This project wants to understand more about people’s experiences of living with long Covid and find out what support and services they would value most.

As many as 1 in 10 people who test positive for Covid-19 still experience symptoms twelve weeks after infection. Symptoms of ‘long Covid’ vary greatly and not enough is known about the impact of this condition on a person’s day to day life.

The results from this project will be used to inform and develop a future research study to evaluate the best approaches to manage people living with long Covid. It is being led by researchers at the University of Salford, in collaboration with Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, who together provide a long Covid clinic for people in Salford.

This project will explore what matters most for people when using medicines after being discharged from a mental health hospital.

Feedback from these interviews will be used to help develop a guide to help people with mental illness and their carers manage medicines safely, and in the best way after they leave hospital.

This project is being carried out by a team of researchers at The University of Manchester and is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care research’s School for Primary Care.

This study will explore people’s experiences of using digital health technologies as part of rehabilitation or therapy.

Digital health technology has the potential to improve many aspects of patient care, including rehabilitation.  It includes smartphone apps, wearable devices, virtual reality, robotics, and web-based platforms that can provide remote healthcare.

Findings from this study will be used to inform future resources to help increase use of digital health technologies.

It is being carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Central Lancashire.

The Socksess project is looking to understand the needs and preferences of people with diabetes in relation to managing their foot health.

Feedback from these interviews will be used to create a smart-sensing sock designed to help people with diabetes be more aware of how much pressure they put on their feet and prevent ulcers.

It is being carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Southampton.

This project is looking to capture people’s experiences of cervical screening (also known as ‘smear tests’), to identify reasons why people don’t participate and explore alternative screening options, including new ‘do-it-yourself’ methods.

It is being carried out by a team of researchers at The University of Manchester and is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

This study is looking to understand the experiences of people who have double vision.

Findings will be used to inform further research looking to develop a new treatment for ocular cranial nerve palsy. It is part of a PhD project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast.

This study is looking to understand what ‘research impact’ means to those taking part and will capture participants’ experiences of being involved in research, as well as opinions of what makes good research.

It is being carried out by a team of healthcare researchers at Imperial College London.

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