Developing a Research Skilled Workforce in the South West: A Celebration 2026
Resources and documentation on the conference, 25 February 2026
Developing a Research Skilled Workforce in the South West: A Celebration 2026
The conference showcased and celebrated impact, progress, and collaboration, and what individuals, teams, organisations and networks have achieved in developing and embedding research culture and skills within health and care systems.
Conference booklet
Oral presentations
Award nominations and winners
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Outstanding Team Initiative Award = Becky Watson & Lisa Thorne
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Becky Watson, Lisa Thorne
2 / 7
Outstanding Organisation Initiative Award = Paula Hine & Frances Hannon
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Paula Hine
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Outstanding Network Initiative Award = Rachel Palmer, Claire Matthews, Tori McIntyre, Chris Levett, Kate Gregory & Helen Winter
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Claire Matthews, Tori McIntyre
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Outstanding System-Level Initiative Award = Frazer Underwood, Ralph Hammond, Rebecca Fox, Kathryn Bamforth, Catherine Pitman & Lisa Burrows
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Ralph Hammond, Frazer Underwood, Rebecca Fox, Catherine Pitman
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Outstanding Leadership Contribution (Abstract) Award Mary Harvey
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Mary Harvey
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Outstanding Leadership Contribution Award (highly commended) = Abdul-Manan Alhassan; Jack Brazier
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Abdul-Manan Alhassan
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Outstanding Leadership Contribution Award = Sam Harding
Pictured: Carrie Biddle, Sam Harding
Previous conferences
Developing and Celebrating a Research Skilled Workforce Conference 2025
Access resources produced and presented at the conference on 2 April 2025.
Practitioners from across the South West of England submitted abstracts for oral presentations and in-person and online posters.
Practitioners shared practice-based research activities. Many of these addressed research capacity-building efforts, service evaluation and improvement, and patient and professional experiences.
These resources will be of interest to health, social and science professionals. They describe real-life practice-based work to evaluate and improve services, and therefore offer examples of how other health, social and science professionals might evaluate their practice.
Abstracts
Advancing practice through evidence
Culture and identity: research reflections
Developing research capacity and engagement
Innovations in digital health
Promoting inclusion and diversity in practice and research
Research in primary, community and social care
Developing and Celebrating a Research Skilled Workforce Conference 2023
Access resources produced and presented at the conference on 29 November 2023.
Practice-based research activity
Secondary prevention
Medication management
Radiography
Rehabilitation and long-term conditions
Communication
Planetary health