Do you have a burning clinical question in your clinical area? Are you asking: ‘what is the best way to approach this?’; ‘are we providing the best care in this situation?’; ‘is this the best dressing to use?’; ‘are our patients happy with this way of doing things?’

In a clinical area, sometimes it is difficult to stop and think about the best way to provide care, or it is hard to find time to look at the evidence.

CeNREE provides the opportunity for any clinical area to raise clinically important questions to the rapid evidence review team. This team will conduct a rapid review of the evidence and provide their findings back to the clinical area. The review team will always involve one member from the clinical area.

It may be that there is little evidence available to answer the question that has been raised. If this happens, CeNREE will convene a team with the relevant expertise to explore options for designing and implementing a research study at UHNM to look at this clinically important question. Any member of staff in the clinical area who have raised the question can get involved in the research.

CeNREE will support you to publish and present at conference any rapid evidence reviews and/or research studies that take place in your clinical area.

Please contact CeNREE@uhnm.nhs.uk for further information.

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CeNREE plans to provide a resource hub and methods experts to support any UHNM journal club.

Please email CeNREE@uhnm.nhs.uk to ask for further information or to register your journal club with the network so that we can publicise and support your meetings.

Peer review is beneficial to researchers and the organisation as it allows a research project to be looked at by other clinical experts in the same field and also research methodology experts. This ensures that the research idea and design is of a high quality by checking originality and providing feedback regarding any potential areas for improvement.

Peer review feedback focuses on the following study elements:

1. The relative merit of the research
2. The design and methods
3. The feasibility of the research
4. The presentation of the application
5. The scientific and clinical validity

When is peer review required?

All research projects seeking UHNM sponsorship will need internal peer review if:

• they have not received peer review feedback by the funder
• funding has not been applied for

How do I request a peer review?

CeNREE will identify suitable peer review based on your research idea from a peer review panel list. Peer review feedback is usually returned within two weeks to the applicant.

Who can help me?

The CeNREE team is happy to guide you through the process and go through the peer review application form.

Can I join the peer review panel?

We are inviting ACP’s and Nurse/Midwife/AHP/Pharmacy Consultants to become members of our panel to support the review of research projects being developed at UHNM.

A research project summary will be emailed to you and we will ask if you are able to support the peer review. We usually request feedback to be provided within 14 days and supply you with a template feedback form.

Supporting the UHNM peer review process can be used as CPD hours, evidence for NMC revalidation and demonstration of the ACP/NMAHP Consultant research pillar.

Please contact CeNREE@uhnm.nhs.uk for further information.

What about sponsorship?

Sponsorship = all research studies require a research sponsor. A sponsor is the organisation or partnership that takes overall responsibility for proportionate, effective arrangements being in place to set up, run and report a research project.

CeNREE aims to support staff to publish their work either through journal publications or abstracts to submit for presentation at conference at local, national, and international level.

Publication workshops will be run monthly, which will involve a facilitator for questions and ‘sit and write’ time and space away from the clinical area.

Dates will be advertised in the monthly research bulletins.

For further information, please contact CeNREE@uhnm.nhs.uk

Friday 28^th July 2023 10.00am - 3.30pm

This symposium included oral and poster presentations for five of our priority work streams:

• Education
• Improving Together
• Quality
• Research
• Risk and Patient Safety

Information coming soon

UHNM is hosting its fifth Annual Showcase on Monday 12 October 2026, 8.30am-4.00pm, bringing together staff, students and partners to share work across education, innovation, continuous improvement and research.

Now in its fifth year, the showcase, 'UHNM Annual Showcase 2026: Advancing Education,
Innovation, Continuous Improvement and Research Together', will feature oral and poster
presentations across four priority workstreams- Education, Innovation, Continuous Improvement,
and Research.

UHNM staff and students are invited to submit abstracts using the provided template to present
their work in a supportive, development-focused environment. The event aims to celebrate
excellence across UHNM while sharing learning and good practice. Prizes will be awarded in each
category. 

The event will feature poster and oral presentations, offering an opportunity to showcase achievements, share learning and connect with colleagues from across the organisation. The day will include prizes across each category and provide a space to celebrate excellence and collaboration across UHNM. This is a free event and lunch will be provided. Early registration is recommended.

Click here for more information and to book