Susannah Bowyer, research and development manager, Research in Practice: I don't think they are forgotten, but they can and do certainly get lost in competing priorities, changes in policy and case law.
Despite this emphasis on interdisciplinarity, relatively little has been documented about how researchers experience interdisciplinary health research in practice.
We believe that the Researcher-in-Residence model has the potential to make a significant contribution to the challenge of applying health services research in practice by helping researchers to share their expert academic knowledge and by helping decision makers in the health service to make greater use of that expertise.
The development of such a framework should be undertaken in a collaborative way between researchers and field teams undertaking qualitative research in practice.
The consortium is made up of Scie, Research in Practice; Research in Practice for Adults; Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre; and Personal Social Services Research Unit.
The eight charities – Adoption UK, the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), the Family Rights Group, the Fostering Network, Research in Practice, Tact, the Together Trust and the Who Cares?
Robert Tapsfield is chief executive of the Fostering Network Cathy Ashley works as chief executive of the Family Rights Group Dez Holmes is director Research in Practice Natasha Finlayson is chief executive the Who Cares?
The aim was to introduce people to the basics of evidence-based healthcare; how to find, appraise and act upon research in practice, in such a way that patient care was improved.
Dez Holmes, director of Research in Practice, argues that evidence must be construed more widely than just the results of randomised control trials: "We need to look at the evidence we've got in our practitioners, in our clients, in our children.
