Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBGB NEW REF
SWBTB (2/10) 030 (a)
ensuring that all research active staff have appropriate GCP training during 2010 and
undertake regular updates thereafter.
6.5.5 Consideration will be given to quarterly courses on GCP to be held on Trust premises.
6.6 New build clinical research and education facility
6.6.1 The Trust will continue to support an integrated clinical research and education facility
on the new hospital site.
6.6.2 The Trust will continue to work with the University of Birmingham and other local higher
education institutions to develop new clinical academic posts based in the existing and
the new hospitals.
6.7 External contacts
6.7.1 The Trust will support the new Birmingham CLAHRC and the potential HIEC and will
develop further links with external bodies as required to further its research portfolio.
6.8 Promotion of research
6.8.1 Once the new R&D Department staffing arrangements have been instituted, promotion
of research will re-commence through regular newsletters to staff and the R&D website.
6.8.2 The Trust will hold a half-day celebration of its research history and current work in early
2010. This will include talks by senior clinical researchers at the Trust, along with the
annual junior research prize competition (Evans and Gaisford Award).
6.8.3 Throughout 2010, the Trust will have a policy of actively promoting its research strategy
to staff and encouraging them to develop research interests.
6.9 Trust annual grant round
6.9.1 The Trust will re-institute its annual grant round in 2010 with funding from charitable
sources.
6.9.2 The number and size of the grants will be reviewed and the methods by which this
competitive process will be managed will also be reviewed.
7. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FOR 2009 – 2011
7.1 Development and adoption by SWBH Trust of a research and development strategy.
Progress will be monitored monthly by the two responsible executive directors and by
quarterly presentations to the Trust Board.
7.2 Staffing in the R&D Department will be restored and expanded to support clinical
research.
7.3 Transparent financial systems for research will be introduced to the Trust. This will
require additional support by the Finance Department.
7.4 Junior and senior clinicians will be supported in terms of time for research and preparing
grant applications, along with providing logistical support for research.
7.5 A network of well trained research support staff will be developed which will include
tenured research nurses, research scientists and administrative staff.
Research and Development Strategy Page 9 of 10
SWBH Research and Development Strategy 2009-2011. Version 1.2. January 2010