Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBGB NEW REF
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account of the way that health care is increasingly delivered across sectors and a wide
geographical area. The new Collaborations will focus on the "second gap in translation"
identified in the Cooksey Report. 2
• SWBH is one of a number of local secondary care trusts who are applying to
become part of a Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC). 6 These are
partnerships between NHS organisations (primary, secondary and tertiary care), the
higher education sector (universities and colleges), industry (healthcare and nonhealthcare
industries) and other public and private sector organisations. Their
purpose is to enable high quality patient care and services by quickly bringing the
benefits of research and innovation directly to patients, and by strengthening the coordination
of education and training so that it has the breadth and depth to support
excellence.
4.3.7 CLRNs have been instructed by the NIHR to monitor trust’s governance procedures
and practises. The BBC CLRN will be keen to see that SWBH Trust re-establishes
RM&G services at the Trust and ensures that all clinical research is consistently
being performed to the highest standards.
5. TRUST RESPONSE TO KEY DRIVERS
The Trust has already begun to address these key drivers for change with the
appointment of a new R & D Director and an R & D Manager. The Trust Board’s
approval is now sought for a new R & D strategy to take these changes further over the
next 3 years.
6. LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
6.1 R & D Department Staffing
6.1.1 The Trust will appoint a full time RM&G Manager. Following suitable training, the Trust
will commence full RM&G duties again, thereby replacing the HEFT service it currently
receives.
6.1.2 The Trust will continue to support the secretarial service which has recently been reintroduced
into the Department.
6.1.3 The Trust will expand its support to the R & D Department from the Finance Department
as required to institute new working arrangements.
6.1.4 The trust will support the R&D Department to develop a pool of Research Nurses, Allied
Health Professionals and other research support staff within the Corporate Team set-up
to provide researchers with high quality assistance to deliver projects.
6.1.5 There will be an on-going commitment to provide all members of the R & D staff with
appropriate training to ensure that they are working to highest standard and delivering
the most up to date advice to researchers in the Trust.
6.1.6 These changes will allow the R & D Department to be transformed into a more proactive
‘Research Support Service’.
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SWBH Research and Development Strategy 2009-2011. Version 1.2. January 2010