UHD Research & Innovation
UHD Research & Development and the Innovation Team can support you to conduct research and bring ideas for innovative products and services into reality.
R&D Sponsorship Team
This team supports and oversees staff in developing and running their own research projects.
This may lead to benefits for patients, the Trust or the NHS.
The team can advise and facilitate with areas such as research design, budgeting, applying for funding, ethics and regulatory approvals, project management and sharing of results.
This team also provides signposting to other services and funding opportunities outside UHD.
Get in touch at uhd.researchsponsorship@nhs.net
Dorset Clinical Trials Unit
Dorset Clinical Trials Unit (DCTU) provides costed project management support to clinicians leading original research at UHD. Their core activities include:
- Developing, delivering, and analysing robust clinical research.
- Embedding patient and public involvement (PPI) to ensure research is informed by lived experience and meets patients’ needs.
- Generating high-quality evidence to improve healthcare outcomes and inform best practice.
- Supporting the adoption of research findings into services and treatments across UHD.
UHD staff can find out more about the Research and Development Team via the intranet.
Innovation
This team’s vision is to establish the conditions to facilitate and sustain innovation adoption across UHD and the Dorset ICS for the benefit of our patients and service users.
Although hosted by UHD, the Innovation Team works across Dorset and has partners and a core team from across the region. Find out more at the Dorset Innovation Hub which is one of 4 designated Health Foundation Innovation Hubs in the United Kingdom. The Dorset Innovation Hub provides:
- Training – including Fundamentals of Innovation Adoption and Project Management training
- Events – to include the Community of Practice
- Resources – to help you with your innovation project