Research grants held by NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB
NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB hold NIHR research grants via the Research Office.
Active and completed studies are listed below.
Active studies
JOINT SUPPORT - A feasibility study to test a caregiver intervention for people with chronic pain
Chief investigator: Professor Toby Smith, Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB). Funding awarded: £250,000. NIHR202723Start-end dates: 01/04/2022 - 31/03/2024. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
TIMES – The clinical, social and cost effectiveness of a decision support tool to optimise community-based tailored management of sleep (TIMES) for people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and sleep disturbanceTIMES TaIlored ManagEment of Sleep
Chief investigator: Professor Chris Fox, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
Funder: NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR). Funding awarded: £2.4m. NIHR202345Start-end dates: 01/02/2022 - 31/01/2027. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Development of a trial to evaluate a theory and evidence-based medication adherence intervention to enhance structured medication reviews in primary care
Chief investigators: Professor Debi Bhattacharya, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Leicester and Dr Sion Scott, Lecturer in Behavioural Medicine, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Leicester
Funder: NIHR Programme Development Grant (PDG). Funding awarded: £114,581. NIHR203303Start-end dates: 01/02/2022 - 31/01/2023. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Fighting fatigue in the NHS ambulance workforce: development, acceptability and feasibility testing of a comprehensive fatigue risk management system to improve staff and patient safety
Chief investigator: Professor Kristy Sanderson, Professor in Applied Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
Funder: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR). Funding awarded: £641,528. NIHR131776 Start-end dates: 01/10/2021 - 31/03/2024. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
FluCare: Estimating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to increase care home staff influenza vaccination rates
Chief investigator: Dr Amrish Patel, Associate Professor in Economics, School of Economics, University of East Anglia
Funder: NIHR Public Health Research (PHR). Funding awarded: £1.4m. NIHR133455Start-end dates: 01/09/2021 - 30/04/2024. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Improving the quality and experience of care for patients prescribed medicines with a risk of dependence or withdrawal
Chief investigator: Dr Jennifer Seddon, Research Fellow, Lecturer in Psychology, Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB). Funding awarded: £172,870. NIHR201461Start-end dates: 01/02/2021 - 31/07/2022. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
HIP HELPER: A feasibility study to assess the design of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a caregiving intervention for people following hip fracture surgery
Chief investigator: Professor Toby Smith, Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit. Funding awarded: £249,996. NIHR200731Start-end dates: 01/02/2021 - 30/11/2022. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Baby-Breathe: A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to prevent return to smoking postpartum.
Chief investigator: Professor Caitlin Notley, Professor of Addiction Sciences, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia.Funder: NIHR Public Health Programme. Funding awarded: £1,498,227. NIHR129074Start-end dates: 01/10/2020 - 23/12/2023. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Completed studies
Learning from proactive deprescribing experiences within the Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study to develop national policy regarding deprescribing in care homes for older people.
Chief investigators: Professor David Wright, Professor of Health Services Research , School of Allied Health Professions, University of Leicester and Dr Sion Scott, Lecturer in Behavioural Medicine, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Leicester
Funder: NIHR Policy Research Programme Funding awarded: £150,000. NIHR202053Start-end dates: 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2022. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Quit Sense: Optimisation and feasibility randomised controlled trial of a novel smartphone app for smoking cessation that delivers "context aware" lapse prevention support in real time.
Chief investigator: Dr Felix Naughton, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
Funder: NIHR Public Health Researcher-Led. Funding awarded: £356,130. 17/92/31 Start-end dates: 01/06/2019 - 31/01/22. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
PEP-TALK: A behaviour change physiotherapy intervention to increase physical activity following hip and knee replacement: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
Chief investigator: Dr Toby Smith, Senior Researcher in Rehabilitation, University of Oxford
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB). Funding awarded: £350,000. PB-PG-1216-20008 Start-end dates: 01/08/2018 - 21/12/2021. Contractor: NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
CHIPPS: Care Home Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Service: Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
Chief investigator: Professor David Wright, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of East Anglia.
Funder: NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research. Funding awarded: £1,985,354. RP-PG-0613-20007 Start-end dates: 01/05/15 - 31/10/2020. Contractor: NHS South Norfolk CCG.
LaB2: Learning about Breathlessness Study 2
Chief investigator: Morag Farquhar, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Sciences (Adult), University of East Anglia.
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB). Funding awarded: £146,171. PB-PG-1216-20022 Start-end dates: 10/09/2018 - 05/05/2020. Contractor: NHS South Norfolk CCG.
Goal Plan: Goal-setting in care planning for people with multimorbidity: feasibility study and intervention refinement.
Chief investigator: Professor Nick Steel, Clinical Professor in Public Health, University of East Anglia.
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB). Funding awarded: £241,721. PB-PG-0215-36079 Start-end dates: 01/11/18 - 31/07/2018 Contractor: NHS South Norfolk CCG.
CADDY: Dementia undetected or undiagnosed in primary care: the prevalence, causes and consequences.
Chief investigator: Dr George Savva, Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia and Clare Aldus, Senior Research Fellow, University of East Anglia
Funder: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR). Funding awarded: £353,923. 14/70/96Start-end dates: 01/01/16 - 31/12/2017 Contractor: NHS South Norfolk CCG.