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
Apr
16
Searching and Review Clinic
Online appointments via Microsoft Teams
COVID-19 update: Following advice issued to all University of
Exeter staff on Monday 16th March to work...
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Apr
21
PPI Advice Clinic - POSTPONED
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
Understanding research priorities for young people with long term health conditions
10 March 2020
A collaboration between researchers has resulted in a clearer
understanding of how to address the...
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PenARC welcomes new PhD students
18 February 2020
Our PhD studentships are linked to PenARC project and priority
areas and are an important...
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Groundbreaking role for operational research in NHS decision-making
12 February 2020
A pioneering collaboration between PenARC and University Hospitals
Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has led to...
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Research Projects
Understanding research priorities for young people with long term health conditions
Theme: ARC - Complex Care
A project to identify and describe, through patient and public
involvement activities, the research needs of...
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Getting Up Following a Fall
Theme: ARC - Complex Care
Although there is evidence that falls can be prevented, little
attention has been paid to...
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