partners keen to be involved in early research development.

Half-formed ideas welcome!

🔗Find out more: tinyurl.com/mr4a8hd3

Congrats to Prof. G.J. Melendez-Torres on being named NIHR Academy Associate Dean for Researcher Inclusion! 👏

Proud to support GJ in driving inclusion & opportunity for underrepresented researchers

NIHR Annual Report 24/25👇

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#NIHR #Inclusion #Equity #ResearchCareers

What does it take to turn digital ambition into real impact?

At the #SWAIH2025 Annual Meeting, 150+ health data professionals gathered in Exeter to explore the future of AI, secure data environments, and ethical innovation in care.

👉Read event highlights and takeaways here: tinyurl.com/mvma7ats

Celebrating PenARC’s Social Care Interns: Reflections and Next Steps from Buckfast Abbey - PenARC On Monday 9th June 2025, the serene surroundings of Buckfast Abbey provided the perfect backdrop for a day of reflection, celebration, and inspiration for PenARCs Older Adult Social Care Research Capa...

Six social care professionals. Six powerful projects. One inspiring day at Buckfast Abbey.

🎉We’re celebrating the end of PenARC’s first research internship programme - and the beginning of much more.

Read the blog: bit.ly/45pqJhe

#PenARC #SocialCare #NIHR

Creative Approaches to Sharing Research – Dr Noreen Orr at the Qualitative Research Forum - PenARC At a recent University of Exeter Qualitative Research Forum on the 9th July 2025, PenARC Research Fellow Dr Noreen Orr delivered an insightful talk on using creative methods to disseminate research fi...

🎨 How can creativity bring research to life?

PenARC Research Fellow Dr Noreen Orr shares her innovative approaches to disseminating research creatively - from theatre to boardgames - in a new blog.

Read it here 👉 bit.ly/456fyIZ

#QualitativeResearch #ResearchImpact

🚨New blog just out!

How can simulation modelling save Trusts £2 million annually & improve stroke care?

One HSMA graduate used Discrete Event Simulation to deliver real-world impact - with no prior coding experience.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3GNtY8X

📣 Save the date!
@arc-west.bsky.social & PenARC are hosting the Implementation Conference UK 2026 in #Bristol, 25 - 26 June.
A must-attend for implementation science & healthcare improvement professionals!
Stay tuned for programme details & registration info.

📍We’re at Sandy Park for the SWAIH Annual Meeting.

Today, top voices in health data, including Dr Jess Morley + more, will explore how we can connect, innovate + build stronger data infrastructure across the SW.

🧠 Big speakers, big ideas - blog coming soon!

#SWAIH2025 #HealthData

We’re at ‘Shaping the Future of Health: Where Innovation Meets Sustainability’ at the Peter Chalk Centre today!

Swing by our stand to discover our exciting projects- and say hi to our super friendly (and adorable!) robotic cat 🤖🐱

@sustainablehrc

We’re working on a better website experience at PenARC and would love your input.

Whether you’ve used the site once or often, your thoughts will help shape what comes next.

📝 Take our short survey here: tiny.cc/ddho001

Thanks for supporting better access to health research and resources!

NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) national stand at the Health Services Research UK (HSR UK) Conference 2025

Pop by our NIHR ARCs stand at the Health Services Research UK @hsruk.bsky.social Conference #HSRUK25 @newcastleuni.bsky.social today & tomorrow!
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Find out more about the 15 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs), connect with your local ARC and browse our national channels: linktr.ee/nihrarcs

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar Image: Close-up picture of a paintbrush painting bright watercolours

Catch up on the 'Exploring lived experience with creative arts' national #ARCseminar:

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With: @arc-gm.bsky.social ARC North Thames @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social

Next event:
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From Research to Impact: A Day of Ideas and Insights on Improving Child Health - PenARC On 18th June 2025, researchers, clinicians, public contributors, and policymakers came together at the British Library for an inspiring day of knowledge exchange and collaboration focused on child and...

🎥✨ From research to real-world impact!

We’ve captured highlights from our recent child & maternal health event in a new blog and short video. Find out about what made the day so powerful.

📖 Blog: tinyurl.com/2vvu2tew
▶️ Video: tinyurl.com/ytvhkxzr

#ChildHealthImpact2025

📢 Dr Catherine Alexander (PenARC Dementia Research Fellow) is researching awareness in people with dementia. If you're involved in dementia care (as a professional or informal carer, current or former), please consider completing this 10-15 min survey 🧠🔗 bit.ly/Aware4k8NMRL

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library)

Don't miss the final national #ARCseminar of 2025

Wed 9 July - Creative arts for #dementia
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Short talks explore the impact of music therapy, singing & dancing interventions for people with dementia & using creative arts to involve people with dementia in research.

🎉What a successful Day 1 yesterday at the Hospital at Home and Virtual Wards Conference 2025, exploring Adult Virtual Wards!

Today's focus: Children and Young People. Are you ready?

Stay connected with #NIHRHaH2025 for live updates.

@arc-gm.bsky.social

Day 1 of #NIHRHaH2025 is underway in Leeds!

Prof. Sue Mason opened this 2-day event on Hospital at Home, hosted by ARC-GM, @arc-yharc.bsky.social & the UK Hospital at Home Society.

Today's focus is Adult H@H & the research behind service delivery & implementation #VirtualWards

📢 A great opportunity for colleagues working in prevention and health inequalities 👇

Royal Devon Health Equity Symposium on 10/07 in Exeter will bring together system leaders from across NHS, public health, VCSE and communities.

🎟️ Register here (spaces limited!): bit.ly/3ZJFics

☀️We’re at the Plymouth Clinical Research Showcase today! Come say hellos, chat all things research & grab a sweet🍬

Great talks so far from PROF Hugh Montgomery & Prof Dan Martin. Looking forward to hearing from Dr Natalie Owen later!

#ClinicalResearch #PenARC

🎉That’s a wrap on #ChildHealthImpact2025!

👏 Thank you to everyone who joined, contributed, & challenged us to do better for CYP & families.

🔍 Learn more about the research here: bit.ly/4jZJa0n

📌Stay tuned for highlights & resources.

@nihr.bsky.social

Prof Stuart Logan is chairing a lively panel of experts on putting evidence into practice.

Reflections so far include:

📤 Think outside the box
👭Collaborate
✅ Learn from what works
👩‍💼Build relationships with policy makers

#ChildHealthImpact2025

Beccy Summers, Saiqa Ahmed & Hina Qureshi on the power of poetry in harnessing patient & public voice ✍️

‘It’s just something that comes out from the heart’

#ChildHealthImpact2025

❤️ ‘At the heart of this we wanted the children’s voice’

Hina Qureshi & Kara Gray-Burrows give a fascinating talk on how the BRUSH programme successfully sought the voices of children to improve oral health 🦷

#ChildHealthImpact2025

‘It’s everyone’s civil right to be heard’ 👏

Powerful reflections on public involvement in research on sensitive topics from Naomi Morley, Shafiq Ahmed, Dorcas Akeju OBE & Saiqa Ahmed

#ChildHealthImpact2025

🗣️ A round-up of the thought-provoking Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement (PPIE) sessions at #ChildHealthImpact2025.

👉 Find out more: bit.ly/4ndvsKa

@nihrarcs.bsky.social

Lots of lively discussions and networking at the #ChildHealthImpact2025 event, fuelled by some delicious lunch and 🍰!

Looking forward to the session on Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement starting soon!

@nihr.bsky.social