Centre for Healthcare Evaluation, Device Assessment and Research

🤩 Wonderful day yesterday at the NHS Wales Awards – thanks to @cedarcardiff.bsky.social for their great public involvement work. Delighted that the project, ‘Development of the NHS Wales People’s Experience Survey’, was a finalist for the Person-Centred Care Award! 🎉

It was an inspiring day, featuring important discussions about the value of PPI, and the launch of the new PPIE Training Programme & Resource Hub by Dr Natalie Joseph-Williams and Sarah Hatch.

​Wonderful to see such a dynamic group passionate about improving research through public involvement!

A really enjoyable day today at the stunning Cornerstone Cardiff attending the School of Medicine’s Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement Showcase 2025.

​#PPIE #CardiffUni #HealthResearch
#CUMEDICPPIE
@cumedicengage.bsky.social
@cavuhb.bsky.social

Jamie with stained glass windows and Christmas decorations behind him.

A church building with university posters about public and patient engagement

Great to be at the Cardiff University School of Medicine day for patient & public involvement & engagement.
I’m here talking about some of my favourite engagement projects: a story book to talk about parental addiction, tactile astronomical maps for visually impaired people & so many more.

A really interesting day yesterday at the Medical Device Showcase, with talks from the MHRA, Welsh Government, DHCW, and the Artificial Eye Service 👁

Thank you to the All Wales MDR Group for organising a great day! 👏

#MedicalDevices @mhragovuk.bsky.social @dhcwales.bsky.social

We are very excited to announce that CEDAR will be partnering with @moondancecancer.bsky.social to deliver CADARN – a new system level intervention to enable faster, fairer delivery of cancer research across Wales.

For more information about #CADARN see: moondance-cancer.wales/research-ins....

A huge welcome to our new Senior Researcher, Dr. Grace McCutchan!

An experienced Behavioural Scientist, Grace brings expertise in health inequalities, behaviour change, and inclusion.

We're thrilled to have her on the CEDAR team. 🤗

cedar.nhs.wales/about-us/ced...

@grace-mccutchan.bsky.social

CEDAR are evaluating the All-Wales Urgent Primary Care Practitioner Competency Framework to assess its effectiveness using surveys and interviews to help inform its future national rollout.

Read more about the project on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/eva...

#UrgentCare #PrimaryCare

Recent guidance we've worked on includes:
• Drug-eluting stents - www.nice.org.uk/guidance/HTE26

• GaitSmart - www.nice.org.uk/guidance/mtg78

• Digital tools for psychosis - www.nice.org.uk/guidance/hte17

Read more about our role as a NICE EAG on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/hea...

1/2: Great news! CEDAR has renewed its contract as an External Assessment Group (EAG) for NICE.

For over a decade, we have provided clinical and economic assessments of medical technologies to inform their evidence-based guidance.

#NICE #HealthTech

🗞️ Rydym yn falch i rannu ein bwletin chwarterol sydd wedi'i ail-ddylunio'n ddiweddar sy'n cynnwys ein diweddariadau diweddaraf, gan gynnwys uchafbwyntiau o brosiectau allweddol, newyddion o gynadleddau cenedlaethol, sbotolau staff, a'n cyhoeddiadau diweddaraf.

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🗞️ We’re excited to share our newly redesigned quarterly bulletin featuring our latest updates, including key project highlights, news from national conferences, a staff spotlight, and our most recent publications.

Read the full issue on our website: cedar.nhs.wales/files/summer...

Hawys, CEDAR's Welsh Language Lead is in the concourse of the University Hospital of Wales today, talking to patients about PROMs translation, and how Welsh speakers can get involved.

Come and chat to us, or visit our website for more info: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/val...

#PROMs #Welsh #NHSWales

We're finalists! Delighted that our People’s Experience Survey for NHS Wales has been shortlisted in the 'Strengthening the Foundation' category at the PEN Awards 2025. 🏆👏

Fingers crossed for the finals in October - @pen-news.bsky.social!

#PatientExperience #NHSWales #Finalist #PENawards2025

⭐️ Happy to share that our article, in collab with CEDAR, is featured in the latest LUPUS UK magazine! 😀 It discusses the refreshed National PREMs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📝 — project winner of the 2024 Health & Care Research Public Involvement Award 🏆

Available to all LUPUS UK subscribers
#Lupus #PREM #PPI #Survey #Wales

Want to learn more about our single-use endoscope evaluation?

Read the article below, or check out the full @mediwales LifeStories magazine: publuu.com/flip-book/83...

1/2 CEDAR is leading a health economic evaluation of single-use endoscopes (IQ Endoscopes) for the Cardiff Capital Region Endoscopy Challenge Fund!

We're working with @ShapingChangeCV and Cardiff and Vale UHB to explore the clinical, economic, and environmental potential of these endoscopes.

CEDAR is a combined NHS-academic research centre based in Cardiff, bringing together clinical expertise and academic excellence.

We support high-impact clinical trials, evaluate healthcare interventions, and provide analytical and research support across Wales.

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Last couple of days to apply for the Clinical Evaluation Scientist position at CEDAR!

Applications close on Tuesday 01/07/2025. Apply now! www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...

#NHSjobs #ScienceJobs #HTA #Researchjobs

The Foodwise in Pregnancy app, developed by Cardiff & Vale UHB to support healthy eating & weight gain during pregnancy, was shortlisted for an award!
CEDAR's evaluation helped inform its wider adoption. No win this time, but a great evening celebrating sustainability & innovation across NHS Wales.

Kathleen Withers (Deputy Director) and Christina Lloydwin (Senior Researcher) from CEDAR attended the NHS Wales Sustainability Conference & Awards last week at Swansea Arena, joined by Edward Chapman (Head of Clinical Engineering, Cardiff & Vale UHB).

CEDAR is leading clinical trial management of RSA-PACE - a first-in-human study testing Ceryx Medical’s Cysoni heart pacing device in heart failure patients.🫀

Read the mediwales lifestories article below or visit our website for more details: cedar.nhs.wales/our-work/cli...

We're hiring! CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team.

📝 1-year fixed-term contract
📅 Apply by 1st July

If you're passionate about evidence-based healthcare and innovation in medical technologies, we'd love to hear from you.

www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...

2/2: We’ll be talking about how NHS, academic and industry partners work together to turn ideas into real-world impact.

We also have a stand with some free merch, so come say hello! 👋

#MWConnects #MediWales #CEDARCardiff #NHSInnovation #ConnectsConference2025

1/2: If you're heading to the MediWales Connects Conference tomorrow, we’ll see you there at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff.

Don’t miss our panel session at 10:00 AM – From Conception to Adoption: Collaborating to Generate New Evidence.

We're hiring! 👩‍🔬

CEDAR is looking for a Clinical Evaluation Scientist (Band 7) to join our team in Cardiff.

You'll work on projects for key national bodies like NICE, JCC and Welsh Value in Health Centre to help shape healthcare decisions.

Apply now: www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardi...

3/3: Michael Beddard also gave a talk on 'Evaluating the role of single-use flexible sigmoidoscopes in colorectal surgery'. 🔬

The day was a good opportunity to share our work with our MPCE colleagues across Wales.

#AWMPCE2025 #MedicalPhysics #ClinicalEngineering #MedTech #HealthTech

2/3:
"Medical Device regulation" 🩺

"Lessons learned from managing clinical investigations of a medical device" 👩‍🏫

"SPIN-VR, a feasibility study to evaluate home-based personalised virtual reality physiotherapy compared to usual care in the treatment of pain for people with knee osteoarthritis" 🦴

1/3: The CEDAR team attended the All-Wales Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Summer Meeting in Swansea yesterday.

Our work was represented through three poster presentations from Sam Bird, Susan Peirce, and Paul Rogers, covering the following topics:

Rydym yn falch o fod yn rhan o’r LARS Collaborative sy’n gweithio i wella ansawdd bywyd pobl sy’n cael eu heffeithio gan Syndrom Echdoriad Anterior Isel.

Mae gwaith CEDAR yn helpu cyfrannu at y dystiolaeth sydd ei hangen ar gyfer gofal y colon a’r rhefr gwell.

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