📢 Exciting news! #MPFTResearch has been awarded the prestigious #NIHR #WestMidlands Health Care Professional Internship Programme! Interested in applying? Join our webinar to learn more! 📅 18 Sept 2025 | 12–1pm 💻 MS Teams 🔗 Register: bit.ly/MPFTInternship… #Research #NHS

📚 Watch our new video! Alex Winstanley - Author #SBSWinner reads Ready for Research, helping children explore health & care research. Perfect for schools & waiting areas. 🎥 Watch the short video: youtu.be/of5aXgtTV-k?si…

Glenise and her son Damari (4) were among the first to visit our stand at #WalsallPride today 🏳️‍🌈 Damari can’t wait to start colouring in Reggie the Research Rabbit 🐰🎨, and Glenise is keen to explore opportunities to join our health and care trials through #BePartofResearch 💙

Free tickets are being snapped up for our annual, national, virtual R&D conference! Open to all with 4 inspiring sessions on offer. Find out more and book your tickets👉trybooking.com/uk/ELXR Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS NIHR Research Delivery Network Worcestershire Acute NHS CHART National Institute for Health and Care Research University of Worcester

More than £1M in significant NIHR funding has been awarded to 21 health and care projects across the West Midlands, to build research capacity, widen participation, support collaboration, and drive innovation. Read more: rdn.nihr.ac.uk/stories/resear…

Are you a senior nurse, midwife or allied health professional (AHP) passionate about leading and growing research in health and care? Applications are now open for the NIHR Senior Research Leader Programme, and for the first time, AHPs are eligible! nihr.ac.uk/career-develop…

Popping down to the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton today? Come and meet our team and find out how you can #BePartOfResearch! We’re outside Boots.

Mum of four Jamila from Wednesfield, is out with 16 year-old daughters Hamida and Habiba. They were happy to sign up for #BePartOfResearch at our stall. They say: "Research improves healthcare for everyone in the future." Find out more at bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk

NIHR CEO Lucy Chappell shares her thoughts following the publication of a new report commissioned by AMRC and Wellcome, which showcases the value of non-commercial research delivery. The report found that clinical research funded by charities and the public sector

Applications are open for the fourth cohort of the NIHR Senior Research Leader (SRL) Programme. The SRL Programme is for senior nurses, midwives and allied health professionals passionate about leading and growing research in health and care. Apply now: nihr.ac.uk/career-develop…

We’re delighted to host the Keele University 🐿️ & #MPFTResearch Mental Health & Wellbeing Faculty Research Theme Showcase today at St George’s Hospital. Highlights this morning included remarks from Jackie Small, a keynote from Prof Karina Lovell & inspiring student showcase.

Joe Chadwick-Bell, chief executive of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 🏥 and Walsall Healthcare, wants to #BePartOfResearch so much she has got the T-shirt! She said: "Research brings innovation, better outcomes and faster treatments for our patients. So join me and #BePartOfResearch.

We'll be out and about at #Telford Town Centre tomorrow. Why not come along and find out how you can #BePartOfResearch? Or if you can't make it, check out bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk

Mahdi, 38, was working at Telford Shopping Centre today but he found time sign up to #BePartOfResearch. The father-to-be from Tipton said: “It helps the healthcare of the future." He has previously taken part in a trial looking at blood clots after a hernia operation.

We never know who we’re going to meet when we’re out and about! Find out more at bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk

📢1 day to go until our annual virtual R&D Conference starts🙌 Inc 4 sessions focusing on Psychosis, Dementia, LD & Community engagement in research👍 Tickets are available to all, free and available to book up to one hour before the start of each session👉trybooking.com/uk/ELXR

Today is National Allied Health Professionals Day! We're celebrating the essential role that AHPs play in health and care, and the importance of their contributions to vital research. Find out how we can support your AHP career in research: nihr.ac.uk/career-develop… #AHPsDay2025

🎉Applications are NOW OPEN for the National Institute for Health and Care Research West Midlands Health & Care Professional Internship Programme, hosted by #MPFTResearch! A fully funded opportunity to take your first (or next!) steps into research. Apply now: mpft.nhs.uk/NIHRInternships

I was delighted to be invited to this event. A really positive reminder of the power of partnerships.

Join our virtual seminar exploring Community Healthcare Alliance of Research Trusts (CHART) and its work to strengthen community healthcare research. Presenter: Dr Christine Burt @bhamcommunity. To attend, email [email protected]