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 is looking to understand people’s views on how text messages about diet and physical activity might support people with type 2 diabetes to better manage their condition.

Previous research from the team highlighted how people with type 2 diabetes would value additional support and was used to develop a library of evidence-based messages.

The research is being carried out by a team of researchers based at The University of Manchester.

Patients have more choices about how their hospital care is provided than ever before. If the NHS is funding the care, patients can be treated in NHS or private hospitals. Patients paying privately, or via health insurance, also have the option to be treated in NHS or private hospitals. There is a need to ensure that processes across the healthcare system are more effective and that information is aligned across the NHS and private sector.

Feedback from this project will be used to understand the shared arrangements between care providers, and to identify opportunities for future improvements to the quality and safety of patient care.

It is being carried out by a team of researchers at the universities of Manchester, York and Birmingham and is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

This study is looking to understand why some people regularly call the 999 ambulance service and what can be done differently to support them when they need help.

It is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care research and is being carried out by a team of researchers at Swansea University.

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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This online study is looking to understand how older people from different cultural backgrounds understand anxiety and how this affects their experiences.

It is being carried out by researchers from The University of Manchester.

Participants completing the study will receive an electronic voucher for taking part.