The Service User Research Forum is a group of lay individuals who are interested in planning and carrying out research into Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. The group is based at the University of West London.
Health and Care Research Wales is a national organisation funded by Welsh Government. It provides an infrastructure to support and increase capacity in research and development, runs a range of funding schemes and manages resources to promote and deliver research in Wales.
We aspire to create an environment where the population of Wales is pro-actively engaged with research, putting the citizen at the heart of creating new knowledge and putting new knowledge into practice.
The DH stated intention is that local Healthwatch will:
Healthwatch Portsmouth is a service for people accessing health and social care in the city, offering:
Our Healthwatch orgainsation aims to put evidenced based research and engagement activity at the centre of what we are doing. We work in partnership with the University of Portsmouth to make sure that we have a academic input into our research. More information about the research we have done so far can be viewed in our development report at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_5h0-othKJrNzdIT1QwQmVwT0U/edit?pli=1
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Hospital Trusts in England.
It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible.
The Trust is a world leader in tackling MRSA and specialises in treating patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses including heart and kidney disease, cancer, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like Cystic Fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery.
Our dynamic organisation originally developed from Little Bromwich Hospital, a fever hospital and sanatorium on the outskirts of Birmingham. As East Birmingham District General Hospital, it acquired the Marston Green Maternity Hospital and became the first acute trust in Birmingham in 1992.
