Applications now open for the NIHR GM PSRC Patient Safety Research Development Award
We are delighted to announce the launch of our NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC Patient Safety Research Development Award, an initiative designed to support aspiring patient safety researchers in taking the next step in their careers.Whether you’re a clinician,...
Most people who died by suicide within a year of discharge from inpatient psychiatric care had contact recently with a GP, study finds
More than 80 per cent of people who died by suicide within one year of being discharged from inpatient mental health care had been in recent contact with a GP, new research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Patient...
Nursing Workload in Critical Care | World Mental Health Day
By Paul Garvey*Many nurses who leave the profession do so within the first three years of practice. The reasons for this are numerous and complex, but what is known is that all staff in the NHS are facing high workloads. A study I am planning to commence in the new...
NHS England introduces its new Primary Care Patient Safety Strategy
On 26 September 2024, NHS England published its Primary care patient safety strategy, which describes the national and local commitments to improve patient safety in primary care. The document builds on cutting-edge research, including a 2020 study conducted by our...
Greater Manchester collaborative wins HSJ Patient Safety Award for Improving Medicines Safety
We’re delighted to announce that NHS Greater Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, and NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration has won the Improving Medicines Safety Award for ‘Scaling a Local Safety Medication Dashboard (SMASH) Programme to Benefit the 2.8 Million Population of Greater Manchester’ at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards – an esteemed awards programme, designed to encourage and drive improvements in culture and quality across the NHS.
Launch of PPI Toolkits in Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Research
On July 30th, we had the pleasure of hosting a highly insightful and collaborative online event focused on enhancing Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in self-harm and suicide prevention research. The event, organised by the Centre for Mental Health...
Joint SPCR-GM PSRC PhD Studentships
NIHR SPCR (School for Primary Care Research) and NIHR GM PSRC (Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration) are advertising four PhD Studentships: Reducing the provision of low-value interventions that expose patients to unnecessary risk of harm, both...
My first keynote – as a Lived Experience Public Contributor | #PCIE
I’m a Public Contributor with Lived Experience and have been participating, involved and engaged with the award-winning Mutual Support for Mental Health in Research (MS4MH-R) group as part of the Centre for Mental Health and Safety in the University of Manchester,...
GM PSRC Team Meeting – July 2024
On July 15, 2024, our team gathered for a productive and insightful team meeting. It was a day packed with important updates, collaborative discussions, and strategic planning aimed at enhancing our research impact and fostering a more inclusive work environment. We...
NIHR GM PSRC researchers recognised for making a difference to society through research
A team from the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration has received a ‘Highly Commended Award for Outstanding Benefit to Society through Research’ for their work 'Improving care for people who have self-harmed: Translating evidence into practice...
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