NHS R&D Forum Groups
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:
Clare Symms
Clare Symms is currently the Head of Research Management for the Norfolk and Waveney ICB, supporting the ICB with its Duties in relation to research and, in collaboration with the Research Team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB and the CRN; supporting research in primary care across the CRN: East of England footprint. Clare has over 20 years’ experience in managing and supporting research across primary care and commissioning organisations in Norfolk and Suffolk, having worked to support Primary and Community Care research within the Norfolk and Suffolk region since 2003. Clare has chaired the NHS R&D Forum Primary Care and Commissioning Working Group since 2017.
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
- Lead new work related to the themes, in their specific areas of interest.
- Create resources where there are gaps
- Influence partners & invited stakeholders. Discuss their work, ask for opinions and shape policy.
- Share expertise and gather intelligence from and for the community
- Horizon scan for what is of interest to the community. Horizon scanning and conducting community surveys
- Develop consultation responses
- Act as a point of reference & contact for the members with questions or peer review
- Feed into general Forum training, conference and events programmes.
- Champion the NHS R&D Forum and our community.
- Speak for and represent the research management, support and leadership community.
- Drive the Forum forward and provide leadership
- Strategically, proposing Forum content, providing leadership and ensuring oversight of outputs
- As a point of contact, providing peer support to colleagues
- As a Task and finish, producing outputs and resources
- As a space to work out loud, sharing experience and connecting with colleagues.
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