MPFT NHS Research

The #Research Engagement Network (REN) has relaunched with a new name: Health & Care Research for All: mpft.nhs.uk/working-here/r… The mission: To build trusted connections between research & our communities, ensuring all voices are heard in research that matters! #MPFTResearch

We’re delighted and honoured to host the @NIHRresearch West Midlands HCP Internship Programme 🎉 This award reflects our commitment to developing research careers and improving care across the region. Follow @MPFTResearch for more soon! #MPFTResearch #NIHR #ResearchInternships

Thanks to everyone who joined the 2025 LENSE Network Event: Developing a Health & Justice Research Forum 💬 Great to see how LENSE is shaping #research through lived experience & #coproduction. Learn more: mpft.nhs.uk/services/lense #MPFTResearch #CoproductionWeek #CoProWeek2025

For National Schizophrenia Day, @MPFTResearch are highlighting the DIAMONDS Randomised Control Trial. The study is evaluating the efficacy of a support programme for people who have type 2 diabetes and a mental illness such as schizophrenia. #MPFTResearch #MentalHealthResearch

📢 Join us Thurs 31 July in Stafford for the iSWITCHED Study Dissemination Event! Hear findings on safer antipsychotic switching, lived experience insights, co-produced tools & more. ⏰ 10:00–15:30 🔗 forms.office.com/e/FxQxApG8Cj #iSWITCHED #MentalHealthResearch

🚨 Take part in vital research! #MPFTResearch & Innovation Team is supporting the Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) study - aiming to improve health understanding in Black communities & people with Sickle Cell Disease. 📞 07452 948414 📧 [email protected]

📢The #Research Engagement Network (REN) has relaunched with a new name: Health & Care Research for All➡️mpft.nhs.uk/working-here/r… #MPFTResearch #WestMidlands #NHSResearch #Staffordshire #MPFT #Shropshire #StokeonTrent #TelfordandWrekin

Still thinking about applying? You've got some time before the deadline. The Pre-Application Support Fund could give you the extra boost you need to prepare a strong NIHR career development application. Get up to 12 months of funding for your time, training, and additional…

📰New blog from @NIHRSPCR featuring @KeeleUniversity & @mpftnhs researchers explores the risks of tokenism in PPI and how to ensure meaningful involvement! Read: Challenges of ‘Imposter Participants’ in PPI 🔗 spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/impo… #PPI #NIHR #MPFTResearch #KeeleUniversity

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#MPFTResearch supported the largest trial to date testing pramipexole for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), led by the @UniofOxford! Results now published in @TheLancet Psychiatry: thelancet.com/journals/lanps… #MentalHealthResearch #NHSResearch #MPFT

📢 #MPFTResearch Vacancy: Advanced Specialist #Pharmacist – Clinical Trials & Research (Band 8a) 📍 Based at Cheadle Hospital | 20 hrs/week | 2-year fixed term ☑️Apply by 21 July 2025: healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffor… #MPFT #PharmacyJobs #JobsWM

From clinical trials that take place in hospitals to lifestyle questionnaires that participants complete at home, we support research in a broad range of settings. Find out more and add your study to the Be Part of Research service. ➡️bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/researchers

Are you a healthcare professional looking to share research opportunities with your patients? To improve health and care for us all, and to find the life-changing treatments of the future, we need everyone to get involved. Speak to your patients about signing up to Be Part of…

📰 Don’t miss July’s @mpftnhs PEP Talk! We’re celebrating Prof Zafar Iqbal’s appointment as Vice President of the UK Faculty of Public Health – a huge achievement👏 Plus, our R&I team went #Red4Research to champion those making research happen! 🔗 mpft.nhs.uk/application/fi…

We are immensely proud that @profzafariqbal is taking up the Vice President role for @FPH. This is an honour for @mpftnhs and wonderful to see that Zafar’s leadership for Public Health is recognised nationally.

We’re proud to support #CoProWeek2025! At #MPFTResearch, we’re embedding co-production across everything we do to make health and care research more inclusive and accessible. Read more here: mpft.nhs.uk/about-us/lates… #InnovationThroughCoproduction #CoproductionWeek #PPIE #MPFT

Take a look at our latest #ResearchFunding opportunities: - Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR), June 2025 - Senior Investigators award - cohort 19 To see the full list of funding opportunities available, please visit:nihr.ac.uk/funding-opport…

After more than 30 years at MPFT, Kim Thompson has retired 💙 Kim’s commitment to research and her support for colleagues has made a real difference. Thank you, Kim - wishing you all the best for the next chapter! #MPFTResearch #MPFT #Research

By adding your study to the Be Part of Research service, you can recruit quickly and easily saving you time and delivering research faster. ➡️ bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/researchers

🚐 The #MPFTResearch Bus is at @KeeleUniversity Open Day today! Come along, say hello, and find out how we're bringing #research to communities across #Staffordshire and #Shropshire: mpft.nhs.uk/researchbus #KeeleUniversity #MPFTResearch