CASE STUDIES

In 2025, the NHRP Research Fund supported a half-day workshop that brought together members of the public and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to explore people’s feelings, concerns and hopes about council data being used for research, and to identify ways of building trust. 

Rachel searches for the reasoning behind the visual differences associated with autism to allow for accessible development. This project was supported by Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHRP) through the NHRP Research Fund.

Judith discusses the new tool LUMEN, designed to aid collection of the collateral history of dementia patients. With funding from the NHRP Research Fund, the software has been improved to allow it to progress onto the next stage of development.

Judith’s project explores how AI can be used to support the CAMHS service in collecting developmental histories. This project was supported by Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHRP) through the NHRP Research Fund.

John’s project uncovers the health inequalities faced by homebound people in an aim to improve policy. This project was supported by Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHRP) through the NHRP Research Fund.

This case study by Katie Joyce highlights her work across the North East and North Cumbria, exploring patient experiences when switching to biosimilar medicines. This project was supported by Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHRP) through the NHRP Research Fund.

Background and purpose The UK is facing significant challenges related to the future health and social care workforce (DHSC, 2023). A specific knowledge gap relates to the future workforce ‘pipeline’, with research demonstrating a lack of local-level workforce planning and high drop-out rates during training and the initial years of practice (Beech et al., 2019). […]

Background and purpose Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death, causing 16,000 deaths in the UK annually, and mostly arising from pre-cancerous adenomas. Adenomas are detected by colonoscopy and the most important contemporaneous marker of colonoscopy quality is Adenoma Detection Rate (ADR). However, this varies widely between individuals in part […]

Background and Purpose The majority of UK healthcare delivery involves older people with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs); these topics are therefore of critical relevance to all health and social care professionals. There is increasing recognition of ageing and MLTC as “core business” for the NHS, requiring a fundamental shift in research, training and practice. At […]

Background and Purpose The NIHR Newcastle MIC works closely with innovators to evaluate new diagnostic tests. The high-quality evidence generated drives smooth and rapid adoption into the NHS. It is a key component of Diagnostics North East (DxNE), a bespoke and unique offering that helps developers take high-quality innovations into the NHS. DxNE brings together […]

The UK has one of the richest health data ecosystems in the world; however it is not always easy to maximise the benefits from this data. Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHIP) is modelling a new way of partnership working to make more efficient use of this extensive existing data resource.

Our AHSC, Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHIP), is central to the development of a 29-acre site in the west end of Newcastle. The Campus for Ageing and Vitality (CAV) site aims to tackle the major health and societal challenges faced by our population.