Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHPs)
Developing your research career
Why do we do research
Research is an integral part of the care we provide, enabling new learning about health and well-being and ongoing development of ways to deliver care. All patients should be able to take part in research regardless of where their healthcare services are provided.
Research is one of four pillars of NMAHP practice, alongside clinical, education and leadership roles
Research in context at Oxford Health
Oxford Health has a thriving research culture supporting a wide number of conditions, including dementia, bipolar disorder, depression and psychosis.
The Trust works in close collaboration with the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, and Oxford Brookes University.
Since 2016, the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) has been based at Oxford Health. The OH BRC is run in partnership with the University of Oxford and involves 13 additional partner university and NHS Trusts across England. Support for research infrastructure is provided by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR),and 11 OH BRC research themes focused on brain health.
The Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) was established in 2011 and is hosted by Oxford Health. It is a dedicated centre for improving mental and cognitive health treatments through clinical research. The OH CRF is based at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford and is the only NIHR-supported CRF dedicated to mental health.
Learn more
- The OHFT Nursing strategy
- The AHP strategy
- The Trust’s strategy
- The Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) NMAHP strategy
NMAHP-led research across the Trust
Many NMAHPs working across Oxford Health are leading their own research studies or are involved in supporting research for patient benefit.
Collaboration with Oxford Brookes University
The Oxford Institute of Applied Health Research (OxInAHR) is a multidisciplinary community of applied health researchers dedicated to producing world-class research which improves service delivery, patient care and population health and wellbeing. This is achieved by:
- leading and collaborating on (inter)nationally funded research projects
- developing nursing, midwifery and allied health research capacity and capability
- delivering our Applied Health Research Doctoral Training Programme(s)
- supporting the integration of research into taught programmes.
Visit: Oxford Institute of Applied Health Research at Oxford Brookes University to find out more about their research centres and how you can get involved.
Upcoming Events and Training
Please visit the NIHR OH BRC events page
NHS England SORT study
We aim to evaluate the organisational research readiness of OHFT annually by mapping research support structures and activities on the Self-assessment of Organisational Readiness Tool (SORT). This project forms part of the larger Research Interest, Engagement, Capacity and Capability Project
Help us build research capacity
We are “mapping” the research support structures and activities for nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, health scientists, pharmacists and psychologists (NMAHPs) within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT).
NHS England commissioned the development of a tool called the Self-Assessment of Organisational Readiness Tool (SORT), and the OHFT Board of Directors endorsed this project within the trust. The SORT will make us aware of any research support structures and activities that we may not have known about, as well as identifying any gaps in research activity for NMAHPs where improvements can be made.
The SORT has 44 statements and can be completed anonymously. Please help us by completing it. We will use the information to determine where more research support is needed.
Click on this link to complete the SORT.
Page last reviewed: 4 November, 2024