Research

The Council’s Research portfolio focusses on:

• promoting the value and importance of nursing, midwifery, and AHP research and research roles
• increasing research capacity and capability for our members.
• advocating for an increase in research funding and research career opportunities for our disciplines
• promoting strong research environments in universities’ health faculties
• advocating for better career pathways for clinical academics in our professions across the UK

The Council’s Strategic Policy Group highlights the value and importance of nursing, midwifery, and AHP research and research roles in tackling real life health challenges and inequalities as well as increasing research capacity and capability for our members.

Our Research Leads Network is comprised of research leads in our members’ faculties or schools. The Network contributes to the Council’s research work and advises us on more detailed strategic research issues.

Since 2018, the Council has also been hosting the Healthcare Professionals Clinical Academic Roles and Career Pathways Implementation Network, which was formerly hosted by the Association of UK University Hospitals (AUKUH) and which works on the UK-wide implementation of clinical academic roles for healthcare professionals (excluding doctors and dentists).

For more information, please contact Robyn Cooke.

Report: Becoming research confident – Research in pre-registration curricula for nursing, midwifery and allied health programmes in the UK

15 May 2019 in Policy, Reports & Briefings, Research

This report showcases a variety of approaches and examples of how our members have integrated research into pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health curricula. Based on a members’ survey scoping the curre... Read More »

Report: Nursing, midwifery and allied health clinical academic research careers in the UK

8 Aug 2018 in Policy, Reports & Briefings, Research

This paper summarises the development of clinical academic research careers for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (NMAHPs) in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. Key challenges and opportunit... Read More »