'Knowledge mobilisation, the new NHS, commissioning and you'

1. 'Knowledge mobilisation, the new NHS, commissioning and you'   Dr Lesley Wye Dr Helen Baxter James Rooney Jude Carey

2. Research evidence suggests that the single most important factor leading to improved uptake of research is personal contact between researchers and target users.

3. Knowledge mobilisation….…turning research into practice Knowledge mobilisation is often about working 'in the middle', at the interface between research and practice. It brings together different worlds with different goals and different functions. Health Improvement Scotland

4. Knowledge Mobilisation Team Lesley Wye NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow Helen Baxter Rachel Anthwal Jude Carey James Rooney Becca Robinson Helen Cramer NHS Management Fellows Researchers in Residence A cross-organisational team of NHS managers and research professionals working collaboratively to create better links between the health research and health commissioning communities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

5. Aims To promote: Research informed commissioning AND Commissioning informed research

6. 3 approaches to KM • ‘researcher push’ • ‘user pull’ • Training users in research awareness & use • Co-production • ‘mindllines’

7. NHS Management Fellowship • Build links between two communities • Provide NHS commissioner perspective: • Research planning • Dissemination • Active member of research team • Gain research experience and knowledge • Secondments into Centre for Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol • NHS Managers (commissioning organisations) • Evaluate effectiveness

8. Developing KM strategies • Stakeholder mapping • Workshop with researchers • Who, what and how • Key actionable messages • Meetings with commissioners • Comment on research findings • Input into dissemination • Thinking creatively to put KM into action

9. Putting KM into action

10. What we are learning about what we are trying to do… • Build productive relationships • Develop mutual understanding and trust between the two communities • Tailored and targeted delivery of key actionable messages from findings • Requires capacity, capability and incentive within the two communities to facilitate the process Different worlds, different perspectives

11. Questions?