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UK Disability History Month: PPI member shares their experiences

UK Disability History Month is an annual event that aims to promote disabled people's rights and their struggle for equality now and in the past. Taking place from 14 November until 20 December, this year's theme is 'Disability, Livelihood and Employment.'  

By NIHR Wellcome King's Clinical Research Facility at 26 Nov 2024

myHealthE - Enhancing families’ experiences of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services through a digital platform

CAMHS Digital Lab Programme Manager Jess Penhallow introduces myHealthE, a digital platform for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and introduces a new video that explains its benefits.  

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Nov 2024

£1.3M awarded to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for cutting-edge research equipment and technology

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £1.3 million to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to pay for new research equipment and technology. The funding will go towards a new Centre for Advanced Neurotherapeutics, a Digital and Virtual Reality Centre and Hub, and retinography equipment. 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 12 Nov 2024

HIBISCUS study: Exploring the use of a new drug in patients with sickle cell disease

For this year’s Black History Month, we wanted to highlight one of our research studies, HIBISCUS, which is exploring the use of a new drug, Etavopiat, in patients with sickle cell disease.

By NIHR Wellcome King's Clinical Research Facility at 31 Oct 2024

How a framework for remotely enabled co-design benefits a wider project

Effective co-design is essential to research projects that are evaluating new approaches to managing health. Traditionally co-design is carried out face-to-face, but researchers are now developing a framework that enables co-design to be done remotely. Here Anna Morris, Dr Johnny Downs and Stephen Douch write about the FREDY project and how this new framework is helping develop the use of wearables to manage ADHD.  

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 31 Oct 2024