Our TVRA executive has also developed a research strategy which aims to bring more research to more patients in our area.
The TVRA senior management team is responsible for making sure the strategy is delivered alongside our team leads, set up and governance team, our delivery staff and research staff in our clinical support services including pathology, radiology and pharmacy.
TVRA Strategy
Improve Infrastructure
- Joint senior management structure
- Joint team lead structure
- Single feasibility and set up of studies
- Improved finance support through 12-month review
- Provisions of centralised CI support
Improve activity and performance
- Joint senior improved performance against National Institute for Health and Care Research high level objectives (NIHR HLOs)
- Collaborations with HEIs, commercial companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Synexus, research and design service/clinical trial units (RDS/CTUs)
- Horizon Scanning
- Shared info on new studies
- Delivery staff working across sites
- Increase in participant information sheets (PIs), grants, studies, patients enrolled, income, Uni appointments, PRA involvement and chief investigator (CIs)
Improve income
- Target income generating studies
- Consistent income distribution to support growth
- Pro-active planning of income
- Improved forecasting
- Proactive management with research teams
- Develop co-funded posts
Develop the workforce
- Centralised, standardised workforce review and performance management
- Nursing, midwifery and allied health professions (NMAHP) development
- CI development
- PI development
- Apprenticeships and apprentice levy training
- Good clinical practice (GCP) training
- Increased greenshoots
- Team lead development
Build the brand
- Internally with researchers, clinical teams, departments and managers
- Within North East and North Cumbria (NENC)
- Nationally
- SMEs
- Commercial partners
- Higher education institution (HEIs)
- AHSN
- Primary Care
- Public Health
- Synexus
- RDS/CTU
