About PenARC
What is PenARC?
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is the nation's largest funder of health and care research and provides the people, facilities and technology that enables research to thrive.
NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) support applied health and care research that responds to, and meets, the needs of local populations and local health and care systems.
The NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (also known as PenARC) is one of 15 ARCs across England, part of a £135 million investment by the NIHR to improve the health and care of patients and the public. We are a partnership of NHS Trusts and Local Authorities across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, plus the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth.
What we do
PenARC has three key objectives:
1. To increase the volume and quality of patient-focused research in the South West
2. To improve health outcomes by more effective use of evidence to drive health services
3. To increase capacity within the health economy to use and generate evidence
Our model of partnership working across the whole research and practice continuum aims to address both the much discussed research-into-practice gap and the equally important practice-into-research gap.
Our research
PenARC research falls under five main themes, each with its own academic lead. Details of current and completed projects can be found on the Research and Projects pages.
Research Themes and Leads
| Complex Care | Professor Richard Byng |
|---|---|
| Dementia | Professor Linda Clare |
| Mental Health | Professor Chris Dickens |
| Public Health | Professor Ken Stein |
| Methods for Research and Improvement |
Upcoming Events
Jan
14
PPI Advice Clinic
South Cloisters, St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter
Patient and Public Involvement Advice Clinics Held every month 30
minutes between 12pm-1pm Whatever your query, from finding...
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Feb
11
PPI Advice Clinic
South Cloisters, St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter
Patient and Public Involvement Advice Clinics Held every month 30
minutes between 12pm-1pm Whatever your query, from finding...
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News
Fully-funded PhD studentship opportunity: Cluster randomised trials methodology
02 December 2019
PenARC are pleased to invite, in partnership with The University of
Exeter’s College of Medicine...
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DE-STRESS Project shortlisted for MIND Media Award
12 November 2019
DE-STRESS Project shortlisted for Mind Media Award A series of
items about antidepressant use on Radio...
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£2.2 million collaboration to enhance quality of life in care homes
05 November 2019
PenARC and the University of Exeter are collaborating with
universities and charities across the UK...
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Research Projects
Locating qualitative studies in dementia on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO: A comparison of search strategies
Theme: ARC - Methods for Research & Improvement
Development and testing of a Medline search filter for identifying patient and public involvement in health research
Theme: ARC - Methods for Research & Improvement
