Relationship building is conscious not accidental – Susan Langford, Magic Me

Last week, Jo, Morwenna and Becky along with Fiona Campbell from the University of Sheffield were in Falmouth for the ‘Only Connect!’ symposium. ‘Only Connect!’ – an international community symposium organised by The Photobook Project, Ellie Robinson Carter and Peter...

It’s the little things…

We are delighted to host a short series of blogs from the amazing PenARC (NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula) PhD students in which they reflect on the support they have received from each other over the last year...

Making sense of care homes

One of the most exciting projects we’re working on at the moment is ExCHANGE – an 18 month collaborative project, supported by a grant from the Alzheimer’s Society and the Dunhill Medical Trust, which seeks to develop and test a...

The Evidence Synthesis Team: Not just review monkeys!

This week for #ESTturns10 we have been tweeting about our methods work. On Monday we focused on our involvement in the PenARC question prioritisation process. Engaging stakeholders in establishing a research agenda encourages the most relevant health questions to be...

What matters to you… matters to us

For the past 15 months we've been working to bring together the evidence on the experience of care for people with dementia in hospital and how we can improve that experience.  We've been looking at the perspectives of people giving...

Tri yn mynd ar antur yn y gwanwyn

Last week Jo, Michael and Vicki travelled to the beautiful city of Cardiff for the British Geriatric Society Spring Meeting armed with posters and a desire to share and learn. We had a fabulous time, hugely aided by the friendly...

Once upon a time…

Once upon a time, our band of merry synthesisers set off on a journey to a faraway land.  They had heard of a gathering, in a place called Eydin, where some of the most talented synthesisers in all the world...

INSPIREing work

Morwenna and some former members of EST (Michael, Darren) recently published a systematic review and meta-analysis of non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the distress and anxiety that children and young people experience when undergoing treatments for cancer. The paper found some...