'Frameworks to evaluate the quality of public involvement in health & social care research: a scoping review'. New paper in Health Expectations
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… open access!!
Men aged 35 attending KCH Hospital are invited to the final Ageing Well with Sickle Cell focus group. 28 May | ⏰ 6–8pm 🎟 £50 Love2shop voucher for attendees. Can’t attend? Share your thoughts here: buff.ly/QiBEtEC
🔗 Book now: buff.ly/ZwT8K81#SickleCell
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📌 @LindAlliance survey on transfusion #research priorities closes 31st May 🚨 A great response so far however to ensure fair representation we’re particularly needing to hear from surgeons 🚨
#surgeons please share
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As someone in remission from AML this downloadable journal is packed with really helpful prompts to help you write things down to relieve your brain 🧠 of the ‘noise’ we all know well… take a look at what I’ve written… (in replies)
#AMLWorldAwarenessDay#leukaemia#KnowAML
📢 We've increased the payment rate for public involvement within the NIHR by 10%. The rate will also be reviewed every 3 years from 2025.
We gain so much from the insights provided by the public. The new rate better recognises the importance of how the public shapes our research.
Find out more: nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-increas…
ALT NIHR logo.
"Public involvement is an NIHR priority and improves the relevance and quality of our research. That is why it is so vital to recognise those who use their experiences to shape life-changing NIHR research."
Professor Lucy Chappell
Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive Officer of the NIHR
Photograph of Lucy Chappell.
📢A new book exploring meaningful Public Involvement & Community Engagement (PICE) in research, launches today.
🎯Aimed at researchers who want to ensure that their work is inclusive, equitable, and impactful.
📑Find out more & read via open access⬇️
tinyurl.com/3yr38bhe
📣 Calling early career nurses & midwives! Join our webinar on 3 Dec at 2pm to explore the latest NIHR RfPB funding - up to £500k for research led by under-represented health & care professionals. Expert tips from @NIHR_RSS included! nihr.ac.uk/funding/rfpb-unde…
ALT A promotional graphic for a webinar organized by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The webinar is titled "NIHR RfPB under-represented disciplines and specialisms series: Nurses and Midwives" and is scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 2 pm to 3 pm. The design features a navy blue background with light pink accents and an icon of a calendar.
🩸Ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes of the blood service?
Our latest seminar is now on YouTube
Amanpreet Dhesi & Debbie Rahman (NHSBT) share how blood supply works, the challenges, and how R&D is transforming the service
▶️ Watch here tinyurl.com/yaur5s3b
ALT Close up scientist hand holding red blood bag in storage blood refrigerator at blood bank unit laboratory.Doctor selecting fresh donor blood for transfusion.Save life and medical treatment concept.
Are you a patient, member of the public or carer looking for an opportunity to get involved? Or a researcher with an opportunity for people to get involved in your work?
Head over to People in Research to browse and post opportunities: peopleinresearch.org/
ALT Find opportunities. "I want to get involved". Add opportunities. "I want people involved".
Researchers at Cardiff Uni have been awarded £750,000 pounds to trial a new treatment for a rare form of the disease.
The money - from Blood Cancer UK - will be used to test a new at-home solution for acute promyelocytic leukaemia.
During the recent @Know_AML webinar for patients and HCPs, @charliecraddock, physician at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Know AML Ambassador, discussed mutations in AML and their role in diagnosis and personalized treatment decisions.
👉 loom.ly/Kp4ZiIQ#KnowAML
Almost 100 people donated blood at a session supported by Elsie Dot Stancombe's family, one of the young victims of the tragic Southport attack last summer. ❤️ More than a quarter were first-time donors! 🩸
ALT Staff at a special donation session supported by the family of Elsie Dot Stancombe, one of the victims of the tragic Southport attacks, are joined by her mum and dad, Jenni and Dave in a group photo.
ALT Photo of the special donation session which was set up with the support of the family of Elsie Dot Stancombe.
ALT A banner supplied by the Elsie's Story charity, outside the blood donation session held in her memory.
ALT Steve Kuypers, one of our blood delivery drivers, seen in the donation chair, making his first ever blood donation.
We’re proud to celebrate Clinical Trials Day, as we commit to investing in even more world-class trials over the next few years.
Dr Rubina Ahmed, our Director of Research, Policy and Services, shares why 👇 #CTD2025
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ALT Graphic image on the left reads: "I see clinical trials as fundamental to how we discover new treatments and make them accessible to all who need them." and on the right is a picture of Dr Rubina Ahmed, Director of Research, Policy and Services at Blood Cancer UK
4 days to World AML Day 🧡 When Lee's wife was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, he became a full-time caregiver overnight.
“Nothing prepares you… You feel helpless, anxious, and alone while trying to stay strong.”
Read his Q&A on our website: cureleukaemia.co.uk/communit…