Primary Care and Commissioning Working Group

The Primary Care and Commissioning Working Group brings together individuals with experience and expertise in the strategic development, management and delivery of research within primary care and commissioning organisations from across the NHS R&D management, support and leadership community.

The group’s remit is to act as a source of expertise and support for the development, implementation, and sharing of best practice for primary care research and in relation to ICB statutory research duties and to work with key stakeholders including the HRA, NIHR, NHS England and others to influence and support the development of key policies and guidance.

Contact the Group

Contact the group via info@rdforum.org.uk FAO: Clare Symms

Group Chair(s):

Paul Roy

Paul is the Research Manager for the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, leading the CCG’s Research Team since 2020. The BNSSG Research Team has several joint roles across organisations, including the ICB and the Universities of Bristol and UWE to create a coherent support for research outside of hospital. The BNSSG Research Team offer support for all health and care research outside of hospital. This includes primary care, community care, and public health, and since the early 2020’s formalising support across Local Authorities, including care homes, hospices and social care services.

Paul has worked in the NHS since 2008, beginning in a role supporting primary care finances and soon moving into a role within the Primary Care Research Network (now Division 5 of the Clinical Research Network). Various other roles have included joint roles between academia and the NHS, and Research Manager in the University of Bristol’s Clinical Trials Unit.

Group Members:

Hilary Allan
Research Delivery Manager
NIHR CRN: North East and North Cumbria

Lisa Austin
Research Manager
Bath Research and Development

Katalin Bagi
Research Portfolio Manager
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

Paul Carder
Head of Research
West Yorkshire Research & Development

Deborah Cooper
Research Governance Lead
West Yorkshire Research and Development

Nicola Coverdale
Research Operations Manager (primary care)
NIHR CRN: North East and North Cumbria

Martine Cross
Research Delivery Manager
NIHR CRN: Wessex

Helen Duffy
Research & Innovation Programme Manager
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust/Staffordshire and Shropshire Health and Care Research Partnership (SSHERPa)

Shona Haining
Head of Research & Evidence
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) / R&D Forum Executive

Rachel Illingworth
Head of Research and Evidence
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

Lynis Lewis
Service Director
Noclor Research Support Service (North, Central and East London) NIHR CRN: North Thames

Carly McDonald
Research Manager
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB

Diane McLeod
Commercial Research Manager- Primary Care
NIHR CRN: Thames Valley and South Midlands

Andrew Perugia
Project Manager
Noclor Research Support Service (North, Central and East London) / NIHR CRN: North Thames

Alex Phillips
R&D Manager
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB

Helen Riding
R&D Forum Co-ordinator NHS R&D Forum / Research Manager
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)

Matt Rogers
Senior Commissioning Manager
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Paul Roy
Research Manager
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

Louise Scott
Research Operations Manager – Primary Care (CRN WM) / R&I Manager
Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust / NIHR CRN: West Midlands

Tom Simpson
Research Delivery Manager
NIHR CRN: Wessex

Tom Spencer
Head of Research
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lisa Wann
R&I Manager
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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