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Research and Innovation

What is Research and Innovation (R&I)?

Research can be defined as the attempt to derive generalisable new knowledge by addressing clearly defined questions with systematic and rigorous methods. Research and Innovation in our Trust is about discovering new knowledge about our services, our processes and also the products we use. We then aspire to apply that knowledge to create new and improved services, processes, and products that fulfil the needs of our service users.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to a vibrant R and I Programme. We are one of the leading research-active mental health trusts in the United Kingdom and our researchers enjoy international reputations.

 These pages contain information about our R&I programme and are specifically useful if you are a service user or a Trust employee who is:

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  • seeking advice, support or information if you are proposing to carry our a research project in our Trust.  You can find out about what support you can get from the R&I team and our main researchers.  You can also seek advice about our research governance processes, and about research methodologies, methods and analysis.

  • interested in reading about current research in our Trust and throughout the NHS?  You can explore what research is currently going on in our Trust as well as find out more about the research programme throughout the NHS: see our 'research in the NHS' page.

 
 Significant changes to Research Management and Governance are coming.
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