Events 

STALLED workshop

Tuesday, September 17
Clayton Hotel, Cambridge
Free to attend

Be part of helping the STALLED study to understand what works to reduce ambulance handover delays.

  • Learn about the STALLED study: what we plan to do in this NIHR HS&DR funded study looking at the thorny problem of delayed ambulance handovers.
  • Hear about emerging findings: from a scoping review, ambulance service survey and new analysis of performance statistics.
  • Discuss and influence how we move forward: help us identify key stakeholders and develop criteria for site selection for phase 2 of the study.

Workshop flyer.pdf

Registration and further information.

999 EMS Research Forum 2024 conference - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

17-18 September 2024
Cambridge

Submit your abstract here

There is just 1 month to go to submit your research abstracts to our popular annual conference, and be in with a chance of winning one of several prizes.

Submissions can be related to any aspect of research, evaluation, audit or quality improvement, but we especially welcome submissions on the conference theme '999 EMS Research: recognising progress, developing the future'

Prizes will be won under the following categories:

  • Highest quality research (£1,000 travel bursary and opportunity to speak at ACPIC conference)
  • Research most likely to affect practice (£150 gift voucher)
  • Most innovative use of routine data (£100 gift voucher)
  • Best rapid elevator presentation (£150 gift voucher)
  • Best poster (£100 gift voucher)

Deadline for submission: Friday 14 June 2024 at 17:00hrs
Abstract enquiries to: 999emsresearchforum@swansea.ac.uk

The conference is taking place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 September 2024 at the Clayton Hotel, Cambridge. Early bird registration fees are available at: http://999emsresearch.co.uk/annual-conferenceThis conference is brought to you in association with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), The National Ambulance Research Steering Group (NARSG) and PRIME Centre Wales.

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Health and Care Research Wales Conference 2024 – registration now open

Health and Care Research Wales is pleased to announce the date of our ninth conference on 10 October 2024 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

The theme this year is Research matters.

The conference provides a platform for research colleagues across the country to network, learn and exchange knowledge on life-changing health and social care research.

Further information and registration.

SAPC 2025

The 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) will be held from the 8th to 10th July, hosted by Cardiff University at Mercure Holland House, Cardiff city centre.

Please save the date and consider displaying the attached poster on your office noticeboards etc.

Centre for Trials Research logoThe Importance of Good Data Management Practices in Clinical Trials Webinar

5 November 2024
11 am - 12 noon
Free to attend

Who is this for?
All welcome. It would be of special interest to potential investigators who would be working with us in the next 12 months to put together a grant application, anyone who is new to research or wants to know how the Centre for Trials Research (CTR) works. 

Delivered by: Nigel Kirby – Head of Data Management, Debbie Harris – Senior Data Manager for the Infection, Inflammation and Immunity Division, Ceri Frayne – Senior Data Manager for the Cancer Division, Helen Stanton – Senior Data Manager for the Population Health and Social Care Division, Mia Sydenham – Senior Data Manager for the Brain Health and Mental Wellbeing Division  

Abstract
High Quality Data Management is fundamental to the running of any research study. Research is all about good data. to be able to have confidence in your data then you need to have quality data management. This includes setting up validated systems to capture the data, ensuring all legal and ethical frameworks have been considered and considering how data will be captured, stored, preserved and archived. This webinar will provide insight on the importance of the Data Management function and give some examples of good practice from current CTR studies. 

Registration is open for our webinar (free to attend): https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cardiff/data-management-webinar-registration


How to be a Good Chief Investigator workshop

Thursday 21st November 2024
Online

Registration is now open for our How to be a Good Chief Investigator workshop in collaboration with the UKCRC.

Speakers include:

Prof. Michael Robling (Cardiff University), Prof. Rustam Salman (University of Edinburgh), Prof. Kerenza Hood (Cardiff University), Prof. Richard Adams (Cardiff University), Dr Rachel McNamara (Cardiff University), Dr Yvette Ellis (Health and Care Research Wales), Prof. Kate Button (Cardiff University), Dr Dave Bosanquet (Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Dr David Gillespie (Cardiff University), Prof. Christopher Butler (University of Oxford).

Details and current agenda can be found here.