What counts as Research for Patient Benefit?
RfPB does not specify topics for research and encourages proposals for projects covering a wide range of health service issues and challenges. Projects are selected for funding on the basis of the quality of the research proposal and its likely transition into patient benefit locally and for the wider NHS.
The programme supports:
- Studies of the provision and use of NHS services.
- Evaluations of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions.
- Examination of the resource utilisation of alternative means for healthcare delivery.
- The scrutinising of innovations and developments.
- Pilots or feasibility projects to help reach the next step of a definitive trial.
RfPB particularly welcomes proposals that have benefited from interaction with patients and the public, which relate to patient and service user experience and/or have been drawn up in association with a relevant group of service users. To find out more about patient and public involvement click here.
NB The programme will not fund laboratory-based or basic science research, the setting-up or maintenance of research units, or proposals which are solely service developments or audits, surveys, needs assessments, etc.