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      3. Introduction
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        2. An overview of ARC KSS
        3. Who can help you with PCIE?
        4. Terminology and PCIE
      4. Why and When to do PCIE
        1. Why and When to do PCIE
        2. Why involve members of the public in research?
        3. Why do members of the public want to get involved in research?
        4. When to get members of the public involved?
      5. How to do PCIE
        1. How to do PCIE
        2. Communication and Accessibility
        3. Budgeting
        4. Planning for involvement and engagement
        5. How to recruit members of the public
        6. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
        7. Approaches – different options for undertaking PCIE
        8. Facilitating meetings and Group dynamics
        9. Ethics
        10. Feedback
        11. Impact and Evaluation
      6. Examples/Case Studies
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    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
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    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
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Economics of Health and Social Care

Using best practice to efficiently fund health and social care services of benefit to patients.

Theme Lead: Professor Heather Gage (University of Surrey)

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The Economics of Health and Social Care theme will support commissioning and decision making within services, providing evidence to show effects and beneficiaries in different research projects, costs and value for money.

Economics of Health and Social Care will be embedded in each of the NIHR ARC themes.  It will:

  1. Review and analyse the current status of research issues under consideration to inform the selection of possible NIHR ARC projects. The economics team will assess the economic burden for the patient group and sector and the potential to save public money in the light of possible patient/client benefit and wider gains for the workforce or society as a whole.
  2. Provide advice on details of the design of research proposals to ensure that the economic effects and impact for the NHS, public health or social care agencies can be properly captured. 
  3. Undertake the economic analysis for any NIHR ARC project, as needed, within the multidisciplinary research team and contribute to the writing up of the report and dissemination activities.

Meet the Team

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Professor Heather Gage

Theme Lead for Economics of Health and Social Care

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Phelim Brady MBE

Economics of Health and Social Care Theme Public Advisor

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Dr Morro Touray

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Economics of Health and Social Care)

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