The value and importance of UK nursing research was given a resounding endorsement in a recent assessment of research quality, the Research Excellence Framework 2014 (REF2014). The overview report by the main panel A (MPA) of the REF2014 considered that diversity and quality of research submitted to the sub-panel unit of assessment (UOA) 3 (Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy) to be strong. They concluded:If research funding is maintained or increased, the future of these disciplines in the UK is very bright and the impact on the care and treatment of patients, families and communities will continue to be enhanced nationally and globally. It was clear from the international members of MPA who had joined the sub-panel meetings that they held UK research in this UOA to compare well with the best in the world. (HEFCE 2015, p. 33) Furthermore, the report highlighted important strengths in the research addressing nursing interventions:In terms of nursing-related research outputs, many of those in cancer, palliative and related supportive care were widely held to have been internationally excellent or world-leading as were those in the field of self-care management and the support of people with long term conditions. Sub-panellists felt that there were particular strengths in the mental health field, notably in the areas of prevention of self-harm and suicide. Midwifery contained many areas of strength including breastfeeding and place and manner of birth, with evidence of strong
This month's report from the RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre is about how the centre is used from the Welsh perspective. Angela Perrett, RCN Wales Librarian and Information Services Manager, writes about the co-ordinating centre's development in Wales, and Helen Nethercott, a practice development nurse at the Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS Trust, recounts her experience of the interactive Internet workshop.
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