Bamford Implementation Rapid Review Scheme

The HSC Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency wishes to draw your attention to the attached call for the Bamford Implementation Rapid Review Scheme. (Document attached below).

The closing date for applications is 18 November 2010 at 4.00pm.

Background
The 2007 Bamford Review of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities (‘Bamford’ ) indicated a considerable number of areas of research need. These recommendations for research were further developed in the Bamford Action Plan launched by the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in 2009. The Health & Social Care Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency (HSC R&D Division) worked with users of research (policy-makers, practitioners and commissioners) and with researchers to determine the main priority areas. Patients, clients and carers were also consulted as part of that determination process. This guidance document sets out a process to commission a series of Rapid Reviews to help refine the scope of subsequent needs-led research call(s).

Purpose
This initial call for Rapid Reviews of the five priority research areas will consider the available literature, identify policy implications, examine specified sub-themes, determine the key research questions and help focus the final research call(s). The call(s) will issue after May 2011 dependent on the outcomes of the Rapid Reviews and discussions with potential funding partners.

The Rapid Reviews will provide immediate outputs for use by policy-makers, practitioners and commissioners. The Reviews will also be shared with patients, clients and carers and maybe disseminated freely by all recipients. The Reviews will therefore constitute important initial outputs from the needs-led research programme to support the implementation of the Bamford recommendations.

See the attached document for more information.