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  2. Research, Implementation and Impact
    1. Research, Implementation and Impact
    2. Impact
    3. Social Care and Social Work
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      2. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
        1. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
        2. Meet the team
    4. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
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      2. Meet the team
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      2. Meet the team
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    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
      1. Economics of Health and Social Care
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    11. Covid-19
    12. Implementation
      1. Implementation
      2. Meet the team
    13. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      1. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      2. Meet the team
  3. Public and Community Involvement
    1. Public and Community Involvement
    2. What is PCIE?
    3. Getting Involved
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    6. PCIE Guide
      1. PCIE Guide
      2. Contents
      3. Introduction
        1. Introduction
        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
      7. Appendix/Useful tools
  4. Learning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
      1. Learning and Development
      2. Learning and Development Finder
      3. Researchers Journeys
    4. MentorshipMentorship
    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
      1. Research Week
      2. Poster Competition 2024
      3. Previous Research Weeks
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Impact

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One of the core aims of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research  Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex is to deliver ‘real world’ impact that will make a meaningful difference to people's lives through the research we fund and support

We also have a responsibility, as set out by the NIHR,  to make sure that we are making the best use of our funding and have a duty to demonstrate progress in the difference we are making to the wider society.

This short animation brings the NIHR's impact vision to life:

impact

But what do we mean by impact and why is it so important?

Research impact goes far beyond its contribution to academic research. Instead, it is about creating real change in the real world. In the past, the assessment of research impact has all too often focused on academic outputs, such as the number of publications written, or conferences presented at. However, impact is now measured by indicators of change outside universities and research institutions, in the real world.

There are many types of impact, such as increasing knowledge and awareness to help people understand an issue better and creating better health outcomes, to influencing policy and economic impact, including contributing to cost savings.

Achieving impact can be very difficult and takes a lot of hard work and persistence. Impact can also be hard to measure; whereas the impact of some research can be seen immediately, in other cases it can take years before the full impact becomes clear.

Despite these difficulties and complexities, we are committed to conducting ‘real world’ research which has the potential to have positive impact at the local, regional, and national level on the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Below, you can discover some of the ways in which the ARC KSS has achieved impact. These include some of the Rapid Research projects that were selected, in partnership with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic - that have helped improve and bring about the necessary change to our health and social care services.

 

Projects

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