Research and Projects
This page provides more detail about the PenARC project portfolio. Projects are themed around five research areas:
- Complex Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health
- Public Health
- Methods for Research and Improvement
There are a variety of routes through which research questions become projects, but our adoption processes have the same three key aims:
- Conduct patient-focused research reflecting the needs of the public and the NHS
- Support evidence-based service change for the benefit of patients and the public
- Build capacity within the local health economy to generate and effectively use the results of research
In the pages below you can find out more information about many of our current and completed projects. You can filter content by PenARC (and PenCLAHRC) research themes, status, or by keywords.
PenCHORD- Evaluation of the PenCHORD Health Service Modelling Associates programme (EmMA)
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Live
This evaluation (EmMA) provides an independent and qualitative review of the first iteration of the PenCHORD Health Services Modelling Associates (HSMA) programme. Read more
PenCHORD - Torbay and South Devon stroke care
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Complete
PenCHORD worked with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust to understand the resources needed to streamline the flow of patients through the stroke care pathway. Read more
PenCHORD - Mapping and reconfiguration of hyperacute stroke services in Wales
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Complete
Project developing service maps and profiles of hyperacute and acute stroke service configuration across Wales. Read more
SW AHSN/PenCHORD project - Achieving step change in the emergency stroke pathway across the South West peninsula
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Complete
A project looking to reduce stroke-related disability in the South West by accelerating the real-world implementation of clinical evidence for thrombolysis treatment after acute ischaemic stroke. Read more
PenCHORD - HepFree: Chronic viral hepatitis in ethnic minorities - strategies to prevent the predicted increase in mortality
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Complete
This research is aimed at finding better ways to test and treat people from ethnic minorities for hepatitis B and hepatitis C. PenCHORD’s work programme will focus on whether screening immigrants at early stages would be cost effective for the NHS. Read more
PenCHORD - HepB: Optimising the management of chronic hepatitis B in children and young people
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Live
PenCHORD will conduct the cost-effectiveness component of an NIHR RfPB funded project, led by Queen Marys University London, which looks at the use of new diagnostic procedures for Hepatitis B in children and young adults. Read more
PenCHORD - Maximising access to thrombectomy services for stroke in England
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Complete
PenCHORD have performed geographic modelling to help inform roll-out of endovascular thrombectomy, a ground-breaking new treatment for severe stroke. Read more
PenCHORD - Review of Operational Research in scheduled and unscheduled care
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Live
Review and evaluation of simulation modelling work relating to Accident and Emergency departments worldwide, to create a modelling resource and guidance for clinicians. Read more
PenCHORD - Streamlining Pre-operative Assessments at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Live
Developing a simulation model of the potential impact of new NICE guidelines on pre-operative assessment (POA) at the RCHT, and assessing whether advance knowledge of patients' ASA scores could make the POA process more efficient. Read more
PenCHORD - North Devon Thrombolysis Pathway: Bottleneck Analysis
Theme: PenCHORD
Status: Complete
What are the bottlenecks that reduce thrombolysis rates at North Devon district hospital? Read more
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News
Research project attracts £750,000 funding to support remote GP care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic
06 August 2020
A joint project between the Universities of Oxford and Plymouth has
received £750,000 of funding...
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ADHD services map reveals major gaps in care, failing the vulnerable
03 August 2020
New research has called for urgent action after creating a map that
identifies gaps in...
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Innovative HSMA training programme makes virtual return
29 July 2020
Following on from two hugely successful rounds of
PenARC's Health Service Modelling Associate Programme (HSMA),
HSMA 3 will launch...
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Research Projects
Systematic review of patient-initiated appointment systems (PIAS) in secondary care for people with chronic disease
Theme: CLAHRC - Person-Centred Care
Modelling demand and capacity for NHS Trusts in the South West
Theme: ARC - Methods for Research & Improvement
A tool has been developed to support forecasting resource demand
and staffing capacity in NHS...
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